Current Goos
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publication date: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, August 30
category: 
Internet
clue: Is it good luck to be born during an eclipse? It was for this social media CEO, one of the five richest people on Earth.
difficulty: easy (50 points)
solved by: Richard Slominsky, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
This goo is part of Eclipse Week.
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publication date: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, August 29
category: 
Movies
clue: He co-starred in a 2010 movie called Eclipse, playing a man who can become a giant wolf (with or without the presence of a full moon).
difficulty: medium (100 points)
solved by: LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
This goo is part of Eclipse Week.
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publication date: Monday, August 21, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, August 28
category: 
Philosophy
clue: This ancient Greek is considered the first person to predict an eclipse, ending a war of five years when the eclipse motivated the soldiers to lay down their arms.
difficulty: medium (100 points)
solved by: LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
This goo is part of Eclipse Week.
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publication date: Sunday, August 20, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, August 27
category: 
Literature
clue: One of America's most celebrated authors and humorists wrote about a Connecticut Yankee using an eclipse to save his life in King Arthur's court.
difficulty: easy (50 points)
solved by: Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
This goo is part of Eclipse Week.
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This celebrity goo was created by player LaVonne Lemler.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty provided by LaVonne.
publication date: Saturday, August 19, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, August 26
category: 
Sports
clue: If he continues to sell his talent on the field, this condor may just find his team in the World Series.
difficulty: hard (150 points)
solved by: Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Jesse King
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This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
publication date: Friday, August 18, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, August 25
category: 
Architecture
clue: This architect's Church of the Holy Family may not be completed even one hundred years after his death.
difficulty: medium (100 points)
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
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This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the clue and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Chris.
publication date: Thursday, August 17, 2017 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, August 24
category: Sports
clue: This American Hero is known for winning Olympic medals and being part of the WWE HOF "class of 2017." One thing you better not do is piss him off or he will deliver the ankle lock and the Angle Slam.
difficulty: medium (100 points)
solved by: Steve West, Russ Wilhelm, Justin Woods, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Jesse King, Elaine Beckland, and Scott Hardie
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Recent Goos
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Elvis Presley
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James Damore
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Phil Mickelson
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Takeda Shingen
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Samir Mezrahi
Mezrahi runs the popular @KaleSalad account on Twitter, which retweets viral content from the original authors after it has been plagarized by other people. In August 2017, he became fed up with his iPhone playing the first song alphabetically in his collection when he connected it to his car stereo, so he created the silent, ten-minute "A a a a a Very Good Song" and sold it on iTunes, becoming an overnight sensation. Go »
Franco Nero
Franco Nero is best known for his first lead and breakthrough role as Django, a former Union soldier turned drifter in 1966, followed by eight additional spaghetti westerns that year. Later roles included Lancelot, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table in Camelot; Julius, hotel manager of Continental Hotel in John Wick; Chapter 2; Abel, slain by Cain in The Bible: In the Beginning; Gypsy, in Virgin and the Gypsy; and Detective Belli, an Italian crime film. Nero, his stage name, was a Roman emperor. Go »
Chris Klug
Chris Klug had a liver transplant 19 months prior to competing in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He repaired a broken boot buckle with duct tape just 2 minutes before his final race. He won the bronze medal in the Giant Slalom. Go »
