Tiger Woods
publication date: Monday, August 28, 2000 (part of Round X)
category: Sports
clue: It's ferocious the way this kid attacks the green.
explanation: Woods was a golf player ("the green") who gained fame for being so good of a player at such a young age ("kid"). The word "ferocious" refers to his first name. more…
solved by: Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, David Mitzman, Aaron Fischer, Kelly Lee, Anna Gregoline, and Edward Tegge
trivia: The "zoom" effect was achieved by smearing a green pixel from the center of the picture out until it covered the whole square, then saving that as a picture, and using a control in the goo program to move halfway between the normal picture and the way-zoomed-in picture. It was the first time in the game that this effect had been used.