Cruise Control
You need a vacation. I need a vacation. We should go on a cruise. A cruise would be nice right now, wouldn't it? Cruise, cruise, cruise.
Cruz Bustamante
publication date: Saturday, January 12, 2019
category: 
Government
clue: When Californians recalled a Governor and elected a Governator, this man ran against both of them and served under both of them.
explanation: Bustamante was the lieutenant governor of California under both Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He came in second in the recall election, running against Schwarzenegger who won. The recall election forced him into the unusual position of running both for and against Davis in a sense: He had to urge supporters not to vote to recall Davis and simultaneously to vote for him if Davis was recalled. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Stan Iwanchuk
Kambri Crews
publication date: Friday, January 11, 2019
category: 
Literature
clue: When she wanted to move to New York and become a professional storyteller, her parents wouldn't hear of it.
explanation: Crews has written the best-selling book Burn Down the Ground and performed one-woman shows about her difficult relationship with her deaf parents. more…
intended difficulty: very hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, and Samir Mehta
Julee Cruise
publication date: Thursday, January 10, 2019
category: 
Music
clue: This Midwestern singer was catapulted to fame, and the stage of Saturday Night Live, when her eerie song for a David Lynch production became an unlikely hit.
explanation: Cruise performed "Falling," the theme song to Twin Peaks. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
Terry Crews
publication date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
category: 
Television
clue: He's tough to categorize: He's been a sitcom star, playing a Brooklyn cop and Chris Rock's dad, and a game show host. He's also a movie star, having played an idiotic president and an expendable action star. But he's also been a pro-football linebacker. And a commercial pitchman. And a public advocate for sexual abuse victims and women's rights. And an artist. And an interior designer. And an author. With five kids, where does he find the time?
explanation: Crews starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Everybody Hates Chris, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Idiocracy, and the Expendables movies. He played in the NFL for four years, appeared in ads for Old Spice, spoke out against his own abuser in the #MeToo movement, works as an artist and portraitist, owns an interior design company, and wrote his own autobiography. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
Penélope Cruz
publication date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019
category: 
Movies
clue: She went to the Caribbean with Johnny Depp, to the Sahara with Matthew McConaughey, to Reno with Patrick Swayze, to Rome with Woody Allen, to the Orient with Kenneth Branagh, and to Gothika with Halle Berry,
explanation: Cruz starred in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Sahara, Waking Up in Reno, To Rome with Love, Murder on the Orient Express, and Gothika. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
Ted Cruz
publication date: Monday, January 7, 2019
category: Government
clue: He serves Texas in Washington despite roots in Cuba and Canada.
explanation: Cruz, born to Cuban parents in Canada, represents Texas in the U.S. Senate. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
Tom Cruise
publication date: Sunday, January 6, 2019
category: Movies
clue: Ethan Hunt, Jerry Maguire, Jack Reacher, Ron Kovic, Lestat, and Maverick all have this actor in common.
explanation: Cruise starred in the Mission: Impossible films, Jerry Maguire, Jack Reacher, Born on the Fourth of July, Interview with the Vampire, and Top Gun. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
