This celebrity goo was created by player Erik Bates.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Friday, December 26, 2003 (part of Round XXI)

category: Controversy

clue: Hotel heiresses don't get much more sexy, foolish, or famous than this.

explanation: Hilton was heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune. The public perception of her at the time was that she was attractive but stupid. more…

solved by: Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Aaron Fischer, Jackie Mason, Todd Brotsch, Wendy Hampson, Christine Marie Doiron, Nadine Russell, Anthony Lewis, Amir H. Sufyani, Brad Htnck, Dave Stoppenhagen, K. R., Brandie Harrison, Elizabeth Chesher, Jason Charles Butterhoff, CJ Santiago, Bryan Antonio Carroll, Jack Black, Jeff Wallos, Tab Hilton, and Vixen Calhoun

player landmarks: This was the first goo solved by Bryan Antonio Carroll.

trivia: Erik Bates made the request before either of the appearances that made Hilton famous, in a private sex video that was published online and in the TV reality series "The Simple Life."


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