Avengers Resemble

Jennifer Grey

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Friday, October 31, 2025

category: Movies

clue: Nobody puts this actress in a corner, not even on her brother's day off.

explanation: Grey acted in Dirty Dancing ("nobody puts Baby in a corner") and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Grey is the ex-wife of Phil Coulson actor Clark Gregg. In the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson was called an Avenger by Nick Fury, who assembled and oversaw the super-team.

Joanne van Os

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Thursday, October 30, 2025

category: Literature

clue: This Aussie author has written a memoir about her marriage to a famed survivalist (and recent celebrity goo), as well a novel set during WWI and a trio of children's books.

explanation: Van Os was married to Rod Ansell, the inspiration for the Crocodile Dundee film series. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Van Os is the aunt of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.

Edith Wilson

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025

category: Family

clue: She wasn't sworn into office, but her influence over her ailing husband's affairs may have functionally made her the first female president just over a century ago.

explanation: Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson, was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. Following her husband's severe stroke in 1919 that left him bedridden, she directed his business and controlled matters of state, effectively serving as acting president. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Wilson claimed to be a distant relative of Pocahontas, which if true would also make her a relative of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Jennifer Esposito

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025

category: Television

clue: She doesn't only play cops, but you might not know it from seeing her in Blue Bloods, NCIS, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Esposito is the ex-wife of Rocket Raccoon actor Bradley Cooper.

Minnie Gentry

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Monday, October 27, 2025

category: Theater

clue: Her 1970s roles on Broadway had already made her acting aristocracy by the time she was cast as one of Cliff Huxtable's elderly relatives in tribute to her career.

explanation: Gentry appeared in several successful shows in the 1970s including The Sunshine Boys and All God's Chillun Got Wings, as well as a 1990 episode of The Cosby Show. "Aristocracy" was a play on her last name. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West

trivia: Gentry was the great-grandmother of original War Machine actor Terrence Howard.

Eric Roberts

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Sunday, October 26, 2025

category: Movies

clue: This prolific character actor is approaching 1000 acting credits in IMDb, but only one of them has resulted in an Oscar nomination, in 1986.

explanation: Roberts was nominated as a supporting actor in Runaway Train. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Roberts is a distant cousin of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Irina Shayk

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Saturday, October 25, 2025

category: Modeling

clue: This Soviet-born model has appeared on magazine covers and runaways across Europe and the United States, but she has been unable to shake the impression that she's actually South American.

explanation: Shayk's skin tone, considered dark for a Russian, has led to confusion that she might be Brazilian. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Shayk had a daughter with Rocket Raccoon actor Bradley Cooper in 2017.

Nick Kocher

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Friday, October 24, 2025

category: Internet

clue: Naming their successful comedy duo after a famously sunken ship doesn't seem to have brought bad luck to this Atlanta native and his partner.

explanation: With Brian McElhaney, Kocher is half of the Atlanta-based comedy duo BriTANicK, named for Titanic. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Kocher is the husband of Nebula actress Karen Gillan.

Glenn Strange

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Thursday, October 23, 2025

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.

explanation: Strange played Frankenstein's monster in three films before being succeeded by Boris Karloff. He went on to play Sam Noonan in Gunsmoke. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Strange claimed to be a distant relative of Pocahontas, which if true would also make him a relative of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Robbie Arnett

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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.

explanation: Arnett is one of three members of the band Milo Greene, who adopted the name after initially using it as a fictitious booking agent when calling venues to schedule gigs. With his wife, Scarlet Witch actress Elizabeth Olsen, he co-authored the children's book Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective, to help kids cope with the anxiety that both of them have experienced. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Matthew Preston

Sam Taylor-Johnson

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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.

explanation: Sam Taylor-Wood, later Sam Taylor-Johnson, made numerous art projects depicting celebrities in both serious and satirical lights. She went on to direct the films Nowhere Boy about Lennon and Back to Black about Winehouse. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Taylor-Johnson is the wife of Quicksilver actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Horatio King

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Monday, October 20, 2025

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?

explanation: King set a record for the shortest tenure of any Postmaster General in early 1861, though he preceded it with a seven-year stint as Assistant Postmaster General. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: King was a distant cousin of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Calvin Mackie

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Sunday, October 19, 2025

category: Opinion

clue: He's a motivational speaker and aeronauticist, both of which he has in common with the superhero played by his brother.

explanation: Mackie is a mechanical engineer and physics professor who holds an aeronautics patent, and is also known for his appearances as a motivational speaker. He is the older brother of Falcon and second Captain America actor Anthony Mackie. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

Luke Hemsworth

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

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.

explanation: Hemsworth began his career in the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours and later returned to it in a different role. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Hemsworth is the older brother of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.

James Rouse

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Friday, October 17, 2025

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.

explanation: The Rouse Company, founded and led by Rouse, did not build the first indoor shopping mall, but they did popularize the concept by building a great many of them starting in the 1950s, and did specifically develop the first food court within them. Rouse's career earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work developing suburbs. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Matthew Preston

trivia: Rouse was the grandfather of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Ryan Reynolds

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Thursday, October 16, 2025

category: Movies

clue: 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.

explanation: Deadpool actor Reynolds was the husband of Black Widow actress Scarlett Johansson from 2008 to 2011. Since 2012, he has been married to Blake Lively. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

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

Robert Molesworth

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

category: Government

clue: I know it sounds sick, but in the 1600s, this British-born Irish politician made early contributions to the field of political science.

explanation: Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth, wrote An Account of Denmark, as it was in the Year 1692, which used the study of disease as a metaphor for political analysis. more…

intended difficulty: very hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West

trivia: Molesworth was an ancestor of Margaret Rhys-Jones, who married the grandfather of Vision actor Paul Bettany.

Julia Roberts

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025

category: Movies

clue: She enjoyed runaway success in the 1990s in romantic pairings with hunky heart-throbs Richard Gere, Hugh Grant, Dermot Mulroney, and Woody Allen.

explanation: Roberts acted in Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman with Gere, Notting Hill with Grant, My Best Friend's Wedding with Mulroney, and Everyone Says I Love You with Allen. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and LaVonne Lemler

trivia: Roberts is a distant cousin of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Mike Capuano

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Monday, October 13, 2025

category: Government

clue: He represented his Boston constituency for many years between replacing Joseph Kennedy II and being replaced by Ayanna Pressley.

explanation: From 1999 to 2019, Capuano was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, his district covering most of Boston and Cambridge. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and LaVonne Lemler

trivia: Capuano is the uncle of first Captain America actor Chris Evans.

Elsa Pataky

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Sunday, October 12, 2025

category: Movies

clue: 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.

explanation: Pataky is known for her ongoing role in the Fast & Furious film series, as well as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Snakes on a Plane. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

trivia: Pataky is the wife of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.

Percival Lowell

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Saturday, October 11, 2025

category: Paranormal

clue: 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.

explanation: In the 1890s, Lowell was so confident in his theory of Martian canals made by intelligent life forms, the result of his own mistranslation of an Italian text, that he founded the Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff. more…

intended difficulty: easy

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

trivia: Lowell claimed to be a distant relative of Pocahontas, which if true would also make him a relative of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.

Dominic Holland

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Friday, October 10, 2025

category: Comedy

clue: 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.

explanation: Holland has long joked about his 5'6" height, including in the radio series The Small World of Dominic Holland. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

trivia: Holland is the father of Spider-Man actor Tom Holland.

Susan Downey

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Thursday, October 9, 2025

category: Movies

clue: 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.

explanation: Susan Downey, formerly Susan Levin, is the wife of Robert Downey Jr. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

Rod Ansell

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

category: Accidents

clue: His no-big-deal attitude towards his survival ordeal in the Australian outback inspired a hit 1980s comedy film.

explanation: In 1977, Ansell unintentionally became stranded deep in the wilderness for two months with very limited supplies but extensive knowledge of survival techniques. The story attracted widespread media attention and inspired the movie Crocodile Dundee. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

trivia: Ansell was the uncle-in-law of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

category: Television

clue: These twin sisters found sitcom success as infants so redily that it might have been the result of a hex cast by a witch.

explanation: The Olsen twins, famous for Full House, are the older sisters of Scarlet Witch actress Elizabeth Olsen. The deliberately misspelled "readily" was a hint at the superhero's signature red color. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

multiple: This goo was of multiple famous people. Players were required to guess all names for their answers to be correct.

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

Jennifer Connelly

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Monday, October 6, 2025

category: Movies

clue: 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.

explanation: Connelly starred in Career Opportunities, Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind, Top Gun: Maverick, and Labyrinth. She is the wife of Vision actor Paul Bettany. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

Scott Evans

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Sunday, October 5, 2025

category: Television

clue: 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.

explanation: Evans, who himself came out at 19, played two men who were introduced as straight but later came out as gay. He is the younger brother of Chris Evans, who often says the line "I can do this all day" in the role of the first Captain America. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

trivia: Given that Evans appeared in Rubicon as a man affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist network, Scott considered also making a "he can do this, al-Qaeda" joke in the clue, but the one-episode role on a quickly-cancelled series did not feel notable enough for the game.

Pocahontas

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Saturday, October 4, 2025

category: Legends

clue: 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.

explanation: Pocahontas was abducted, beaten, raped, re-named, forced into marriage, and forced to bear a child, all before her death at age 20, a far cry from the way that she is remembered in popular culture. She was the 12th great-grandmother of original Hulk actor Edward Norton. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

Liam Hemsworth

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Friday, October 3, 2025

category: Movies

clue: 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).

explanation: Hemsworth is the younger brother of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth. more…

intended difficulty: easy

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

Colin Jost

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Thursday, October 2, 2025

category: Television

clue: 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.

explanation: Jost hosts Pop Culture Jeopardy! and co-anchors Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live. He titled his memoir A Very Punchable Face. He is the husband of Black Widow actress Scarlett Johansson. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

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

Robert Downey

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

category: Movies

clue: His starkly low-budget independent movies like Putney Swope and Chafed Elbows gave him an ironclad reputation as a dedicated counter-cultural filmmaker of the 1960s.

explanation: Downey is the father of Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. more…

intended difficulty: easy

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