publication date: Friday, July 27, 2012 (part of Summer 2012)

category: Movies

clue: Though he was not actually afflicted with ageusia, his unholy stunt in a John Waters film marked a new low for tastelessness.

explanation: Divine was a drag queen and actor in several John Waters films. His most outrageous stunt was eating dog excrement in Pink Flamingos. more…

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

trivia: Several players found the source photo online under the name of David Lochary, one of Divine's co-stars in Pink Flamingos, and guessed incorrectly.

Senseless: We use vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to understand the world around us. But not everybody is fortunate enough to have all five senses. Each of these five celebrities is missing a single sense, some defined by the loss and others triumphant over it.

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