Current Goos

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This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Monday, January 20, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, January 27

clue: He played a scheming convict in Oz, a jaded detective in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and an ill-fated cop in Rescue Me, but he's best known for embodying the abstract concept of random but insurable violence in a series of commercials.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West

The Longest Winter: Cold enough for you? This winter has been unusually stormy and cold, and it's not over yet. Here are fifteen wintry goos to pass the time waiting for the temperature to warm up again. Try to solve all of them or this might be the winter of your discontent.

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This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Sunday, January 19, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, January 26

category: Music

clue: Before his 2014 death, he was the skinniest, whitest boy playing the blues, on records like Still Alive and Well and Saints & Sinners.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky

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This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Saturday, January 18, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, January 25

category: Music

clue: Trying to identify this Midwesterner who has enjoyed a rapid rise (and so far, no fall)? Good luck!

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West

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This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the clue and made major changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Friday, January 17, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, January 24

category: Sports

clue: His achievement was the first of its kind in his sport, while the team for which he played had a name contradicting the reason.

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm

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This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Thursday, January 16, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, January 23

category: Television

clue: This showrunner named his mother after his aunt, his psychiatrist after his grandmother, and his friends after his mother.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

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This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, January 22

category: Disasters

clue: On May 18, 1980, this presidential-sounding folk hero got a swift rebuke from nature when he doubted geologists.

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta

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This goo is worth a point in January 2025.

publication date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, January 21

category: Hoaxes

clue: Ten years ago, his organization found it easier to acquire controversy, Congressional attention, and news coverage than fetal tissue.

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta

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Recent Goos

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Anthony Gatto

Anthony Gatto is a world record holding juggler. Gato is the Spanish word for male cat. Go »

Beka Gillis

Gillis went viral on Tiktok for a tearful video in which she acknowledged that none of her guests had shown up for a vision board party at the end of 2024, all cancelling at the last minute. Over 12,000 comments poured in, suggesting that she host a virtual party instead to engage with people online, which she did in January 2025. Go »

Tavar Zawacki

Zawacki, who has gone by ABOVE and ⇧ during his career but now uses his birth name, is an artist who has worked in a variety of mediums but is well-known for his stenciled graffiti. Go »

Sabrina Carpenter

Carpenter's albums include Singular: Act I in 2018, Singular: Act II in 2019, and Short n' Sweet in 2024. Go »

Justin Verlander

Verlander, whose last name means "of the land" or "from the land," pitched for the Detroit Tigers from 2005-2017. He was traded to the Houston Astros just before entering the free market in 2017, and ultimately won two World Series with the latter team. Go »

Richard Burton

Richard Burton's children asked him to make a fun movie that they could see so he chose Where Eagles Dare. Go »

Vanna Bonta

Bonta's novel Flight was the first in the quantum fiction sub-genre of science fiction, although Bonta's claim to have coined the term is disputed. One of her haikus was selected for inclusion in the MAVEN spacecraft that was sent to Mars in 2013. She invented the "2suit," a space-flight garment primarily designed to facilitate sex in zero-gravity environments. She was also an actress, lending her voice to Beauty and the Beast among other films. Go »

Ludger Sylbaris

Ludger Sylbaris (sometimes recorded as Louis-Auguste Cyparis) was arrested during a street brawl in the Martinican city of St. Pierre on May 7, 1902, and was confined in a partially-underground cell with limited ventilation. A volcanic eruption the next morning destroyed the town and killed nearly 30,000 people. Sylbaris was the sole survivor, albeit with scarring from the heat. He later became the first Black star of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and toured the United States, telling the story of his survival and becoming a celebrity. Go »