Avengers Resemble
Since Marvel's smash hit film series began with The Avengers in 2012, the superhero team has seen ever-growing box office receipts and an ever-growing cast. Finding seating for everyone's families at the red-carpet premieres must be getting difficult! Most of the actors who play screen-official members of the Avengers have famous relatives, whether they bear a resemblance or not. This month-long theme assembles an extended family tree of Earth's mightiest relatives.
publication date: Thursday, October 23, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, October 30
category: 
Television
clue: It must have been Strange for this actor to go from playing a universally-recognized movie monster to playing a barkeep on a (record-settingly) long-running TV Western.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Steve West
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publication date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, October 29
category: 
Music
clue: As one of three frontmen of a three-person band named after its own non-existent agent, and the childless co-author of children's books about a harmonious cat that doesn't harmonize, he has a confusing public life.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Matthew Preston
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publication date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, October 28
category: 
Art
clue: Her photomurals and video installations depicting celebrities may have given her the insight necessary to direct movies about John Lennon and Amy Winehouse.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston
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publication date: Monday, October 20, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, October 27
category: 
Government
clue: His place in history as the first government official to deny a Southern state's right of secession was far more influential than the mere 21 days of his tenure as Postmaster General would suggest. Who's the king?
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston
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publication date: Sunday, October 19, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, October 26
category: 
Opinion
clue: He's a motivational speaker and aeronauticist, both of which he has in common with the superhero played by his brother.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston
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publication date: Saturday, October 18, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, October 25
category: Television
clue: His roles in high-profile TV shows like Westworld and The Terminal List: Dark Wolf must be the envy of his neighbours.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston
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publication date: Friday, October 17, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, October 24
category: 
Business
clue: Among this (sub)urban planner's influential contributions is the idea that communities needed a town center or third place, which his company pioneered in the form of the shopping mall and its food court.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston
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Earlier Goos
These goos were also part of this theme.
Ryan Reynolds
His "merc with a mouth" might yet join the Avengers in a future Marvel film, but for now, his first marriage remains his primary connection to the team, although it proved to be short-lived and not as lively as his second marriage. Go »
Robert Molesworth
I know it sounds sick, but in the 1600s, this British-born Irish politician made early contributions to the field of political science. Go »
Julia Roberts
She enjoyed runaway success in the 1990s in romantic pairings with hunky heart-throbs Richard Gere, Hugh Grant, Dermot Mulroney, and Woody Allen. Go »
Mike Capuano
He represented his Boston constituency for many years between replacing Joseph Kennedy II and being replaced by Ayanna Pressley. Go »
Elsa Pataky
Judging from the progression of her career, this Spanish actress keeps getting more Furious and Furiosa over time, possibly because Snakes on a Plane was such an embarrassment. Go »
Percival Lowell
He never did find any little green men or their canals, but his Arizona observatory did make valuable contributions to astronomy during and after his lifetime. Go »
Dominic Holland
This stand-up parlayed a few short jokes about his height into a long career making TV and radio appearances across the British comedy landscape, though the broadcasts barely could reach the opposing coastal region that shares his last name. Go »
Susan Downey
As a high-ranking executive at both Dark Castle Entertainment and Silver Pictures (at the same time!) and her own company, she oversaw the production of such 2000s hits as Ghost Ship, Cradle 2 the Grave, Gothika, Orphan, The Book of Eli, and Sherlock Holmes, the latter of which was one of many opportunities to work with her husband. Go »
Rod Ansell
His no-big-deal attitude towards his survival ordeal in the Australian outback inspired a hit 1980s comedy film. Go »
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
These twin sisters found sitcom success as infants so redily that it might have been the result of a hex cast by a witch. Go »
Jennifer Connelly
She envisioned career opportunities in roles like a dreamy heroin addict, a mathematician's wife, a maverick's old flame, and a babysitter who solves a maze. Go »
Scott Evans
He can do this all, gay, because playing men who come out of the closet in One Life to Live and Grace & Frankie is relatable for this American actor. Go »
Pocahontas
The real teenager was treated so brutally by her captors that the incredibly hulking gap between the truth and the family-friendly legend is enough to make you want to smash something. Go »
Liam Hemsworth
In the spirit of the sibling rivalry that dominates his famous brother's Norse-god superhero films, he too has appeared in successful film series (The Hunger Games and Independence Day) and had a famous wife (Miley Cyrus). Go »
Colin Jost
Here's a pop-culture Jeopardy! answer for you: This Staten Islander does a news update live from New York every Saturday night, and has yet to make his wife a widow despite having such a punchable face. Go »
