Monica Lewinsky

publication date: Friday, October 10, 2003 (part of Round XXI)

clue: There's no more scandalous figure in recent history than the woman who did not have sexual relations with that man, Mr. Clinton.

explanation: Lewinsky became famous for having a sexual affair with President Bill Clinton, who later denied it with the famous quote, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." This goo was the first goo to be included in the brand-new Scandal category in the game (though other goos were retroactively added to it). more…

solved by: Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Lori Lancaster, Aaron Fischer, Jackie Mason, Wendy Hampson, Christine Marie Doiron, Anna Gregoline, Nadine Russell, Anthony Lewis, Amir H. Sufyani, Brad Htnck, Jeff Flom, Dave Stoppenhagen, Andy Hubbartt, K. R., Dan Donovan, Brandie Harrison, Scott Baumann, Jason Charles Butterhoff, Mario Di Carlo, and CJ Santiago

trivia: For almost a year, Scott had been creating goos with QGoo, a Java applet, since Kai's Power Goo did not work on his new computer. (He still managed to include many KPG goos over time by virtue of having created so many already and kept them in reserve.) This goo was the first one created after Scott was able to use KPG again, and so Scott gooed it in a way that looks like a classic gooing method, but had actually never been used before in all 300+ goos. Regardless, it demonstrated the power of KPG to modify an image, something that QGoo simply could not accomplish.