publication date: Monday, November 10, 2008 (part of Round XXXVI)

category: Exploration

clue: If you can't find the answer after all your searching, your goose is stewed.

explanation: Cook was an eighteenth-century explorer who sailed around the world. The phrase "your goose is cooked" was tweaked to give a hint. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, and Amy Austin


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