Leonardo da Vinci
publication date: Monday, April 20, 1998 (part of Round I)
category: 
Art
clue: Being sketchy isn't all this inventor shares with the drowned cheesehead.
explanation: This obscure clue references the then-popular film Titanic. In it, Leonardo DiCaprio played a Wisconsin man who drowned. Both his character and da Vinci were artists who sometimes sketched. Da Vinci was also an inventor. more…
solved by: Matthew Preston, Kelly Hardie, Jason Peter Fedorow, and Erik Nelson
player landmarks: This was the first goo solved by Erik Nelson.
trivia: This image is taken from da Vinci's famous self-portrait sketch.
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