September 2024

Denise Sawicki won this round on October 6, 2024. There were 36 goos.

Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (36 goos solved, a perfect score), Denise Sawicki (32 goos solved), Samir Mehta (30 goos solved), Steve West (15 goos solved, a perfect score), Scott Hardie (13 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (11 goos solved), Erik Bates (5 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (2 goos solved), Lori Lancaster (2 goos solved), and Scott Horowitz (2 goos solved).

Don Bradman

Widely considered Australia's first celebrity, he led a team of "Invincibles" on a tour through England. Go »

Frank Gorshin

Riddle me this: What travels down an alley and has holes in it? Nigma, please. Go »

Claudia Sahm

This economist specializes in household finance and has a rule named after her that connects unemployment to recessions, but she's not a stay-at-home mom. Go »

Harvey Korman

Carol Burnett said, "You're fired, Hedy!" He replied, "It's Hedley!" Go »

Maya Erskine

When she went to middle school with friends like Anna Konkle, did she dream of someday being married to someone like Donald Glover or Michael Angarano? Go »

Mac Davis

He couldn't sing with humble pie. Go »

Yusuf Dikeç

Silver medal? No big deal. Go »

Art Carney

After a honeymoon period, he climbed out of the sewer and won an Academy Award. Go »

Richard Gadd

Audiences are fawning over this British comedian after a recent hit, but not as much as someone in it does. Go »

Lyle Lovett

This Eraserhead look-alike crooner sang that pretty girl's no lady, she's my wife. Go »

Barbara Feldon

Her last job as a secret agent was to stop Nena and Toto from revealing her identity. Go »

Kurt Elling

This Chicagoan spent a lot of time riding the El to his early jazz-club performances before winning Grammys in collaborations (of a sort) with John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, and Danilo Pérez. Go »

John Turturro

This fink of an actor learned the hard way that saying, "look in your heart," only works once. Go »

Jack Haley

This heartless song and dance vaudevillian was the real cause of a little girl missing her transport home. Go »

Veronica Cartwright

This actor has a space problem: a doomed space pilot, wife of a doomed astronaut, and a sister lost in space. Go »

King Krule

Sharing his name with a Donkey Kong character hasn't hurt this London kid's reputation as a seriously gifted singer. Who's the king? Go »

A.J. Jacobs

This immersion journalist pondered stoning adulterers in order to live biblically. Go »

Claudette Colbert

This Academy Award winner was one of a select few to work freelance, dodging the dominant studio system of the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Go »

Peter Frampton

Have you heard of this humble rock star? You don't have to show him the way, because baby, he already loves it. Go »

Karen Blixen

This author left a continent to recover her health but later returned and was present for her lover's tragic death. Go »

Gary Gilmore

This convicted killer was so insistent that he be executed that he attempted suicide twice when there was a stay of execution ordered. Go »

Colonel Tom Parker

This grifter extorted over half of his client's enormous income. Gambling and other poor decisions left only $1 million at the time of his death. Go »

Jackie Swanson

Her acting career roller coasted from a guitar bearer to falling from a building to marrying a bartender. Go »

Billy Connolly

This Scotsman divorced himself from a singing career in order to focus on stand-up comedy and acting, appearing alongside such cultural figures as the Muppets, the Hobbit, Pocahontas, Mulder & Scully, Lemony Snicket, and a couple of saints from the boondocks. Go »

William Bendix

This tough guy played the same character on both television and radio, often co-starred with a lad, and was a casting inspiration for a legendary baseball player. Too bad Hitchcock killed him. Go »

Laverne Cox

This promising young woman is the new Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Go »

Perry Farrell

Lollapalooza failed to end his addiction. Go »

Kevin Owens

This Québécois learned English by watching then-WWF wrestling as a kid. With the help of friends like Sami Zayn, he now returns the favor by teaching other WWE wrestlers the word championne. Go »