October 2026
Russ Wilhelm won this round on November 6, 2026. There were 31 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (31 goos solved, a perfect score), Richard Slominsky (30 goos solved), Stan Iwanchuk (3 goos solved), and Steve West (3 goos solved).
Jim Gaffigan
After years of innocuous material about his family and food, especially Hot Pockets, this comic now wants to make you laugh again about politics and current events. Go »
Casey Affleck
He's been Robert Ford to Brad Pitt's Jesse James, Boris Pash to Cillian Murphy's Robert Oppenheimer, and little brother to Ben Affleck's older brother. Go »
Yordan Alvarez
An astronomical batting average is one reason why this Cuban slugger been designated one of the best hitters in Major League Baseball. Go »
Ivan Reitman
Despite being associated with a pair of siblings, he was the right choice to direct Sigourney Weaver in a trio of films, and Bill Murray and Arnold Schwarzenegger each in a quartet of films. Go »
Kumail Nanjiani
It's big and totally sick that this Pakistani comic gives Star Wars fans, X Files fans, Marvel fans, Ghostbusters fans, Dungeons & Dragons fans, and even Twilight Zone fans something in common. Go »
Taj Mahal
He's renowned for bringing music from all around the world into the blues, which feels appropriate given that he's named after a famous South Asian landmark. Go »
Mara Wilson
Though she doubted it would work: she simply wished for a miracle on her street: Playing a titular Roald Dahl protagonist in a hit family film. Go »
Chris Hayes
Fans of the meme that Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood look alike should go all in on this cable TV journalist, who will know why this is happening. Go »
Jim Jones
His followers were doomed the moment they drank the Kool-Aid, literally and metaphorically. Go »
Claire Saffitz
After her previous job left her with a good appetite but a bad taste in her mouth, she made like gourmet and turned into a person made of dessert. Go »
Terry Gilliam
After initial success animating British comedy, he opted for something completely different, and became a director of brain-bending movies starring the likes of Robin Williams, Bruce Willis, Johnny Depp, and Heath Ledger. Go »
Lily Gladstone
This actress, once unknown, was nominated for an Oscar in a movie about flowers and an Emmy in a show about bridges. Go »
Chris Benoit
Repeated injuries in the ring cost him his mind, and his family, and his legacy, but not his tooth. Go »
Mike Mentzer
No mincer of words, he developed his mental muscle to produce heavy-duty works of philosophy, refusing to be an object. Go »
Richard Hofstadter
If you suspect that this game's out to get you, difficult goos like this will make you feel the opposite of intellectual. Go »
Carla Gugino
She's known for surviving a trio of haunted houses, raising a pair of spies, and loving One man. Go »
Dionne Warwick
If you need to know the way to San Jose, that's what psychic friends are for. Go »
Bill Burr
A Chicago musician is sound without him. Go »
Arch Manning
This nephew has some giant (horse) shoes to fill. Go »
Freida McFadden
This brainy novelist wanted to study math at Harvard but found success as a maid at home. Go »
Alexander Lukashenko
The first president of his nation has become Europe's longest-serving president. Go »
James Ussher
Happy birthday, Earthlings! Our planet turns 6,029 today, according to this Irish religious leader. Go »
Maxine Hong Kingston
Warring women, Chinese men, and peaceful books are among the subjects covered by this controversial Californian. Who's the king? Go »
Jelly Roll
It wasn't a piece of cake for this Tennessean ex-con to break into hip hop, as his breakthrough finally came after 20 years of feeling like he just needed a favor. Go »
Kyle Richards
She's the last original Beverly Hills housewife standing, famous for playing one of the last original Halloween characters standing. Go »
Alix Earle
Even if you're a hot mess, you have to get up pretty earle to get ready better than this influencer. Go »
Clever Hans
He could have counted on one hoof the number of guesses it would take you to tap out the answer to this German addition to the field of psychology, but only if his owner was present. Go »
Keala Kennelly
This Kauaian so loves surfing that even when she took a break from the sport to try acting, her best-known role was a surfer on HBO. Go »
Terence Stamp
He put his stamp on many villainous roles like an abductor in The Collector, a criminal in The Limey, and a corrupt politician in The Phantom Menace, but none had as much impact on pop culture as his general in Superman and Superman II. Go »
Michael Ironside
What is it with this character actor's upper limbs? He carved up his arm with a beer bottle in Visiting Hours, had prosthetic metal claws in Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, lost both forearms to a lift in Total Recall, fought on in a war with one arm in Starship Troopers, collected severance pay after an arm severing in The Machinist, lost an arm in the Vietnam War in Guy X, and got a hand stomped to scrap in Transformers: Prime. Go »
