publication date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 (part of Summer 2013)

category: Music

clue: She doesn't have a figure typical of best-selling popular singers, but this Dutch singer is almost single-handedly reviving big-band jazz.

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Steve Dunn

It's Not Easy Being Green: Green is the color of money, of nature, of envy, and of lack of experience. Being named after shades of green has been a curse for these five celebrities: Life has dealt each one of them a hardship, but they hold their heads up all the same.

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