Sink or Swim
In the hundred years since the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the doomed ship has occupied a special place in our cultural memory. Can you solve these five goos connected to the disaster? This theme was created by Chris Lemler.
Bill Paxton
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Chris, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Friday, January 11, 2013
category: Movies
clue: fi uoy ovle htis amge oolk edep ni uryo ehart nad uoy lilw ifnd het nawser ot ihst leuc
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, and Joanna Woods
trivia: Chris originally requested Brock Lovett, the fictional treasure hunter that Paxton played in the movie Titanic. Scott kept Chris's clue, with its reference to the "heart of the ocean," but changed the answer. Guesses for Lovett were accepted in the spirit of Chris's original request.
Thomas Andrews
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Chris, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Thursday, January 10, 2013
category: Disasters
clue: Guessing correct answers may be a good thing, but being an architect may not.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Steve Dunn
Clive Palmer
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Chris, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
category: Business
clue: This Australian billionaire wants to be the second one to be on the Titanic.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Steve Dunn
Henry Tingle Wilde
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Chris, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
category: Disasters
clue: Hey mate! Going wild over this chief may give you a splitting headache.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Steve Dunn
Charles Lightoller
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Chris, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Monday, January 7, 2013
category: Disasters
clue: This naval officer in WWI you can't take too lightly, except he's the senior-most officer who survived.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Steve Dunn