publication date: Thursday, April 5, 2007 (part of Round XXIX)

category: Records

clue: It's normal that this circumambulator would have followers. I couldn't imagine it another way.

explanation: Kunst was the first person to walk around the world, thus making it impossible for him to have followed anyone else in the stunt. He described his act as circumambulation on his web site, an altering of the word's precise meaning. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Jerry Mathis


Similar Goos

Bao Xishun

No other goo can reach the towering record set by this Mongolian. Go »

Dennis Tito

This businessman took one of the most expensive vacations in galactic history. Go »

Marilyn vos Savant

If this puzzle-loving columnist isn't smart enough to solve her own goo, nobody is. Go »

Santa Claus

It wouldn't be Christmas without this goo. Go »

Tom Hanks

This actor has been stranded in space, on a tropical island, in an airport terminal, and in an adult's body. Go »

Barbra Streisand

Before she fell in love with the prince of tides, this funny girl was the way we were. Go »