Summer 2014
Chris Lemler won this round on August 30, 2014. There were 90 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (88 goos solved), Joanna Woods (87 goos solved), Justin Woods (85 goos solved), Chris Lemler (84 goos solved, a perfect score), Steve West (84 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (82 goos solved), Samir Mehta (81 goos solved), Erik Bates (80 goos solved), Denise Sawicki (78 goos solved), Mike Rothstein (66 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (65 goos solved), Matthew Preston (46 goos solved), Lori Lancaster (30 goos solved), Aaron Shurtleff (20 goos solved), Scott Hardie (2 goos solved), and Steve Dunn (2 goos solved).
Phil Jackson
He made Chicago very happy six times, and Los Angeles very happy five times. Now he's in a position to make New York very happy, but he already did that twice back in the seventies. Go »
Isis King
Most people would need plastic surgery to compete on America's Next Top Model. This one needed gender reassignment surgery. Who's the king? Go »
Donald Sterling
Business? Sports? Controversy? No, I think I should categorize this infamous Los Angeles racist under Disasters. Go »
Jean Kasem
Even with all of the struggles recently in the news, her husband must be easier to take care of than Nick Tortelli. Go »
Friedrich Nietzsche
His favorite comic book is Action Comics. Go »
Seth Binzer
He can make all the ladies come come to him. Go »
Larry McMurtry
His most famous works are about a lonely bird, some loving nicknames, and a mountain with a spinal injury. Go »
John Oliver
He used to be on daily every night, but now he's on last week this Sunday. Go »
Zeev Suraski
This Israeli programmer (and his company) might be last in the alphabet, but he's foremost among those working to make PHP the leading language of the World Wide Web. Go »
Bowe Bergdahl
Let's hope that America's last P.O.W., newly home from five years in captivity, remains her last P.O.W. Go »
Brent Greer
When his city fined him for needing a fresh coat of paint, he chose the colors red, white, and blue. Go »
Vladimir Lenin
He started the revolution-of-the-month club. Go »
Paul McBeth
This Californian is famous for throwing a Frisbee fewer times than any other man in the world. Go »
Juliana Hatfield
You can call her babe or just another girl, but don't call her McCoy. Go »
Peter Capaldi
He didn't need a medical degree to get his new job. He just needed to be the twelfth in line. Go »
Idina Menzel
She could play the same part when her hit film becomes a Disney on Ice show. If John Travolta guesses this goo, he'll be wrong. Go »
Mercedes McCambridge
This Oscar winner took to her radio career like a woman possessed. Go »
Lisa Delpit
Louisiana's minority students have a champion in this notable Baton Rouge teacher. Go »
Jean Mermoz
He got lost, possibly because he had drawn a map with a line between France and Argentina. Go »
Halle Berry
She's been a DC burglar and a Marvel mutant. Go »
Vincent Bustamante
This federal agent wound up on the wrong side of the law, on the wrong side of the border, and on the wrong side of an execution. Go »
California Chrome
He won the Kentucky Debry and Preakness Stakes, and like the shiny state that is his namesake, this three-year-old thoroughbred has also won many hearts. Go »
Phil Plait
I'm skeptical of the notion that you're bad at the game if you can't pinpoint this space expert. Go »
Joseph Lombardo
Oh no! Did anyone see this clown around the neighborhood? If you had, you could have been given 20,000 dollars for his capture. Go »
Ken Jeong
He gave up practicing internal medicine to attend community college. Go »
Dee Snider
He's had enough of being a warped sibling, and he's not going to take it any more. Go »
Lorde
This teenaged New Zealander could have been categorized in Royalty. Go »
Lucky Meisenheimer
If you were bitten by a zombie, you'd need an appointment (stat) with this dermatologist. Go »
Cliven Bundy
After twenty years of legal battles, this defiant Nevadan is tired of the federal government treating its citizens like cattle. Go »
Satya Nadella
This engineer is going to have to go beyond the cloud to succeed in business. Go »
Kim Jong-un
North Koreans hope (or do they?) that like grandfather and father, like grandson and son. Go »
William of Ockham
The simplest guess is probably the correct one. Go »
Winston Groom
Life is like a box of chocolates: You never know when a film studio is going to claim that their international smash hit actually lost money so that they don't have to pay you a contractually-mandated percentage of the profit. Go »
Melissa McCarthy
For this sitcom star to become an identity thief, she first had to become a bridesmaid. Go »
Melissa Catherine Smith-Means
Do you think you could stop this meanie from unleashing the beast while making a call? Go »
Neil deGrasse Tyson
This astrophysicist wants to be your tour guide to the cosmos. Go »
Jeremy Meeks
This Californian felon didn't mug for the camera while being shot by police, but his handsome mug has shot up in popularity across the Internet. Go »
LeBron James
He can't stand something, so he's getting out of the kitchen, just like he once got out of Cleveland. Go »
Bill Gates
This philanthropist has a macro fortune from micro beginnings. Go »
Harry Reid
What happens in closed-door meetings with his Senate Democrats, stays in closed-door meetings with his Senate Democrats. Go »
Jim Parsons
He has a funny theory about the origin of the universe. Go »
Iggy Azalea
A fancy bounce was all it took to change her life. Go »
Chris Bosh
He was a bird of prey until he felt the allure of the heat. Go »
Solange Knowles
This pop singer was destined to be seen as a child in the shadow of her older sister Beyoncé. Go »
Usher
Here he stands, looking for himself his way. Go »
Lily Cole
This model achieved the impossible by acting alongside Heath Ledger after he was already dead. Go »
Pharrell Williams
When Daft Punk asked him to sing what would become the two biggest hits on their latest album, he was happy to say yes. Go »
Emma Stone
Her career has featured zombies, spiders, maids, bunnies, cavemen, and horny teenagers, sometimes in the same picture. Go »
Roy Choi
He's the heart and Seoul of the current food-truck craze. Go »
Joey Chestnut
He loves eating food so much that his last name is a kind of nut and his new fiancée sounds like a chocolatier. Go »
O.J. Simpson
This USC running back got a job with Hertz running through airports until the day he tried running away in a white Bronco. Go »
Kate Kelly
More men in power cost this Mormon her power. Go »
Christina Fallin
Her choice of dress was culturally inappropriate to those who have resided in her mother's state the longest. Go »
Clint Dempsey
His team didn't do so well in the World Cup, but he's still beloved in his native Nacogdoches and his adopted hometown of Seattle. Go »
Rand Paul
This Libertarian with a first name that appeals to his conservative base might someday have better luck running for president than his father did. Go »
Zack "Danger" Brown
That's a lot of potato salad. Go »
Francisco Pizarro
Lima bears the legacy of this lopsided victor. Go »
Anthony Bourdain
His part-cooking, part-travel show was, by definition, not appointment television. Go »
Joe Biden
He's bidin' his time until he can run for president to succeed his boss. Go »
Abbie Hoffman
Steal this goo. Go »
Tig Notaro
Her bit about cancer made her notarious overnight. Go »
Diane Rehm
This host has been alive since FDR was the most powerful man in her hometown. Go »
Blanket Jackson
Putting a blanket over this child's head near Paris may not make you a pop star. Go »
Steven Spielberg
He directed dinosaurs, wrote about ghosts, and produced giant robots. Go »
Oscar de la Renta
This Dominican has dominated the fashion industry since dressing Jackie Kennedy. Go »
Anthony Rapp
Success stemming from his most famous role two decades ago continues to pay his rent. Go »
Kate Upton
This other other woman appeared in some very popular sports illustrations. Go »
Hugh Jackman
His co-stars have included hackers, mutants, a French police inspector, giant robots that punch each other, Australia, magicians, penguins, and Meg Ryan. Go »
Lucy
She's been busy traveling across the U.S. in recent years, but she took time out of her busy schedule to make a cameo in the 2014 movie that shares her name. Go »
Shailene Woodley
Fans didn't need to worry that The Fault in Our Stars would diverge from its source material. Go »
Ronaldinho
Brazil is very forward about its love for this Porto Alegrean footballer. Go »
Vartan Gregorian
Older than the Middle Eastern nation where he was born, this academic spent eight years asking prospective students, "What can brown do for you?" Go »
Kevin Hart
This little comedian has a big ♥. Go »
Malcolm Gladwell
He's half-Jamaican, half-British, all-Canadian, and a New Yorker by trade. Go »
Erik Ayala
Do you think he would be in the zone to hit moving targets? Go »
Barack Obama
Low approval ratings would make him hide in the corner of his office, if his office had any corners. Go »
Drew Pinsky
What is the treatment for addiction to Celebrity Rehab? Go »
John Hinckley, Jr.
Craziness became an act for this stalker. Go »
Chelsea Handler
She thinks she can handle the unprecedented creation of a late-night talk show on Netflix. Go »
Katie Holmes
Her loves have included Tom Cruise, Batman, and Dawson. Go »
Andrew Garfield
When Sony's movie franchise was in trouble, along came a hero to rescue them. Go »
Joshua Bell
One of the world's most celebrated instrumentalists does not play the bell. Go »
Dave Checketts
Don't get all jazzed for your job as a general manager, Do you think he could check up on you? Go »
Goo Hara
Three thousand fans have made this Kara singer the First Daughter of K-pop. Go »
Phil Robertson
His frank comments about homosexuality put his Louisiana dynasty in jeopardy. Go »
Gary Oldman
He's still a young man at 56, but he's already played iconic roles like Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sirius Black, Mason Verger, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Commissioner Gordon, Pontius Pilate, and Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. Go »
Carmelo Anthony
After eight years of mining for Nuggets, he returned to his native New York rich in talent. Go »
Dougray Scott
You might not recognize this actor from such roles as Wolverine and James Bond. Go »
Michael Brown
Six shots ended this Missourian's life eight days after he graduated high school. Go »
