publication date: Thursday, April 6, 2017 (part of Spring 2017)

category: Movies

clue: He's been a scary president, a funny Dracula, a hard spy, a naked policeman, and an airplane doctor.

explanation: Nielsen starred in Scary Movie 3, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Spy Hard, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, and Airplane! more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Aaron Shurtleff, and Jesse King


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