December 2024
Richard Slominsky won this round on January 6, 2025. There were 31 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Richard Slominsky (29 goos solved), Samir Mehta (24 goos solved), Steve West (24 goos solved, a perfect score), Aaron Shurtleff (6 goos solved), Scott Hardie (6 goos solved), Boko Bobcat (5 goos solved), Denise Sawicki (5 goos solved), and LaVonne Lemler (1 goo solved).
Buster Keaton
One of the biggest stars of the Silent Era, this expressionless comedian survived a two-ton building facade collapse but not talkies. Go »
Lois Duncan
This young-adult fiction writer knew what you did last summer (of fear). Go »
Michael Caine
He was in Sleuth and Youth, Zulu and Cars 2, Tenet and Gambit, Children of Men and Battle of Britain, and Now You See Me and Miss Congeniality. Go »
Harrison Butker
The most accurate kicker in NFL history is even better known for his conservative opinions about a woman's role as homemaker. Go »
Ricardo Montalbán
When Shatner heard this actor had stolen his Cordoba, he screamed, "Roarke!!!" Go »
Kash Patel
To uncover corruption in the FBI, he'll have to follow the money. Go »
Wim Hof
This Dutch athlete's method for cooling off after a competition has taken off in popularity, with sometimes fatal results. Go »
Dimebag Darrell
He traded in a diamond for $10 of marijuana, but in the two decades since he died, his reputation has gone platinum. Go »
Yakima Canutt
This Hollywood stuntman was so tough that during a rodeo, a bull tore his mouth and upper lip. He saw an on-site doctor, received stitches, and returned to the competition. Let's see Charlton Heston do that! Go »
Marisa Tomei
She won an Oscar as the brassy girlfriend of a recent law school graduate, was nominated for another Oscar as the bedroom lover of another recent college grad, and joined the MCU raising a high school kid through his graduation year, but she never acted in The Graduate. Go »
David Zaslav
This media executive maxed out on his negative public perception by cancelling finished films and removing beloved shows from his monosyllabic streaming service. Go »
Toni Collette
She earned an Oscar nomination way way back for a movie about a boy with a sixth sense, and it's just one in which she had a hereditary connection to dysfunctional families, as in Little Miss Sunshine and Knives Out. Go »
Jalen Hurts
The more times this Eagle gets sacked, the more true his name becomes. Go »
Alonzo King
He made a western city carved up by streetcar lines into the center of a new generation of ballet. Who's the king? Go »
Peter Mayhew
When negotiating his salary to reprise his hairy character in the follow-ups to a popular trilogy, the film company knew one thing: Always let this actor win. Go »
Dan Peek
Co-founder of an American band, he and his bandmates peaked after high school overseas where their parents were stationed. Go »
Dustin Milligan
Despite an abominable oxymoron in the movie's title, he has earned warm reviews and hot buzz in this cold winter season by playing a classic holiday character come to life. Go »
Nancy Zerg
She became a "giant killer" after a single $14,401 victory. Who is...? Go »
Shaboozey
How appropriate is it that an artist nicknamed "boozy" has scored a hit with a bar song about being tipsy? Go »
George Savalas
Who loves ya, baby? Clearly his older brother. Go »
Mark Rober
Working at NASA did not satisfy this engineer's curiosity, so he started making videos that were as holey, glittery, squirrely, and crunchy as possible. Go »
Glen Bell
This WWII cook didn't have to make a run for the border to establish his famous musical restaurant chain: He founded it in his native California and named it after himself. Go »
Roberto Canessa
Alive after crashing in the Andes, his tale of survival horrified his country. Go »
Jean-Luc Montminy
Canadians might mistake this actor for Tom Hardy, but only when he looks like John Travolta or Bruce Willis. Go »
Vince Guaraldi
This composer of iconic TV specials will forever be associated with a puny Christmas tree. Go »
Nan Wood Graham
Somewhat taken for granted as an artist herself when compared to her famous brother, she will forever remain linked to his most famous painting by having posed as one of the two Americans in it. Go »
John Spencer
Going coast to coast, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. and New York, earned this actor Obie, Emmy, and SAG Awards. Go »
Soledad O'Brien
As a matter of fact, the two halves of this CNN mainstay's professional name reveal her ethnic heritage: Her mother was Afro-Cuban and her father was Irish-Australian. Go »
Leon Fleisher
This San Franciscan's career is even more impressive considering that he played much of his music with one hand. Go »
Sarah Turney
Her true-crime podcast seeking justice for her missing sister led to an electrifying arrest in the case: Their father. Go »
