Bethany Hamilton
publication date: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (part of Round XXV)
category: Controversy
clue: You could guess this goo correctly with one hand tied behind your back, but she couldn't.
explanation: Hamilton was a surfer who famously lost an arm to a shark. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Chris McKinnon, Michael Paul Cote, E. M., Wendy Hampson, Lori S., Derrek White, Mike Miller, and Savannah Maloney
trivia: This goo ranks among those created in the poorest taste.
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