October 2025
Matthew Preston won this round on November 6, 2025. There were 31 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Steve West (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Matthew Preston (29 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (26 goos solved), Samir Mehta (24 goos solved), Erik Bates (13 goos solved), and LaVonne Lemler (7 goos solved).
Robert Downey
His starkly low-budget independent movies like Putney Swope and Chafed Elbows gave him an ironclad reputation as a dedicated counter-cultural filmmaker of the 1960s. Go »
Colin Jost
Here's a pop-culture Jeopardy! answer for you: This Staten Islander does a news update live from New York every Saturday night, and has yet to make his wife a widow despite having such a punchable face. Go »
Liam Hemsworth
In the spirit of the sibling rivalry that dominates his famous brother's Norse-god superhero films, he too has appeared in successful film series (The Hunger Games and Independence Day) and had a famous wife (Miley Cyrus). Go »
Pocahontas
The real teenager was treated so brutally by her captors that the incredibly hulking gap between the truth and the family-friendly legend is enough to make you want to smash something. Go »
Scott Evans
He can do this all, gay, because playing men who come out of the closet in One Life to Live and Grace & Frankie is relatable for this American actor. Go »
Jennifer Connelly
She envisioned career opportunities in roles like a dreamy heroin addict, a mathematician's wife, a maverick's old flame, and a babysitter who solves a maze. Go »
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
These twin sisters found sitcom success as infants so redily that it might have been the result of a hex cast by a witch. Go »
Rod Ansell
His no-big-deal attitude towards his survival ordeal in the Australian outback inspired a hit 1980s comedy film. Go »
Susan Downey
As a high-ranking executive at both Dark Castle Entertainment and Silver Pictures (at the same time!) and her own company, she oversaw the production of such 2000s hits as Ghost Ship, Cradle 2 the Grave, Gothika, Orphan, The Book of Eli, and Sherlock Holmes, the latter of which was one of many opportunities to work with her husband. Go »
Dominic Holland
This stand-up parlayed a few short jokes about his height into a long career making TV and radio appearances across the British comedy landscape, though the broadcasts barely could reach the opposing coastal region that shares his last name. Go »
Percival Lowell
He never did find any little green men or their canals, but his Arizona observatory did make valuable contributions to astronomy during and after his lifetime. Go »
Elsa Pataky
Judging from the progression of her career, this Spanish actress keeps getting more Furious and Furiosa over time, possibly because Snakes on a Plane was such an embarrassment. Go »
Mike Capuano
He represented his Boston constituency for many years between replacing Joseph Kennedy II and being replaced by Ayanna Pressley. Go »
Julia Roberts
She enjoyed runaway success in the 1990s in romantic pairings with hunky heart-throbs Richard Gere, Hugh Grant, Dermot Mulroney, and Woody Allen. Go »
Robert Molesworth
I know it sounds sick, but in the 1600s, this British-born Irish politician made early contributions to the field of political science. Go »
Ryan Reynolds
His "merc with a mouth" might yet join the Avengers in a future Marvel film, but for now, his first marriage remains his primary connection to the team, although it proved to be short-lived and not as lively as his second marriage. Go »
James Rouse
Among this (sub)urban planner's influential contributions is the idea that communities needed a town center or third place, which his company pioneered in the form of the shopping mall and its food court. Go »
Luke Hemsworth
His roles in high-profile TV shows like Westworld and The Terminal List: Dark Wolf must be the envy of his neighbours. Go »
Calvin Mackie
He's a motivational speaker and aeronauticist, both of which he has in common with the superhero played by his brother. Go »
Horatio King
His place in history as the first government official to deny a Southern state's right of secession was far more influential than the mere 21 days of his tenure as Postmaster General would suggest. Who's the king? Go »
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Her photomurals and video installations depicting celebrities may have given her the insight necessary to direct movies about John Lennon and Amy Winehouse. Go »
Robbie Arnett
As one of three frontmen of a three-person band named after its own non-existent agent, and the childless co-author of children's books about a harmonious cat that doesn't harmonize, he has a confusing public life. Go »
Glenn Strange
It must have been Strange for this actor to go from playing a universally-recognized movie monster to playing a barkeep on a (record-settingly) long-running TV Western. Go »
Nick Kocher
Naming their successful comedy duo after a famously sunken ship doesn't seem to have brought bad luck to this Atlanta native and his partner. Go »
Irina Shayk
This Soviet-born model has appeared on magazine covers and runaways across Europe and the United States, but she has been unable to shake the impression that she's actually South American. Go »
Eric Roberts
This prolific character actor is approaching 1000 acting credits in IMDb, but only one of them has resulted in an Oscar nomination, in 1986. Go »
Minnie Gentry
Her 1970s roles on Broadway had already made her acting aristocracy by the time she was cast as one of Cliff Huxtable's elderly relatives in tribute to her career. Go »
Jennifer Esposito
She doesn't only play cops, but you might not know it from seeing her in Blue Bloods, NCIS, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Go »
Edith Wilson
She wasn't sworn into office, but her influence over her ailing husband's affairs may have functionally made her the first female president just over a century ago. Go »
Joanne van Os
This Aussie author has written a memoir about her marriage to a famed survivalist (and recent celebrity goo), as well a novel set during WWI and a trio of children's books. Go »
