publication date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 (part of Summer 2018)

category: Television

clue: His best-known roles include a detective in Brooklyn, a hotel guest in Transylvania, an a not-ready-for-primetime-player on a lonely island.

explanation: Samberg has starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Hotel Transylvania movies. With his two partners in the comedy trio The Lonely Island, he spent seven years on Saturday Night Live. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates


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