Fall 2019
Steve West won this round on November 29, 2019. There were 90 goos.
Players this round: Russ Wilhelm (89 goos solved), Chris Lemler (83 goos solved), LaVonne Lemler (83 goos solved), Steve West (81 goos solved), Erik Bates (74 goos solved), Matthew Preston (60 goos solved), Samir Mehta (38 goos solved), Richard Slominsky (37 goos solved), and Scott Hardie (11 goos solved).
Whitney Cummings
She went for broke creating a sitcom about waitresses after her eponymous first sitcom was roasted by critics. Go »
Tony Shalhoub
He has played such different roles as a high-flying cabbie, a monastic detective, a vegetative senator, and a marvelous father. Go »
Andrew Luck
Despite his name, this Midwestern quarterback suffered more than his share of unfortunate injuries, so he became the rare player to walk away from the NFL in his prime, a month before his 30th birthday. Go »
Norah O'Donnell
Her recent shift change from mornings to evenings makes her an inheritor of the legacy of Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. Go »
Willem Dafoe
Since his name sounds like "the enemy," it's appropriate that he has played so many on-screen villains, such as in To Live and Die in L.A., Streets of Fire, Spider-Man, Wild at Heart, and Speed 2: Cruise Control. Go »
Carrie Lam
She may be a tough fighter, but she eventually caved to protest by nearly two million people. Go »
Sandra Oh
She wasn't the Grey whose anatomy became a hit, but she is the Eve whose potential killing is attracting critical acclaim. Go »
Amy Lee Giorgio
Being in the Sunshine State is a drag. She tried to evanesce after injuring a traffic cop. This gulf-based goo should be a breeze to solve. Go »
Jonathan Safran Foer
His books have been called illuminating, extreme, and incredible. Go »
Ross Bagdasarian
This stage performer and singer-songwriter made a novelty record so popular that he spent the rest of his career yelling the name Alvin. Go »
Seann William Scott
He made pie with Jason Biggs, got down with Dwayne Johnson, became a duke with Johnny Knoxville, and exchanged weapons with Damon Wayans. Go »
John Stamos
He starred in two long-running hospital dramas, but despite recently becoming a grandfather, he'll always be best known as an uncle who pleaded for mercy. Go »
Chuck D
This Queens native declared himself public enemy #1 in the 1980s for bringing the noise and calling 911 a joke. Go »
Lizzo
This big grrrl wants to tell the small world that she loves you, and that kind of truth doesn't hurt. Go »
Benjamin Briggs
This sea captain could have bought a hardware store but Italy apparently needed those 1700 barrels of alcohol. Go »
Lani Sarem
Her YA novel became a handbook for scamming your way onto the bestseller list for a single day. Go »
Cate Blanchett
On-screen, she's been to Middle-earth, Asgard, San Francisco, Elizabethan England, Golden-Age Hollywood, Cinderella's castle, the Met Gala, Sherwood Forest, and her native Australia. Go »
Ted Giannoulas
He's been with the Padres longer than any player, and his specialty is a fowl ball. Go »
Danny Trejo
You might have seen this character actor and former convict wielding a machete for Robert Rodriguez, or stealing a plane for Simon West, or planning a bank robbery for Michael Mann. Go »
Matty Roberts
His unserious post about trespassing in an Air Force test facility provoked an out-of-this-world response. Go »
Philip Pullman
His fantasy novels have covered some fairly dark material. Go »
mxmtoon
She's a YouTube-based pop star who released her debut in 2018, not an animated character who debuted in 1990. Go »
Robert Santoli
This New Yorker said DON'T LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG but he has really good fortune because if you think he is EASY BREEZY you may see him on an EXHILARATING WATER SLIDE. He is also LIVING IN THE MOMENT because he has THREE WISHES and one of the three wishes he asked for was GOOFY PICTURES. Go »
James Jebbia
This British-born skate shop owner has built the ultimate fashion brand in New York. Go »
Michelle Williams
This former member of Destiny's Child starred in Chicago on Broadway, not in Brokeback Mountain. Go »
Michelle Ann Williams
This renowned Jamaican scientist is a dean at Harvard, which is in Cambridge, not in nearby Manchester-by-the-Sea. Go »
Michelle Toro
In 2016, this swimmer was too busy winning an Olympic medal for Canada to have been nominated for a Tony Award for Blackbird on Broadway. Go »
Michael K. Williams
He rose to fame as the terrifying Omar in The Wire, not as teenaged Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek. Go »
Michael Williams
When he starred in Henry V with his wife Judi Dench, neither he nor the character he played were the actress who won an Emmy Award for Fosse/Verdon. Go »
Michael C. Williams
He played himself in a surprise hit horror movie, which was not Shutter Island. Go »
Carolyn Pickles
Her character in a long-running British soap opera died in the 4000th episode, before she could meet great and powerful men like Oz, P.T. Barnum, and Venom. Go »
Bill Kristol
He worked in the first Bush White House, wrote weekly of his support for the second Bush White House, and vehemently opposed the Trump White House. Go »
Danny DeVito
He's best known for managing a cab service in New York, a bar in Philadelphia, a tabloid magazine in Los Angeles, an amusement park in space, and a criminal empire in Gotham City. Go »
Robin Mahfood
This ironically named President and CEO leads an organization providing food, medicine and shelter to the poor. Go »
Baby Ariel
This TikTok star, who is almost young enough to be called an infant, shares her name with a Disney cartoon heroine who first appeared in 1989. Go »
Vincent Palermo
In real life, this Jersey mobster moved to Texas in the witness protection program, but not before inspiring a famous TV character. Go »
Kevin Abstract
He named his group after the street he grew up on in Corpus Christi, and his first solo album after a cable channel and a year nine prior to the one in which he was born. Go »
Tucker Carlson
After getting (cross)fired by CNN, he tucked his commentary into MSNBC's format, but didn't find a proper home until Fox News made him a contributor and then a nightly host. Go »
Bray Wyatt
Walking like a spider is easier than being related to this wrestler. Go »
Amber Guyger
For this Dallas cop, getting off on the wrong floor was the first deadly mistake. Go »
Steve McQueen
He became Hollywood royalty (in name and nickname) by starring in movies about bullets, affairs, pebbles, getaways, infernos, and escapes. Go »
Artur Samarin
You're not supposed to go through high school twice, but maybe if your first time was in the Ukraine it doesn't count? Go »
Pat Benatar
She had an invincible run of hits about being shot on a battlefield and being fired up to break hearts. Go »
Hiawatha
The top 'hawk was immortalized in a popular song of the mid-1800s. Go »
Melissa Broder
This online humorist was born a Virgo, which is not the sign after which she named her debut novel. Sad! Go »
Braima Suncar Dabó
When you cross the finish line at the end of your career, do you want to look back and say that you helped carry the tradition of sportsmanship? Go »
Spartacus
Historians cannot agree whether this gladiator sparred with an empire to end all slavery, or whether he just wanted his own freedom. He's... Go »
Gerald Foos
This hotelier's favorite songs could be the Police's "Every Breath You Take," Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me," and Kim Carnes's "Voyeur." Go »
James Brudenell
Immortalized by Tennyson, his company of soldiers were decimated by Russian artillery. Go »
Chris Wallace
Although he only knew his father for about sixty minutes, this Fox anchor built a similar reputation for grilling politicians in interviews. Go »
Nathan Hale
All hail this patriotic Connecticuter, whose legend began the same year as our nation, when he was hung for spying and gave but one life for his country. Go »
John Slattery
This actor has enjoyed some recent time in the spotlight thanks to performances both sterling and stark. Go »
Justin Trudeau
This dynastic Canadian overcame his own racist mistakes to win re-election. Go »
Andy King
His reputation as one of Hollywood's best event planners went up in smoke after he was willing to take one for the team that failed to organize a music festival. Who's the king? Go »
Bryan Price
This coach yelled at the news media until his face was the color of his team, but ultimately he didn't pay any price but embarrassment. Go »
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
This native Chicagoan is a meme machine, thanks in part to citations by George Takei and Stephen Hawking. Go »
Kennedy McMann
Even a teenaged sleuth could figure out the identity of the latest actress to play the nearly 90-year-old character. Go »
Belle Delphine
For someone whose name means like a dolphin, she generated a lot of controversy this summer about whether or not she really was in water. Go »
Gary Sinise
Long before working in police forensics in New York, he was a prison guard, an astronaut, a kidnapper, a wounded soldier, and a shrimp fisherman. Go »
Shawn Mendes
This Vine star wrote himself into the record books with a #1 hit album before his 18th birthday. Go »
John Carpenter
Like a skilled woodworker, this writer-director assembled now-classic horror films of the 1970s and 1980s, including an enduring slasher film about October 31. Go »
Anthony Rendon
Our national third baseman helped bring victory home for the first time. Go »
Pia Wurtzbach
This Filipino beauty is a winner whether Steve Harvey wants to admit it or not. Go »
John Greenleaf Whittier
The big-headed mascot of the college named for this poet took the field dressed in colonial garb carrying a giant fountain pen. Go »
Liev Schreiber
He's been a murder who makes people scream, an editor who took the spotlight, a father who ignored an omen, and the original Sabretooth. Go »
Jenna Fischer
She has since been in shows about the apocalypse and splitting up, but she'll always be best remembered for her notable job in an office. Go »
Caitlyn Jenner
It was once unimaginable that this gold medalist and Wheaties box subject would be famous for anything besides sports, but then came a certain reality show and gender transition. Go »
Jean Rhys
She wrote about a sea that was wider than her native Caribbean. Go »
Richard Jewell
He won an Olympic gold medal in being tried by the media. Go »
Fernando Abad
This may be a bad situation for this Boston pitcher: He was picked up by the Nationals, traded to Oakland and played there for two years and picked up, and signed a minor league deal with Minnesota and was traded to Boston for a light pitcher. Go »
Michael Bloomberg
New Yorkers knew this billionaire as a Republican and independent, but the nation might know him next year as a Democrat. Go »
Daniel Daly
Despite his short stature, this Marine's fightingest attitude and two Medals of Honor will allow him to live forever. Go »
Lamar Jackson
He may hail from sunny Miami, but now this young quarterback dons all black. Go »
Rob Delaney
He used to be the funniest person on Twitter, before a catastrophic development in his career. Go »
Piper Kerman
Since trading in her black professional attire for an orange jumpsuit, she has written a book, inspired a TV series, and advocated for justice reform. Go »
Pauley Perrette
For an actress playing a goth, she brought a lot of color to a long-running law enforcement procedural. Go »
Helen Prejean
If you wonder whether her famous book had any success abolishing the death penalty, or whether she has any specific job titles, the answer to both is none. Go »
John McCrea
Devil's Food, Coffee, Birthday, Tres Leches... like chocolate icing left out to dry, his distinctive voice coats the band's six (and counting!) studio albums. Go »
Ray Stevens
Hey, Margaret. Don't go streaking at vacation bible school. Go »
Ambrose Burnside
When someone talks about him, his ears burn. When someone shaves, his sides burn. Go »
Abraham Lincoln
His chinstrap set a precedent. Go »
Chuck Norris
Legend has it there is no chin hidden behind his beard, only another fist. Go »
Annie Jones
This beard attracted a freakish number of onlookers in the late 19th century. Go »
Rollie Fingers
Roly Poly Mustache...oly? Go »
Ringo Starr
Despite the no-no of quitting his famous former band, he still has as many fans as the stars in the sky. Go »
Peter Mark Roget
Synonyms for this reference compiler include linguist, neologist, lexicologist, linguistic scientist, and etymologist. Go »
Denise Mueller-Korenek
It took a salty attitude, but she finally pedaled to a world record. Go »
Felicity Jones
She has explored air and space with Eddie Redmayne, researched history with Tom Hanks, made supreme decisions with Armie Hammer, and saved the galaxy with Diego Luna. Go »
Marie Colvin
Up to and including her death covering a Middle Eastern civil war, she bore witness to violence around the world, despite a noted limitation. Go »
