This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty and made major changes to the clue provided by Steve.

publication date: Monday, October 16, 2017 (part of Fall 2017)

category: Victims

clue: Royal he may have been, but he received world-wide attention because of his aquatic assassination.

explanation: Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by a bomb planted on his boat by the IRA. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Justin Woods


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