Celebrity Goo Game
Where pop-culture trivia makes funny faces.
How well do you know famous actors, musicians, athletes, newsmakers, and other celebrities? In Celebrity Goo Game, a distorted photograph of a famous person (a "goo") is published daily, along with a few hints. Guess correctly and you'll enter the monthly competition, where each winner earns a gift-card prize.
How to Play
Read a brief description of how Celebrity Goo Game is played: The schedule of play, the basic rules of the competition, and assorted rules for fair play. Learn more...
Play Now
Ready to begin? Start here with the current celebrity goos, which you must name judging only by the warped photograph and a few clues in the caption. Begin playing...
Browse Goos
This game has been running for years, and there's a lot more fun to be had by browsing the archive of old goos and trying to solve them again. You might even gain a new perspective on current goos. Begin browsing...
Player Achievements
We make a point of celebrating the players whose dedication to the game leads to victory and other accomplishments. The various awards, titles, and honors earned by players are listed here. Learn more...
Today's Goo
Music
It's clear that this opera composer has opened a window for audiences enjoying films by the likes of Stephen Daltry, Peter Weir, and Martin Scorsese, even if critics proved brittle about his repetitive style.
Guess NowOther Current Goos
Sports
Playing at the MVP level on a championship-winning team is easier when your dad is one of your coaches. Go »
Television
This Benjamin Joseph got himself a job in a real office writing screenplays on real paper for a pretend office that concerned itself with pretend paper. And unlike the pretend bad bosses, he stepped away before he could become one for real. Go »
Movies
Cinephiles treasure him for his invention of the iron camera crane and full-scale rear projection. Japanophiles treasure him for his co-invention of Godzilla and Ultraman. Go »
Controversy
New Zealand has an official wizard, and he ain't Gandalf: This public performer has sometimes rallied the public against corruption in governments and corporations, but also sometimes lost his audience with comments widely seen as misogynist and bigoted. Go »
Education
This lifelong educator defied expectations: Her hit novel was about the difficulties of being an English teacher and not about getting lost in a confusing school layout, and she kept teaching past her 100th birthday because she found it humorous and not because she couldn't afford to retire. Go »
