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publication date: Friday, July 25, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, August 1

category: Health

clue: This physician was so well-connected in D.C. that he was present at Abraham Lincoln's deathbed and autopsy. Who's the king?

intended difficulty: easy

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

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This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

publication date: Thursday, July 24, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, July 31

category: Television

clue: Countless stars made their debut on his really big shoe.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Scott Hardie

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publication date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, July 30

category: Internet

clue: Her most popular character, a lipstick-bedecked wannabe star whose false confidence in her singing talent motivates her to behave like a diva, first went viral while she was employed at Disney's California Adventure, performing in shows based on Playhouse Disney and High School Musical. She was fired by the park because she kept breaking character to respond to fans of her videos, but she enjoyed years of success on YouTube, until a scandal involving inappropriate contact with a minor brought that to a halt, too.

intended difficulty: medium

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

The Happiest Place on Earth: Since its opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland has been an iconic theme park, famous the world over. It has enchanted generations of devoted fans, some of whom were inspired to seek employment there. These seven celebrities all worked in Disneyland before doing what made them famous (or more famous, in one case). Take a walk around the park and try to name all seven, and remember: When you guess upon these stars, it makes a difference who they are.

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publication date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, July 29

category: Music

clue: He has rocked out as a member of so many notable bands—Devo, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Sublime, the Vandals, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, and more—that it's easy to overlook his first, a Top 40 cover band that played on stage at the Tomorrowland Terrace restaurant. By then he had already spent a lot of time at the park, since his father led the Disneyland Band, who he used to march behind while playing toy instruments.

intended difficulty: medium

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

The Happiest Place on Earth: Since its opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland has been an iconic theme park, famous the world over. It has enchanted generations of devoted fans, some of whom were inspired to seek employment there. These seven celebrities all worked in Disneyland before doing what made them famous (or more famous, in one case). Take a walk around the park and try to name all seven, and remember: When you guess upon these stars, it makes a difference who they are.

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publication date: Monday, July 21, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, July 28

category: Movies

clue: She rose to fame in the violent rape-revenge thriller I Spit on Your Grave and its sequel, playing a woman who is held captive and forced into sex. Much earlier in her career, she worked in the Fantasyland Theater, performing in the stage adaptation of Beauty and the Beast as Belle, a woman held captive and pressured into romance. (In the film version, her last name was played by frequent Disney voice actor David Ogden Stiers.)

intended difficulty: medium

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

The Happiest Place on Earth: Since its opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland has been an iconic theme park, famous the world over. It has enchanted generations of devoted fans, some of whom were inspired to seek employment there. These seven celebrities all worked in Disneyland before doing what made them famous (or more famous, in one case). Take a walk around the park and try to name all seven, and remember: When you guess upon these stars, it makes a difference who they are.

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publication date: Sunday, July 20, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, July 27

category: Music

clue: Steve Martin is arguably the celebrity who most famously used to work at Disneyland, but he acquired his love of the banjo the same way as this man, who was then his co-worker: The teenagers would take their breaks at the magic shop to run over to Frontierland to listen to the live bluegrass music. As a professional banjoist, he went on to a nearly forty-year membership in a famous Dirt Band, who once played backup on Martin's "King Tut" while billed as the Toot Uncommons.

intended difficulty: medium

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

The Happiest Place on Earth: Since its opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland has been an iconic theme park, famous the world over. It has enchanted generations of devoted fans, some of whom were inspired to seek employment there. These seven celebrities all worked in Disneyland before doing what made them famous (or more famous, in one case). Take a walk around the park and try to name all seven, and remember: When you guess upon these stars, it makes a difference who they are.

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publication date: Saturday, July 19, 2025 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, July 26

category: Movies

clue: Prior to becoming one of Disney's most bankable directors with the likes of Toy Story and Cars—and one of their most high-profile separations in the wake of a #MeToo scandal—he spent summers working as a skipper aboard the Jungle Cruise attraction in Adventureland. What was he studying in college at the time? Character animation at CalArts, as taught by veteran Disney animators including Eric Larson, Frank Tomas, and Ollie Johnston.

intended difficulty: easy

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

The Happiest Place on Earth: Since its opening on July 17, 1955, Disneyland has been an iconic theme park, famous the world over. It has enchanted generations of devoted fans, some of whom were inspired to seek employment there. These seven celebrities all worked in Disneyland before doing what made them famous (or more famous, in one case). Take a walk around the park and try to name all seven, and remember: When you guess upon these stars, it makes a difference who they are.

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