Climbing the longest ladder that's ever been is the same as climbing a short one: Just take it one step at a time. It only makes sense to take them in order, right?



This goo is worth a point in May 2025.

publication date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, May 11

category: Music

clue: When he's not writing songs under the pseudonym of a Back to the Future character, he's writing books about a dinosaur's gastrointestinal foreign body expulsion.

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Steve West

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This goo is worth a point in May 2025.

publication date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, May 10

category: Movies

clue: This director is frequently on the road: He's made films about trips to Sarajevo, Guantanamo, Italy, Spain, Greece, and his native England.

intended difficulty: easy

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

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This goo is worth a point in May 2025.

publication date: Friday, May 2, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, May 9

category: Music

clue: He's never gonna dance again—not because guilty feet have no rhythm, but because he died in 2016.

intended difficulty: very easy

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

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This goo is worth a point in May 2025.

publication date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, May 8

category: Television

clue: In her home country of Australia, she gained fame for starring in a long-running soap opera while still a teenager. Since moving away, she has hunted for better roles, from thieves using aliases first, to a patient in treatment for a short heartbeat, to a mother who (twice) slapped mosquitoes on a coast.

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta

pending guesses: Richard Slominsky

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