This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 (part of Fall 2017)

category: Music

clue: The career of this celebrated cellist has had its ups and downs.

explanation: The clue was a play on Ma's name. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Elaine Beckland

Seeing Double: Is there an echo in here? These celebrities are so famous that people say their names twice. Hopefully each guess will be right both times. These goos with double names will appear throughout the Fall 2017 season.

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