July 2024
Russ Wilhelm won this round on July 31, 2024. There were 31 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Richard Slominsky (27 goos solved), Steve West (26 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (15 goos solved), Samir Mehta (6 goos solved), Scott Hardie (3 goos solved), and Erik Bates (2 goos solved).
Claude Monet
Founder of a revolutionary style, his paintings were referenced by a derisive term later adopted by his devotees. Go »
Elijah Wood
He has a tattoo that matches others on Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, and John Rhys-Davies's stunt double. Go »
Prince Raymond King
This twice-royal Angeleno evaded justice almost to the very end after terrorizing his neighbors for nearly a decade with a simple slingshot. Who's the king? Go »
Simón Bolívar
This South American founding father will forever be associated with the nickname El Libertador for freeing modern-day Bolivia and many other lands from the Spanish Empire. Go »
Miles Hudson
Seattle has become a hellish place at night thanks to locals having to dodge the reckless driving of this Instagram user. Go »
Irv Gordon
Volvo's biggest fan went through 29 fan belts, among countless other parts, during his long ownership. Go »
Richard Slayman
Two transplants, one of them a cross-species world first, did not ultimately save this Bostonian from a fate as deadly as his name. Go »
Bernd Mayländer
For almost a quarter century, he may have been the safest driver in F1 racing. Go »
Rick Ross
This Miami-based rapper worked for corrections but performs under a drug trafficker's name to bolster his street cred. Go »
Salvador Dalí
This Spanish master's reality-melting masterpieces were as gravity-defying as his mustache. Go »
La Malinche
Traitor or slave? Mother or murderer? Cortés's courtesan and maligned malinchista remains among the most controversial figures in Mexican history. Go »
Nudie Cohn
Regardless of their oxymoronic name, the outfits designed by this Eastern European immigrant defined the mid-century look of many celebrities, who seemed to be in a competition to wear the most rhinestones. Go »
Morris Chestnut
He's, like, the best man to call if you got your ass kicked and need a nurse or resident. Go »
Keir Starmer
The U.K. hasn't experienced anything like Socialism since a brief period of post-war reconstruction 80 years ago, but in electing its first self-described Socialist to Downing Street last week, it's about to try. Go »
Kate Micucci
She took over the voice roles of a duck who's a girl and a girl who solves mysteries with a dog, but her first starring role in a live-action film was about a woman who dates her cat and dog after they turn into men. Go »
Nicolas Cantu
The actor is known for voicing Leonardo, Gumball Watterson, Prince James, Atticus, and Charlie. He portayed Jackson and Raymond. Go »
Jeremy Bentham
Did he believe that looking at his own taxidermied body would bring people the greatest happiness? Go »
Christian J. Simon
This actor play Leo Webb, Darwin Watterson, Casey, and Freddy. Go »
Nikki Garcia
Since retiring from WWE with her sister, she mostly hangs out in bars. Go »
John Lithgow
He's had a long career in film and theater, but TV viewers know him as an alien living on the 3rd planet from the sun, a serial killer being pursued by another killer after his 3rd victim, and Winston Churchill during his 3rd ministry. Go »
Megan Mullally
Her subsequent roles lacked the will and the grace of the breakout hit sitcom that earned her two Emmys for supporting comedic actress. Go »
Shannen Doherty
This recently deceased actress resided in two houses (little and ours), one famous zip code (90210) three separate times, and a fortress. Go »
Spencer Bailey
Not many podcasters have a statue of themselves at 4 years old in Iowa. Go »
Bob Menendez
To judge from his first-of-its-kind conviction, this senator is less D-NJ than F-EG (Felon representing Egypt). Go »
Ingrid Andress
The worst pitch in professional baseball might belong to this country singer who claimed to have a few too many beers at a recent ball game. Go »
Colson Whitehead
He was paid more than a nickel for his underground hits: Two Pulitzer Prizes, in fact. Go »
Esther Perel
The identity of this psychotherapist doesn't qualify as erotic intelligence, but you'll have to unlock it all the same if you want to solve this goo. Go »
Roberto Rossellini
A few years before he divorced a Swedish icon, he directed her being burned at the stake. Go »
Julia Phillips
Close Encounters was the third kind of smash-hit success that she enjoyed in 1970s Hollywood, but she was the first of her kind to win a Best Picture Oscar. Go »
J.D. Vance
This self-described hillbilly from Cincinnati is one election and one elegy away from the presidency. Go »
