1,957 players, 19,570 guesses, and a wager column that committed: 50% of all bets went 3x, with 1x falling to 44%. Players who went bold hit 79% on those wagers — a solid number. The bold-and-right rate of 54% held up fine in aggregate. Then one actor from the 1960s–1970s quietly wrecked a large portion of those confident bets.
By the Numbers
- Total guesses
- 19,570
- Average accuracy
- 74%
- Hardest celebrity
Julie Newmar (6%)- Easiest celebrity
Elvis Presley (99%)- Biggest upset
- Julie Newmar
- Players this week
- 1,957
- Perfect rounds
- 164
- Wager mix
- 1× 44% · 2× 5% · 3× 50%
What stood out
Johnny Marr split the field exactly 50–50 on 201 guesses. He's alive. That's the sharpest coin-flip of the week, and a costly one for anyone who landed on the wrong side with a 3x wager. Right behind him: 
Erykah Badu at 49% accuracy — 51% of players called her deceased. She's alive. Then 
Heath Ledger at 49% accuracy, where 51% of players called him alive. He's deceased.
How 201 players guessed Johnny MarrThree celebrities within a point of the midline in the same week, all pulling in the wrong direction for the majority who missed. In a 3x-heavy field, that cluster stings.
Itzhak Perlman also ran wrong-direction: 73% of players called him deceased. He's alive. 27% accuracy on 309 guesses — second-worst on the board and a reminder that classical musicians from the 1960s–2020s are a reliable trap category.
Olivia Newton-John fooled 88% of players in the other direction — nearly the entire field called her alive. She's deceased. 164 perfect rounds out of 1,957 players is a reasonable haul for a week this volatile in the middle.
Featured: Julie Newmar
She holds multiple patents for pantyhose designs and once created her own line of lingerie, proving her creativity extended far beyond acting.
94% of players called Julie Newmar deceased. She's alive. That's 6% accuracy on 201 guesses — worst on the board by a wide margin and the week's biggest upset. In a week where half of all wagers went 3x, a wrong-direction miss at that scale did the most damage possible to scores. The 1960s–1970s actor ran on a clean sample and the error didn't budge across wager tiers. There was no clever bet that got you out of it.
How 201 players guessed Julie NewmarHonorable mentions
- Erykah Badu at 49% — the field called her deceased by a slim majority. She's alive. The closest wrong-direction miss of the week.
Dolores O'Riordan at 43% accuracy — 57% of players called the 1990s–2010s musician alive. She's deceased. A quiet trap that cost bold players.
Françoise Hardy at 32% — 68% of players called her alive. She's deceased. Another 1960s musician running wrong-direction, and barely anyone noticed in time.- Elvis Presley at 99% — the gimme of the week, as usual. The 1% who missed should sit with that.