The Longest Winter
Cold enough for you? This winter has been unusually stormy and cold, and it's not over yet. Here are fifteen wintry goos to pass the time waiting for the temperature to warm up again. Try to solve all of them or this might be the winter of your discontent.
Winter
publication date: Sunday, February 2, 2025
category: 
Records
clue: Being the first of her kind to receive a prosthetic tail made for a successful tale at the movie theater.
explanation: Winter was a rescued dolphin in Florida who received a prosthetic tail after an injury. She became a star at her aquarium and played herself in the film Dolphin Tale and its sequel. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Aaron Shurtleff
Winter Ave Zoli
publication date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
category: 
Television
clue: She went a long way from Prague to Hollywood to star in shows like Sons of Anarchy and Bosch.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Richard Slominsky, and Aaron Shurtleff
Edgar Winter
publication date: Friday, January 31, 2025
category: 
Music
clue: Despite the success of his older brother, he didn't get a free ride in the rock music business. He and his Group had to earn it with hit songs like "Frankenstein."
explanation: Winter and his band, The Edgar Winter Group, scored hits with "Free Ride" and "Frankenstein." He is the younger brother of Johnny Winter. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
Terence Winter
publication date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
category: Television
clue: He put words in the mouths of Tony Soprano, Nucky Thompson, Dwight Manfredi, and Jordan Belfort.
explanation: Winter is a longtime writer and producer known for his work in The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire (which he created), and Tulsa King. He was nominated for an Oscar for writing the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
Jonathan Winters
publication date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
category: 
Comedy
clue: Audiences went mad, mad, mad, mad for this (many) character actor, in his appearances from The Tonight Show to The Dean Martin Show to The Smurfs to Mork & Mindy.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
Anna Wintour
publication date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
category: 
Fashion
clue: This media chief and Met Gala chairperson always knows what's in vogue, making her one of the most powerful people in fashion and publishing for decades.
explanation: Winter has been the hugely influential editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988, among other work in publishing. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Jeanette Winterson
publication date: Monday, January 27, 2025
category: 
Literature
clue: This novelist operates an organic grocery in London, where the menu includes oranges in a nod to her prize-winning debut.
explanation: Winterson's novels include Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Sarah Wynter
publication date: Sunday, January 26, 2025
category: Television
clue: Yes, like seemingly every actor from New Zealand, she was in Flight of the Conchords. But you might have also seen her in 24 other hit shows.
explanation: Wynter co-starred in 24 and appeared in a number of other popular TV series. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Robin Winters
publication date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
category: 
Art
clue: This conceptual artist's ability to paint, draw, sculpt, photograph, and most of all perform his work live for weeks at a time has made every other artist in New York want to colab with him.
explanation: Winters is an artist and teacher and notable member of Colab. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta
Alex Winter
publication date: Friday, January 24, 2025
category: 
Movies
clue: After an excellent start to his acting career, he lost interest in acting when he discovered that the industry was bogus.
explanation: Winter is known primarily for the films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Lost Boys, and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. He mostly stopped acting in the early 1990s and has spoken about being abused in the industry. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Tex Winter
publication date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
category: 
Sports
clue: Nicknamed for the Lone Star State where he was born, this famed basketball coach triangulated a way to win eleven championships with his colleague Phil Jackson.
explanation: Winter, assistant coach under Jackson, didn't invent the "triangle offense" but he did develop it into a critical element of the Chicago Bulls' six NBA championships in the 1990s and the Los Angeles Lakers' five NBA championships in the 2000s. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Shelley Winters
publication date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
category: Movies
clue: This actress found her place in the movie business, being nominated for four acting Oscars between 1952 and 1973. She won two of them in a very successful patch in the middle of that span.
explanation: Winters was nominated for Academy Awards for A Place in the Sun in 1952, The Diary of Anne Frank in 1960, A Patch of Blue in 1966, and The Poseidon Adventure in 1973. She won the second and third. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
Ariel Winter
publication date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
category: Television
clue: These days, it seems like every family has that one super-smart kid.
explanation: Winter played Alex Dunphy in Modern Family. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta
Dean Winters
publication date: Monday, January 20, 2025
category: 
Advertising
clue: He played a scheming convict in Oz, a jaded detective in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and an ill-fated cop in Rescue Me, but he's best known for embodying the abstract concept of random but insurable violence in a series of commercials.
explanation: Winters plays "Mayhem" in commercials for Allstate. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West
Johnny Winter
publication date: Sunday, January 19, 2025
category: Music
clue: Before his 2014 death, he was the skinniest, whitest boy playing the blues, on records like Still Alive and Well and Saints & Sinners.
explanation: Winter's unusual appearance was caused by his albinism and his drug and alcohol abuse. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
