Oscars Week 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Saturday, February 16, 2019

category: Justice

clue: This Clinton nominee reigns supreme as the most "notorious" justice in the highest court.

explanation: Ginsburg has been nicknamed "The Notorious RBG." more…

intended difficulty: very easy

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

Lee Israel

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Friday, February 15, 2019

category: Crime

clue: It takes a writer to impersonate a writer.

explanation: Israel, a once-successful biographer, turned to forging letters from famous authors to support herself. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk

Alfonso Cuarón

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Thursday, February 14, 2019

category: Movies

clue: He's made character-driven dramas about a Mexico City neighborhood and a mother too, sci-fi thrillers about paternal children and a force of attraction, stilted romantic films about AIDS and a wealthy Florida woman, and children's-book adaptations about a royal servant and a magic prisoner.

explanation: Cuarón directed Roma, Y Tu Mamá También, Children of Men, Gravity, Sólo con Tu Pareja, Great Expectations, A Little Princess, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk

Dick Cheney

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

category: Government

clue: He's been called a dick and the "president of vice," but he's still the most powerful person ever to hold his particular office.

intended difficulty: very easy

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

Victor Hugo Green

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019

category: Literature

clue: If you were black and you wanted to travel in the Jim Crow South, green was the way to go.

explanation: Green published The Negro Motorist Green Book that listed and reviewed businesses that were accepting of African American patrons in the segregated South. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Chris Lemler

Freddie Mercury

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Monday, February 11, 2019

category: Music

clue: This rhapsodic singer died in 1991 but lives on as rock royalty.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk

Glenn Close

This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

publication date: Sunday, February 10, 2019

category: Movies

clue: To date, she's been nominated for six Oscars without winning, for indelible performances in movies like The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction, and Albert Nobbs. This year, she's this close to winning with nomination #7.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Chris Lemler, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk