This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

This goo was worth a point in August 2024.

publication date: Saturday, August 17, 2024 (part of August 2024)

category: Art

clue: This artist walked into a bar and when the bartender asked him what he'd like, he responded, "Ce n'est pas un bar."

explanation: René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He once painted a picture of a pipe and wrote below it, "This is not a pipe." "Ce n'est pas un bar" is French for "This is not a bar." more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, and Scott Hardie


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