October 2025
This round is still underway and has had 23 goos so far. Start playing!
Players this round: Steve West (23 goos solved), Russ Wilhelm (22 goos solved), Matthew Preston (21 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (19 goos solved), Samir Mehta (18 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 »
