Alain Robert
publication date: Friday, April 6, 2012 (part of Spring 2012)
category: 
Stunts
clue: This extreme athlete and publicity-seeking stuntman is so controversial, we can't even agree on what category he belongs to.
explanation: Robert was a climber known for scaling skyscrapers without equipment or permission, earning the nicknames "the Human Spider" and "the French Spider-Man." more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff
trivia: Robert was previously a Controversy goo in 2005, which no players solved. Afterwards, Denise Sawicki and Amy Austin said he should have been listed in Sports.
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