Tree Paine
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Saturday, June 27, 2026 (part of June 2026)
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clue: She isn't a lawyer from Massachusetts. She's a music-industry professional known for quickly shutting down rumors and leaks concerning her #1 client, but before launching her own firm, she worked with artists such as the performer of "Head Like a Hole."
explanation: Paine has gained attention as the exclusive publicist of Taylor Swift despite almost never making public comments or appearances herself. "Quickly" was a play on Swift's last name. Before launching her own firm in 2014, Paine worked for Interscope Records with Nine Inch Nails and other artists. The mention of "Head Like a Hole" is a reference to the ancient practice of trepanning, as a play on Paine's name. more…
intended difficulty: very hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
trivia: This goo was inspired by founding father Robert Treat Paine.
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Similar Goos
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Euan Morton
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Joan Collins
She isn't a politician from Rhode Island. She's a British movie star who, long before she was made a dame by the queen, began her career playing a beauty queen in Lady Godiva Rides Again and then riding in The Bravados, played half of a clandestine marriage in The Virgin Queen but not in The Clandestine Marriage, played someone who became a queen by marrying a king in Esther and the King but not in My Duchess, and played a princess screwed over by a hateful pharaoh in Land of the Pharaohs but a prince's wooed who's not on the straight-and-narrow in Hard Time for Princes. Go »
