January 2026
Richard Slominsky and Steve West won this round on February 6, 2026. There were 31 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Steve West (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Richard Slominsky (30 goos solved), and Samir Mehta (23 goos solved).
Thea von Harbou
She adapted her urban novel, first published as a book in 1926 and set one hundred years later, into a meilenstein (or is it kilometerstein?) of sci-fi cinema directed by her husband. Go »
Paul Dano
Playing an oily preacher earned him a BAFTA nomination and the ire of Quentin Tarantino. Go »
William Tell
Like the cheese famously produced by his country, this father of the year (1307) put a lot of holes in things, but not as many as historians have put into the veracity of his legend, much to the burning resentment of his people. Go »
Bum Farto
Down south, this cigar-smoking, red-adorned, flatulent fireman fought the heat (in more ways than one) until someone possibly extinguished him. Go »
Scottie Scheffler
He's the best pro in the world at striking golf balls while driving them down the course, though during one 2024 championship, he had the worst oh-no in the world by striking a traffic officer while driving to the course. Go »
Brandon Stanton
This photographer took so many well-regarded pictures of the humans of New York that he was invited to take another of one in the White House. Go »
Owen Cooper
This adolescent set a record in 2025 as the youngest actor ever to win a Primetime Emmy Award. Go »
Joyce Mitchell
Helping out some guy named Matt in a pinch? No sweat. Go »
Jason Kelce
Though his younger brother swiftly became the bigger celebrity due to dating a superstar, he soared to impressive new heights as an Eagle himself. Go »
Fab Morvan
Could this notorious faker be on the brink of winning another Grammy 35 years after losing the last one? Girl, you know this goo. Go »
Karl-Anthony Towns
He currently plays for the biggest city in the country, but he's been to many other burgs, boroughs, municipalities, and hamlets since being Rookie of the Year a decade ago, after playing college ball with the Kentucky Wildkats. Go »
Hudson Williams
A breakaway hit about an icy contact sport has suddenly heated up the career of this Canadian actor. Go »
TommyInnit
Isn't it amazing that this then-minor Miner set world records for followers and live viewers? Go »
Antoni Porowski
Perhaps it was always going to be Queer Eye for this Polish guy, after he was an assistant, chef, and party menu planner to his predecessor. Go »
Scott Adams
This cartoonist made a fortune skewering office culture, and spent much of it developing a microwave burrito that his mouthless protagonist couldn't eat. Go »
Jeane Dixon
She made her name as a professional psychic by correctly predicting Kennedy's assassination, even though it was similar to his opponent and eventual successor, about whom she made several incorrect predictions. Go »
Aaron Copland
It must be springtime for Appalachia when you hear fanfare for this composer man. Go »
Aubrey Plaza
On screen, her not-safe recreational activities have included a couple's vacation at a flowery white resort, secretly being two Marvel villains, and going platinum for a 70s filmmaker old enough to be her flirty grandpa. Go »
Eddy Goldfarb
Bubbling guns, fighting tops, stomping trucks, pursuing sharks, chomping teeth, dropping marbles, and deindustrialized thermoforming are among the more than 800 products created by this prolific toymaker. Go »
Nika King
This actress was not euphoric after spending 65 million years to take a possum trot. Who's the king? Go »
Seymore Butts
Several family members went into the pornography business with him, but nobody has seen more butts than him. Go »
Dr. Geek
It wouldn't be a jolt to discover that this self-identified nerd wasn't giving sound advice about eyewear, despite his medical degree. Go »
Paul Thomas Anderson
This master filmmaker had better throw a pizza-and-punch party for his cast after another inherently hard 8 nights of shooting their next long single-take scene, or there will be phantoms on the next day's call sheet who have flown away like plucked magnolia petals. Go »
Shelby Van Pelt
This teutholographer's debut novel was a remarkable success. Go »
Adam Smith
If you believe that the private accumulation of vast Wealth is in a Nation's interest to avoid, then your Sentiment is that it's not Moral to follow blindly the free-market model of capitalism introduced to the world by this influential Scottish economist and philosopher. Go »
Kevin Trudeau
Use your mega-memory to guess the name of this quack natural-cures author, and frequent convict for fraud, that "they" (presumably the FTC) don't want you to know about. Go »
Jamie Dornan
In one of life's sadistic twists, he played a father pressured to participate in fatal violence in his Northern Irish hometown, after really being raised there by a father of the same name who brought lives into the world. Go »
Dick Scobee
This former Vietnam War pilot knew a thing or two about flying dangerous missions, until a nation watched and mourned his crew's final challenge four decades ago. Go »
Zhanna D'Art
Some people die for their art. She died for her raw vegan diet. Go »
Dr. Dre
It wouldn't be a knockout to determine that this self-identified G wasn't giving sightly advice about earwear, despite his doctorate of religious education. Go »
