Dream On

Steph Tyler

publication date: Saturday, August 20, 2022

category: Science

clue: She continued her work during the eight months that she and her expedition (including her family) were held in captivity in Ethiopia, and made several subsequent trips abroad that collectively earned her an MBE, making her an an ill-fated skipper who still feels chipper at remaining a tripper to study more dippers.

explanation: Tyler is a British ornithologist who specializes in dippers. more…

intended difficulty: very hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West

Joe Perry

publication date: Friday, August 19, 2022

category: Sports

clue: Was he a Jet or a 49er? Regardless, he was one of football's first black superstars in the 1950s.

explanation: Perry, nicknamed "The Jet" because of his running speed, played most of his career with the San Francisco 49ers. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Richard Slominsky

Joey Cramer

publication date: Thursday, August 18, 2022

category: Movies

clue: This child actor went from Flight of the Navigator to Flight of the Bank Robber, but fortunately he turned his life around after that.

explanation: Cramer was a child star in the 1980s who had legal trouble in the 2010s including fleeing police after robbing a bank. In 2020, he was the focus of the documentary Life After the Navigator. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and LaVonne Lemler

Tyler Stephenson

publication date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

category: Sports

clue: He (eventually) went from viral fame in a Vine to a starting position on the Cincinnati Reds.

explanation: Stephenson is the starting catcher for the Reds. He gained fame in high school for a viral video of him tossing a bat straight up into the air after batting. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and LaVonne Lemler

Josef Kramer

publication date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022

category: Military

clue: The "Beast of Belsen" murdered thousands in his concentration camp before Allied forces captured and executed him.

explanation: Kramer oversaw the Bergen-Belsen camp, one of the deadliest of the Holocaust. He was hung after a brief trial in 1945. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Richard Slominsky

Tom Hamilton Jr.

publication date: Monday, August 15, 2022

category: Music

clue: When he's not jamming with members of the Grateful Dead, he's the frontman of his own bands Brothers Past and American Babies.

intended difficulty: easy

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

Bradley Whitford

publication date: Sunday, August 14, 2022

category: Television

clue: If you think this guy's career suffered from the failure of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, get out: He's been nominated for five Emmys for The West Wing, Transparent, and The Handmaid's Tale.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Richard Slominsky