Fall 2018
LaVonne Lemler won this round on December 1, 2018. There were 90 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (87 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (84 goos solved), Chris Lemler (83 goos solved), Erik Bates (82 goos solved), Samir Mehta (62 goos solved), Matthew Preston (51 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (37 goos solved), Aaron Shurtleff (18 goos solved), Joanna Woods (14 goos solved), Stan Iwanchuk (14 goos solved), and Scott Hardie (12 goos solved).
Chevy Chase
He attended community college, and had success in movies as a vacationer, a golfer, and a fletcher, but he'll always be remembered for his first big break, hosting weekend news updates. Go »
Hercules Mulligan
How do I know that this goo will work? I had a spy on the inside, that's right... Go »
Miles Scott
When the Penguin left Gotham City to threaten San Francisco, Batman needed help from this wishful assistant, and an entire city pitched in to make it happen. Go »
Antonio Banderas
He has played an assassin, a vampire, a desperado, an expendable, a cat in boots, and a Zorro. Go »
Lorrie Morgan
She has plenty in common with other giants of her genre: She shares her name with George and Loretta, and exchanged vows with Keith, Jon, and Sammy. Go »
Walt Whitman
His poetry about grass, lilacs, and calamus made him a major American wit of the 1800s. Go »
6ix9ine
He's named after a sexual number (and has it tattooed all over his face and hands), but his position on the charts is a lot higher. Go »
Tom Kenny
This goofball's best-known characters include an icy royal, a canine conjoined to a feline, a suspender-loving cow, and someone who lives in a tropical fruit under the ocean. Go »
Ron Stallworth
He was the first African-American member of a group that opposed his very existence, not that they knew his identity at the time. Go »
Vince McMahon
If this brash CEO had succeeded at doing in his extreme football league what he had already accomplished for professional wrestling, would that have meant suiting up and playing the sport himself? Go »
David Alfaro Siqueiros
This Mexican painter might paint a picture of you and maybe paint a mural of you, but this painter might bury you next to a worker. Go »
W.W. Denslow
This children's book illustrator, best remembered for drawings of frightened lions and foolish scarecrows, earned enough money to buy an island and declare himself a king, even though he shared his name with a Scottish warrior who famously opposed a king. Go »
Alison Ettel
Solving goos without a permit can get you a visit from the police if this alliterative Internet meme gets her way. Go »
Diane Crump
She made history in Hialeah, Florida, and then in Louisville, Kentucky the following year. Go »
Claire Foy
She has played a vampire teacher, an astronaut's wife, a tattooed girl, a young queen, a possessed witch, and a quadriplegic's wife. Go »
Stella Liebeck
This winner of a controversial liability lawsuit was not "lovin' it," if by "it" you mean disability, skin grafts, and permanent disfigurement. Go »
Princess Charlotte
4th from the crown, and that's no ruse. Go »
Nikki Haley
It's no longer her job to worry about Hurricane Florence aftermath. She's busy conducting un-diplomacy. Go »
Jaylen Norwood
He had all kinds of painful feelings after it struck him that his attempt to get a jump on fame was going to work in the worst way. Go »
Peter Dinklage
He has played with superheroes as diverse as the X-Men, the Avengers, and Underdog, but he remains best known for playing a very popular game on television about seats (and I don't mean musical chairs). Go »
Donita Sparks
This electrifying singer feels heavy, hungry, and happy now that her punk band is back together. Go »
Bill Pullman
He has a knack for playing presidents, both in short-lived sitcoms and in alien invasions. Go »
Valorie Curry
This spicy actress has appeared at dawn, on Mars, and in Detroit. Go »
Tom Holland
He was best known for playing ballerina Billy Elliot on stage, until along came a role in the MCU that would keep him in red and blue spandex for years to come. Go »
Tomi Lahren
This blazing conservative voice really did record her final thoughts after expressing a pro-choice opinion. Go »
Christine Blasey Ford
It's hard to be blasé about sexual assault, especially when the accused is about to join the highest court in the land. Go »
Ashley Hunter
This St. Louisan didn't get away with mariticide, but she did bump into a quick way to get to the hospital. Go »
Valeria Lukyanova
Many girls find Barbie inspirational. One in Ukraine took it rather far. Go »
Sean Parker
First he invented something that threatened the end of the music business. Then he invested in something that promised to save it. Go »
Amelia Earhart
This female flyer set her first world record by using a canary. Go »
Tuukka Rask
He plays professionally for Boston, but in the Olympics, he represents his native Finland. Go »
Ashlee Simpson
Being a coattail-riding little sister on a reality show isn't as embarrassing as being caught lip-syncing on live late-night TV, but her career recovered with appearances in Melrose, Chicago, and Heaven. Go »
Robert Scoble
This evangelist is known for wearing high-tech head gear in the shower. Go »
Ed King
This recently-departed musician made rock classic with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock. Who's the king? Go »
Bob Newhart
His popular sitcom roles include a psychologist, an inn-keeper, a comic-book artist, a bookstore owner, and a children's science show host. Go »
Yanni
He may have recorded best-selling concert albums in his native Greece, but something about New Age music leaves many audiences feeling yawny. Go »
Duane Allman
This elder brother and member of an all-male band was one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, but not one of the greatest motorcyclists. Go »
Karl Urban
Damnit Theoden, he is the law, not a scourge on his fellow Asgardians! Go »
Sky Ferreira
She went from singing songs in the shower at night to a supporting part in yet another version of "American Woman." Go »
José Altuve
Good things can come in very small packages: The hits keep coming (by the hundreds in fact) for this Venezuelan second baseman. Go »
J.K. Rowling
A boy wizard conjured up enough money for this Brit to become the world's first billionaire author. Go »
John Cena
Don't try to hustle him or you will not get any loyalty or respect out of him. When this goo expires, he will say "You can't see me." Go »
Corine Remande
Do you believe this sports fan envisioned riding away from a professional event with a life-changing injury? Go »
James O'Keefe
Videos of real acorns would not have gotten as much attention as this veritable muckraker's controversial recordings. Go »
Jerome Powell
America doesn't have kings who sit on thrones, but this man in one very special chair does command our interest. Go »
Jamal Khashoggi
What this journalist said got him in trouble with one nation. Suddenly not being around to say anything more is creating an international incident. Go »
Michael Clarke Duncan
Some of this actor's best-known roles were as criminals -- in a superhero movie, a Stephen King adaptation, and a buddy comedy. Go »
Joe Kirk Fulton
On his first official ride, the unexpected defeat of the tigers propelled his character into collegiate history. Go »
Phil Collins
After the genesis of his acting career in A Hard Day's Night, he wrote hit songs about both days (every and another in paradise) and nights (one more and in the air to). Go »
Tim Gunn
This reality-TV fashion personality hasn't fired his gun with a partner, gay or otherwise, in decades. Go »
David Livingstone
If you asked the ghost of this Scottish explorer what justified his colonialism in Africa, I presume his answer would be denial. Go »
Skylar Satenstein
On screen, Matt Damon drove to California to reunite with her. Off screen, she dumped him to marry a drummer. Go »
Miranda Otto
If K.I.T.T. were to read her her rights, would it be an auto miranda? Go »
Bryan Adams
This reckless Canadian singer is widely associated with the summer of 1969 despite not having a hit song until the winter of 1983. Go »
Sullivan Ballou
This Rhode Islander is not remembered so much for his courage on the battlefield at Bull Run as he is for his eloquence in communicating to the wife who would soon be his widow. Go »
Travis Scott
This Houston native recorded a whole album about his city's defunct Six Flags theme park, which makes his relationship with a reality TV star and semi-billionaire entrepreneur seem normal. Go »
Gene Rayburn
This Illinoisian enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and served in World War II, and became known for asking the question, "Dumb Dora was really dumb -- when she knew the answer, she blanked." Go »
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
This English author's pen used to be mightier than the sword, but now his name is synonymous with bad fiction. Go »
Rob Gronkowski
"Gronk" isn't just part of this tight end's last name. It's also the sound effect produced by one of his frequent injuries. Go »
Zombie Boy
If this macabre model shows up trick-or-treating at your door on this first Halloween after his death, that means he really became what he made himself look like. Go »
Richard Donovan
This long-distance runner set a world record by completing a 7 on 7 event in less than 7 days. Go »
Michelle Wolf
She stayed up late at night
Michael Dell
Dude, you're getting one of this guy's computers. Go »
Chelsea Manning
American. Expatriate. Soldier. Activist. Criminal. Woman. Candidate. Go »
Sam Rockwell
He's been a game show host, a serial killer, a Missouri deputy, a Marvel villain, and a nameless redshirt. Go »
Duffy
It's been a decade since this mononymic Welsh singer begged for mercy and audiences gave it to her. Go »
Kip Thorne
He proved that backwards time travel is impossible, discovered that black holes spin at almost the speed of light, and won a Nobel for bettering our understanding of interstellar space. Go »
Phil LaMarr
Sweet diction of the fiction! It's gonna rain a torrent of many cartoon voices. Go »
Dennis Hof
Not being a trashy reality TV star, not owning a brothel, not accusations of rape, and not even death itself would stop Nevadans from electing this man. Go »
Tom Hanks
He's been in movies about Philadelphia and Seattle, and one of his most famous lines is about Houston. Go »
Kyle Carpenter
When a grenade is about to go off, honorable heroes don't typically come out of the woodwork, but this one did. Go »
Michael Weatherly
He weathered a lot of criticism for almost marrying his angelic co-star and retiring from the Navy after 13 years. Go »
Lady of the Dunes
This unknown Bay Stater might have been the victim of a schizophrenic serial killer, or Whitey Bulger, but she definitely wasn't killed by the shark from Jaws. Go »
Lee Marvin
This Purple Heart recipient was named for a Civil War general, but he's better known for singing in a Western about a feline shade of blue and starring in a TV series like Mod Squad without an odd part. Go »
Patrick Mahomes
2018's breakout quarterback plays with a chiefly dominance, away or at homes. Go »
Marcus Samuelsson
This African-born, Euro-raised chef knows a thing or two about serving colorful roosters rotisserie-style on the streets of New York. Go »
Maggie Rogers
Her song about the second-to-last state made the singer of "Happy" happy. Go »
Nick Offerman
When this master carpenter goes out to dinner, he orders the "turf and turf." Also, whiskey and a cigar. All of which he will consume at one time, because he is a free American. Go »
Patrick Kane
This Olympic silver medalist probably doesn't often visit the county neighboring his arena's, even though it bears his name. Go »
Nan Britton
She wasn't the first presidential mistress, but she was the first to write a tell-all book about it, although her daughter's DNA ultimately provided the final chapter. Go »
Mia Love
I've got to get me a love. Go »
Johnny Ace
His stage name implied that he had a winning card up his sleeve, but he couldn't cheat death on a sad Christmas day in the mid-1950s. Go »
Dave Bautista
As long as this former wrestler remains so incredibly still, he becomes invisible to the eye. Go »
Michelle Thomas
This actress had a weird, short life: Her father performed in a cool 1970s R&B group. Her talent won her a title in a Jamaican pageant. She played the girlfriends of two iconic black teenagers on 1980s and 1990s sitcoms. And when she passed away far too young, she was buried per the customs of her Muslim faith. Go »
Christina Applegate
After starting her career as one of two children on TV, her movies have been the sweetest, big, grand, bad legends. Go »
Jason Isbell
Four hundred units of time ago, he was involved in a drive-by with his then-wife Shonna. Go »
Jen and Sylvia Soska
These two sisters made a cameo when they didn't expect to see evil, putting them on a lift that goes straight to hell. Go »
Cole Sprouse
This jug-headed actor used to be half of Zack & Cody. Go »
Glenn Jacobs
This hellish half-brother recently body-slammed the competition to become a mayor in Tennessee. Go »
