Current Goos
Can you solve the goos below? You'll improve your score if you do. Good luck! For more information, see How to Play.
publication date: Saturday, September 6, 2025 (part of September 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, September 13
category: 
Literature
clue: This horrifically successful author predicted that long after he's dead, the character that he'll most be remembered for will be a Clown that lives in a sewer. Who's the king?
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
The Literary Circus: Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Gather 'round for the biggest show in the literary world! These seven goos of celebrated authors, each one inspired by a common circus performer, is the biggest thing under the big top. Grab some peanuts and prepare to be dazzled by their writing! And keep your eyes peeled: One of these is the lucky 7000th celebrity goo.Know the answer? Please log in or create an account in order to guess.
publication date: Friday, September 5, 2025 (part of September 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Friday, September 12
category: Literature
clue: His legendary trilogy of novels about a Ringmaster, and the fellowship charged with its destruction, introduced the world to a new kind of fantasy.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
pending guesses: Samir Mehta
The Literary Circus: Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Gather 'round for the biggest show in the literary world! These seven goos of celebrated authors, each one inspired by a common circus performer, is the biggest thing under the big top. Grab some peanuts and prepare to be dazzled by their writing! And keep your eyes peeled: One of these is the lucky 7000th celebrity goo.Know the answer? Please log in or create an account in order to guess.
publication date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 (part of September 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, September 11
category: 
Science
clue: She didn't hear about Iran issuing a fatwa on Salman Rushdie, or Rain Man winning Best Picture, or Lucille Ball dying? What, was she living in a cave?
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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publication date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 (part of September 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, September 10
category: 
Business
clue: From its humble start in Australia, she built her eponymous company into a weight-management empire whose hundreds of centers spanned North America in the 1980s and 1990s.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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publication date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 (part of September 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, September 9
category: 
Stunts
clue: This basketball fan brought her balancing act to both American and British televised talent competitions, but she's a native of China, just like the furry forest animal that inspired her performing name.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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publication date: Monday, September 1, 2025 (part of September 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Monday, September 8
category: 
Crime
clue: This formative friend of pre-Apple Steves had a freaking great reputation for navigating complex telecom systems so deftly that it was like he ate phone networks for breakfast.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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publication date: Sunday, August 31, 2025 (part of August 2025) - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, September 7
category: 
Journalism
clue: This chronicler of the WWII troop experience was neither private like his TV namesake, nor a goober like that man's cousin.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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Recent Goos
These goos were played a week ago.
Stefanie Williams
In 2016, Williams wrote a widely-discussed opinion piece online that criticized another millennial for demanding more than nearly minimum wage from her employer Yelp (and being fired by Yelp within hours of the incident) that cast aspersions on the younger woman's work ethic and made assumptions about her support network. Go »
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi made clear that Jawaharlal Nehru was his choice as leader of newly independent India. The Nehru jacket is indeed named for him. Go »
Bret Hart
Bret "The Hitman" Hart was a renowned wrestler who founded the group The Hart Foundation. Go »
Eduard Khil
Eduard Khil, sometimes Anglicanized as Edward Hill, was a Russian singer. His wordless 1976 performance of "I Am So Glad I'm Finally Returning Back Home" became an Internet fad in 2010, earning him the nickname Mr. Trololo. He passed away suddenly in 2012. Go »
Kevin Roberts
Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation, one of the most influential conservative public policy organizations in the United States. During his tenure over the last few years, the organization has focused on Project 2025, a plan to staff Donald Trump's second administration with loyalists in order to pursue specific policy outcomes. Roberts, called "the mastermind of Project 2025," took it over in the summer of 2024 from its previous leader, Paul Dans. Go »
Blake Mycoskie
Mycoskie, a onetime contestant on the reality TV series The Amazing Race, founded Toms, a company that donates a pair of shoes to disadvantaged children for every pair purchased by a customer. Go »
Enrico Fermi
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