Round XXXVI
Russ Wilhelm won this round on November 11, 2008. There were 54 goos.
Players this round: Amy Austin (53 goos solved), Joanna Woods (53 goos solved), Russ Wilhelm (53 goos solved, a perfect score), Justin Woods (52 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (52 goos solved), Steve West (51 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (50 goos solved), Samir Mehta (49 goos solved), Chris Lemler (46 goos solved), Jerry Mathis (46 goos solved), Matthew Preston (46 goos solved), Mike Rothstein (46 goos solved), Samuel Franklin (45 goos solved), Tony Peters (45 goos solved), Walter Chesser (43 goos solved), Denise Sawicki (40 goos solved), Sarah Kyle (40 goos solved), Steve Dunn (39 goos solved), Shawn Brandt (37 goos solved), Mike Eberhart (31 goos solved), Aaron Shurtleff (29 goos solved), Mihai Rusu (8 goos solved), Erik Bates (7 goos solved), Megan Baxter (7 goos solved), David Mitzman (3 goos solved), Lori Lancaster (3 goos solved), Jeremiah Poisson (2 goos solved), Sam Boyarsky (1 goo solved), and Scott Horowitz (1 goo solved).
Sarah Palin
John McCain hopes his opponents pale in comparison to this Alaskan governor. Go »
Robert Downey, Jr.
Will this junior actor be better remembered for disappearing into a haze of drug arrests in the 1990s, or disappearing into a giant metal suit to blast terrorists in 2008? Go »
Brian Urlacher
This Midway monster doesn't get defensive when you ask him about Old Spice, Nike, or McDonald's. Go »
Amy Lee
This fallen alt-metal star refuses to fade away. Go »
Carla Bruni
Is she a model or a musician? Italian or French? Wife or mistress? One thing is clear: She's a born celebrity. Go »
Ben Bernanke
Can this government economist rescue us from the subprime crisis? It is his job, after all. Go »
Jamie Lynn Spears
She didn't just emulate her big sister's career in Disney shows and music: She has found a talent for pregnant controversy as well. Go »
Hugo Chávez
In Venezuela, the poor help the poor, and power comes to those who fail to take it. Go »
Herbie Hancock
This jazz pianist was miles ahead of the competition for this year's Grammy. Go »
David Spade
It doesn't take long to go from sniping at vapid Hollywood stars on Weekend Update to shooting a sitcom as one yourself. Go »
Neil Diamond
Maybe his love is on the rocks because he doesn't bring Caroline flowers. Go »
Mary Hart
Stay away from this entertainment reporter's nightly program if you don't want to have seizures. Go »
The Joker
Why so serious? Go »
Ace Frehley
This spacey guitarist has something up his sleeve, and it's not lipstick. Go »
Jack the Ripper
Scotland Yard never identified London's bloodiest serial killer. Can you? Go »
Jerry "The King" Lawler
This royal athlete went from pinning opponents in the ring to being pinned at a microphone outside of it. Who's the king? Go »
Hu Jintao
He governs 1.3 billion people, every one of them his equal. Go »
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Her viewpoints haven't survived the scrutiny of her co-hosts. Go »
Michelle Monaghan
This goo would watch you like a eagle. Go »
Andy Rooney
America's cranky old man is always there at the end of every 3600 seconds. Go »
Randy Bachman
Hey you! Guess who this overdriven musician is? Go »
Terry Pratchett
I hope he saves his world on disk before he forgets it. Go »
Troy Aikman
Before he lobbed commentary for FOX, he lobbed footballs for Dallas. Go »
Mary-Kate Olsen
When you've worked with your sister since you were both infants, top billing is everything. Go »
Jude Law
He's been a Civil War soldier, an android gigolo, a paralyzed astronaut with perfect genes, a crime-scene photographer, and a sky captain, but he's never been William Hurt. Go »
Wen Jiabao
He governs about 50 people who are more equal than others. Go »
Teena Marie
James Brown didn't have to go out on a limb to support this teenaged singer. Go »
Shia LaBeouf
This goo would also watch you like an eagle. Go »
Claudette Colvin
Being a mother didn't stop her from being the mother of the civil rights movement. Go »
Alyson Hannigan
I heard a secret at band camp: This bewitching goo isn't Tara Reid, but in this game, she stirs up controversy just as well. Go »
Mark Zuckerberg
Someday, this inventor's goo might appear in a book of famous faces. Go »
Vincent Pastore
If you saw this Big Pussy walking the streets, would this goo be singing soprano? Go »
Buckminster Fuller
Somehow, this ordinary man got it into his dome that we need to do something to save this spaceship we're on. Go »
Naomi Watts
Only one actress can light up the screen when her co-stars are a big ape, a dead girl, and existential detectives. Go »
Robert Gates
It's important to have an intelligent secretary when you need a good defense. Go »
Mike the Headless Chicken
Don't run around like a cliché if you can't solve this freak-show goo. Go »
Julia Butterfly Hill
When you're fighting to save a life, don't miss the forest for the tree. Go »
Edgar Allan Poe
While working late upon a goo, I tried to write an eerie clue referring to a falling house, but then I heard a tiny mouse, or so I told my beating heart as not to have it break apart, afraid that just a little breath would bring upon a crimson death from that which tapped inside my room where I now feared a certain doom, so scary were those growing knocks I felt quite trapped inside a box beneath the earth outside my door, where I was sure forevermore my murder would remain unsolved, unless the open case revolved around a single stolen note I somehow found the time and wrote, to warn about the urgent noise that kept me from my website toys, but then I realized like a fool that what had made me lose my cool was just my fingers spelling out this clue to tell you all about a Boston poet, tried and true, whose tangled rhymes became a goo, and just in time to set the scene for scary goos this Halloween. Go »
Tim Burton
Dead brides, ghostly exterminators, extraterrestrial apes, and murdering barbers haunt the work of this morbid filmmaker. Go »
Bloody Mary
Practice your guess by saying it three times while looking into a mirror. Go »
Nick Castle
If you think this goo dresses up on Halloween, you're wrong. Go »
Jason Hawes
If you have ghost-like activity, you should call this goo for help. Go »
Boris Karloff
If you went to Britain, could you see this goo made? Go »
Leslie Nielsen
If this goo was Dracula, would he be dead and loving it? Go »
Tomohiro Katō
No amount of mechs, maids, or sera fuku (sailor suited) clad girls in the world could have saved you from this knife wielding truck driver. Oddly enough, checking out a popular cell phone BBS could have. Go »
Karl Lagerfeld
This German designer milked his rapid weight-loss for all the press he could get. Go »
Wendy Beckett
What are the highest ratings a South-African virgin art-history expert can get on PBS? (None.) Go »
Lorena Ochoa
Guadalajarans go ga-ga for this golfing goo. Go »
Minnie Vautrin
An American teacher became a Chinese deity by resisting Japanese invaders. Go »
Tay Zonday
While guessing this goo, you move away from the keyboard to breathe in. Go »
Tony Clubb
It was a harlequin move on my part to keep this card up my sleeve during Dealer's Choice Week. Go »
Bill Plympton
He doesn't mind you gooing his face if he can do yours right back. Go »
James Cook
If you can't find the answer after all your searching, your goose is stewed. Go »
