Make It So Evil
Now that Patrick Stewart has reprised the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, some of Star Trek's most famous villains might make a return appearance on television. It's unlikely that they'll be played by these celebrity namesakes. Think you can identify all seven? Engage!
Kim Kardashian
publication date: Saturday, February 15, 2020
category: 
Controversy
clue: This media personality and hip-hop wife, as well as her famous family, have had no trouble keeping up with changing trends since her sex tape and their reality show first brought them attention. They don't make mistakes.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates
Bobby Breen
publication date: Friday, February 14, 2020
category: 
Movies
clue: One of the most popular singers in the RKO stable never recovered his career after the war. He may as well have been living on a frozen inhospitable world where no one knew what his face looked like.
explanation: Breen was a popular child star for RKO Radio Pictures, but after World War II, he never established a successful adult career. more…
intended difficulty: very hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Pam Schroeder
player landmarks: This was the first goo solved by Pam Schroeder.
Lev Gorn
publication date: Thursday, February 13, 2020
category: 
Television
clue: This Russian actor was in an American show, about Russians in America, playing a Russian... Ugh, this clue is not merciful and quick.
explanation: Gorn starred in The Americans. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Chris Lemler
Roger Mudd
publication date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
category: 
Journalism
clue: This distinguished TV reporter once derailed Ted Kennedy's presidential campaign with a single question, and it didn't even involve calling him a thief, swindler, con man, liar, and rogue.
explanation: The term "Roger Mudd moment" describes a presidential candidate sinking their own campaign with a disastrous answer to a reporter's question, after Kennedy was unable to articulate an answer to Mudd's question, "Why do you want to be president?" more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
Maggie Q
publication date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
category: Television
clue: She was happy to play action heroes on Nikita and Designated Survivor, as long as she didn't have to call anyone "mon capitan."
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Chris Lemler
Chaka Khan
publication date: Monday, February 10, 2020
category: 
Music
clue: This Queen of Funk left the band Rufus for a solo career, becoming a pop ICONNNNN.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
Björn Borg
publication date: Sunday, February 9, 2020
category: 
Sports
clue: For opponents of this Swedish tennis champion, resistance was futile.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Richard Slominsky
Other Themes in Winter 2020
Springfield IRL
After two seasons of shorts, The Simpsons debuted as a series on December 17, 1989. Celebrate the show's thirtieth anniversary with this theme of seven people who could have walked out of the show into real life, and don't have a cow, man. Go »
