This goo was worth a point in May 2025.

publication date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 (part of May 2025)

category: Movies

clue: This director is frequently on the road: He's made films about trips to Sarajevo, Guantanamo, Italy, Spain, Greece, and his native England.

explanation: Winterbottom directed the films On the Road, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Road to Guantanamo, The Trip to Italy, The Trip to Spain, The Trip to Greece, and This England. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

Up the Long Ladder: Climbing the longest ladder that's ever been is the same as climbing a short one: Just take it one step at a time. It only makes sense to take them in order, right?

Similar Goos

Melissa George

In her home country of Australia, she gained fame for starring in a long-running soap opera while still a teenager. Since moving away, she has hunted for better roles, from thieves using aliases first, to a patient in treatment for a short heartbeat, to a mother who (twice) slapped mosquitoes on a coast. Go »

George Michael

He's never gonna dance again—not because guilty feet have no rhythm, but because he died in 2016. Go »

Tom Fletcher

When he's not writing songs under the pseudonym of a Back to the Future character, he's writing books about a dinosaur's gastrointestinal foreign body expulsion. Go »

Fletcher Christian

Collecting a bounty on this mutineer would have required a voyage to Pitcairn Island. Go »

Christian Isaiah

He established a bridge to the past when he played Chadwick Boseman's character as a boy, but he's best known for identifying as a member of Oasis without any sense of shame. Go »

Isaiah Joe

Sometimes, the littlest thunder can make the most noise. Go »