#713 - “Who Are You?”
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:50 am
MGWCC #713 — Friday, January 28th, 2022 — “Who Are You?”
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous American of the past or present.
Clarification on today's puzzle:
Dear Solver,
In the PDF to today's puzzle (MGWCC #713), the second "g" in "Unappetizing-looking" in 26-Across somehow got separated from the rest of the word.
This was just a technical exporting glitch, not part of the meta.
Keep calm and carry on,
Matt
Join MGWCC.
2021 PRIZE WINNERS:
Congratulations to our 68 2021 MGWCC Prize winners! These super-solvers are divided into six groups based on how many of last year’s 52 metas they solved correctly and on how much help they had. Starting with the Solo winners:
SOLO GOLD:
The following two solvers got all 52 metas correct last year without any help from any other solver. Not easy to do, so huge congrats to this august pair:
Paul Melamud — Milford, N.J.
P.S.
SOLO SILVER:
The following solvers got 50 or 51 of last year’s metas correct without any help from any other solver. Extremely impressive!
Rich Bragg — Los Altos, Calif.
Ameet Brahmavar — Vancouver, Wash.
Liz Goff — Toronto, Ont.
Neville Fogarty — Newport News, Va.
Jeffrey Harris — Nashville, Tenn.
Brent Holman — San Francisco, Calif.
Jeremy Horwitz — San Francisco, Calif.
Barbara Koehler — Warrenton, Va.
Peter Washington — Chico, Calif.
SOLO BRONZE:
The following solvers got 48 or 49 of last year’s metas correct without any help from any other solver. Medal-worthy, indeed!
Peter Abide — Biloxi, Miss.
Tyler Hinman — San Francisco, Calif.
Carl Holzman — Evanston, Ill.
Richard Kalustian — Tacoma, Wash.
Jonathan McCue — Seattle, Wash.
David Squire — Flagstaff, Ariz.
Eric Prestemon — Woodside, Calif.
Jason Taniguchi — Toronto, Ont.
Congratulations to our 2021 Solo Medalists! Tough enough solving these even with a nudge, but going totally solo is almost superhuman. Well done!
2021 GROUP GOLD MEDALISTS:
No shame in a nudge if that’s how you roll! And it can be fun to meta with friends. The following MGWCC superfans solved all 52 of 2021’s puzzles with help from other solver(s) on 5 or more of them:
Megan Amram — Los Angeles, Calif.
Evan Birnholz — Drexel Hill, Penna.
Abby Braunsdorf — Lafayette, Ind.
Matt Breen — Madison, Wisc.
Ethan Budin — Deerfield, Ill.
Lisa Cope — Mason, O.
Jared Dashoff — Alexandria, Va.
Todd Dashoff — Philadelphia, Penna.
Zen Dexter — Kellyville, N.S.W., Australia
Adam Doctoroff — Brookline, Mass.
Meg Duvall — St. Petersburg, Fl.
Gideon Fostick — Givat Smhuel, Israel
Lily Geller — Brooklyn, N.Y.
Justin Graham — Oakland, Calif.
Toby Golick — New York City, N.Y.
Peter Gordon — Great Neck, N.Y.
Gutman — Baton Rouge, La.
Peter Gwinn — Chicago, Ill.
David Hill — Nyack, N.Y.
Ben Jones — Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
Bill Katz — San Rafael, Calif.
Eric Klis — St. Louis Park, Minn.
Jeremy Koenig — Washington, D.C.
Jesse Lansner — Rochester, N.Y.
Jay Livingston — New York City, N.Y.
KayW — Chicago, Ill.
Scout Mitchell — Bellingham, Wash.
Patricia Miga — Grapevine, Tex.
Jay Miller — Pasadena, Calif.
Rich Pardoe — Houston, Tex.
Rachel Parsons — Chappaqua, N.Y.
Brett Rose — Chicago, Ill.
Seth Rotkin — Los Angeles, Calif.
David Stein — Silver Spring, Md.
Tom Tabanao — Happy Valley, Ore.
Cindy Weatherman — Matthews, N. Car.
Jordan Whitson — Durham, N. Car.
Cynthia Wong
Congratulations to all of our Group Gold medalists!
2021 GROUP SILVER MEDALISTS:
The following MGWCC superfans solved 50 or 51 of 2021’s 52 puzzles with help from other solver(s) on 3 or more of them:
David Andre — San Francisco, Calif.
Bret Baack — Fort Collins, Colo.
Laura Braunstein — Lebanon, N.H.
Tamara Brenner — Elmhurst, Ill.
Sara Dacus — Searcy, Ark.
Dan Echt — Mapleville, R.I.
HeadinHome — Charlotte, N. Car.
Summer Herrick — Seattle, Wash.
Kathy Johnescu — Alameda, Calif.
Andy Keller — Apple Valley, Minn.
Nathaniel Lee — Pleasanton, Calif.
Rich Novo — Sun Lakes, Ariz.
Martin Reinfried
Marcia Rose — Delray Beach, Fla.
Joe Ross — Cincinnati, O.
Coreen Steinbach — Pompey, N.Y.
Dan Valachovic — Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Les Yonce — Richmond, Va.
2021 GROUP BRONZE MEDALISTS:
The following MGWCC superfans solved 48 or 49 of 2021’s 52 puzzles with help from other solver(s) on 1 or more of them:
Tom Burnakis — Jacksonville, Fla.
Steve Blais — Maidstone, Ont.
hashbrown — Scotland
Joe — Cleveland, O.
Katie Hamill — Arlington, Mass.
Julian Lim — Singapore, Singapore
Tina Lippman – Newburgh, Ind.
Mark Russell — Taft, Calif.
Jesse Simons — Somerville, Mass.
Alex Sisti — Whitesboro, N.Y.
Karen Spencer — Morgantown, W.Va.
Congratulations to all of our 2021 prize winners! Target date to send out your prizes is February 28th, so keep an eye out soon thereafter. I’ll announce here when they’re all out.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous American of the past or present.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous American of the past or present.
Clarification on today's puzzle:
Dear Solver,
In the PDF to today's puzzle (MGWCC #713), the second "g" in "Unappetizing-looking" in 26-Across somehow got separated from the rest of the word.
This was just a technical exporting glitch, not part of the meta.
Keep calm and carry on,
Matt
Join MGWCC.
2021 PRIZE WINNERS:
Congratulations to our 68 2021 MGWCC Prize winners! These super-solvers are divided into six groups based on how many of last year’s 52 metas they solved correctly and on how much help they had. Starting with the Solo winners:
SOLO GOLD:
The following two solvers got all 52 metas correct last year without any help from any other solver. Not easy to do, so huge congrats to this august pair:
Paul Melamud — Milford, N.J.
P.S.
SOLO SILVER:
The following solvers got 50 or 51 of last year’s metas correct without any help from any other solver. Extremely impressive!
Rich Bragg — Los Altos, Calif.
Ameet Brahmavar — Vancouver, Wash.
Liz Goff — Toronto, Ont.
Neville Fogarty — Newport News, Va.
Jeffrey Harris — Nashville, Tenn.
Brent Holman — San Francisco, Calif.
Jeremy Horwitz — San Francisco, Calif.
Barbara Koehler — Warrenton, Va.
Peter Washington — Chico, Calif.
SOLO BRONZE:
The following solvers got 48 or 49 of last year’s metas correct without any help from any other solver. Medal-worthy, indeed!
Peter Abide — Biloxi, Miss.
Tyler Hinman — San Francisco, Calif.
Carl Holzman — Evanston, Ill.
Richard Kalustian — Tacoma, Wash.
Jonathan McCue — Seattle, Wash.
David Squire — Flagstaff, Ariz.
Eric Prestemon — Woodside, Calif.
Jason Taniguchi — Toronto, Ont.
Congratulations to our 2021 Solo Medalists! Tough enough solving these even with a nudge, but going totally solo is almost superhuman. Well done!
2021 GROUP GOLD MEDALISTS:
No shame in a nudge if that’s how you roll! And it can be fun to meta with friends. The following MGWCC superfans solved all 52 of 2021’s puzzles with help from other solver(s) on 5 or more of them:
Megan Amram — Los Angeles, Calif.
Evan Birnholz — Drexel Hill, Penna.
Abby Braunsdorf — Lafayette, Ind.
Matt Breen — Madison, Wisc.
Ethan Budin — Deerfield, Ill.
Lisa Cope — Mason, O.
Jared Dashoff — Alexandria, Va.
Todd Dashoff — Philadelphia, Penna.
Zen Dexter — Kellyville, N.S.W., Australia
Adam Doctoroff — Brookline, Mass.
Meg Duvall — St. Petersburg, Fl.
Gideon Fostick — Givat Smhuel, Israel
Lily Geller — Brooklyn, N.Y.
Justin Graham — Oakland, Calif.
Toby Golick — New York City, N.Y.
Peter Gordon — Great Neck, N.Y.
Gutman — Baton Rouge, La.
Peter Gwinn — Chicago, Ill.
David Hill — Nyack, N.Y.
Ben Jones — Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
Bill Katz — San Rafael, Calif.
Eric Klis — St. Louis Park, Minn.
Jeremy Koenig — Washington, D.C.
Jesse Lansner — Rochester, N.Y.
Jay Livingston — New York City, N.Y.
KayW — Chicago, Ill.
Scout Mitchell — Bellingham, Wash.
Patricia Miga — Grapevine, Tex.
Jay Miller — Pasadena, Calif.
Rich Pardoe — Houston, Tex.
Rachel Parsons — Chappaqua, N.Y.
Brett Rose — Chicago, Ill.
Seth Rotkin — Los Angeles, Calif.
David Stein — Silver Spring, Md.
Tom Tabanao — Happy Valley, Ore.
Cindy Weatherman — Matthews, N. Car.
Jordan Whitson — Durham, N. Car.
Cynthia Wong
Congratulations to all of our Group Gold medalists!
2021 GROUP SILVER MEDALISTS:
The following MGWCC superfans solved 50 or 51 of 2021’s 52 puzzles with help from other solver(s) on 3 or more of them:
David Andre — San Francisco, Calif.
Bret Baack — Fort Collins, Colo.
Laura Braunstein — Lebanon, N.H.
Tamara Brenner — Elmhurst, Ill.
Sara Dacus — Searcy, Ark.
Dan Echt — Mapleville, R.I.
HeadinHome — Charlotte, N. Car.
Summer Herrick — Seattle, Wash.
Kathy Johnescu — Alameda, Calif.
Andy Keller — Apple Valley, Minn.
Nathaniel Lee — Pleasanton, Calif.
Rich Novo — Sun Lakes, Ariz.
Martin Reinfried
Marcia Rose — Delray Beach, Fla.
Joe Ross — Cincinnati, O.
Coreen Steinbach — Pompey, N.Y.
Dan Valachovic — Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Les Yonce — Richmond, Va.
2021 GROUP BRONZE MEDALISTS:
The following MGWCC superfans solved 48 or 49 of 2021’s 52 puzzles with help from other solver(s) on 1 or more of them:
Tom Burnakis — Jacksonville, Fla.
Steve Blais — Maidstone, Ont.
hashbrown — Scotland
Joe — Cleveland, O.
Katie Hamill — Arlington, Mass.
Julian Lim — Singapore, Singapore
Tina Lippman – Newburgh, Ind.
Mark Russell — Taft, Calif.
Jesse Simons — Somerville, Mass.
Alex Sisti — Whitesboro, N.Y.
Karen Spencer — Morgantown, W.Va.
Congratulations to all of our 2021 prize winners! Target date to send out your prizes is February 28th, so keep an eye out soon thereafter. I’ll announce here when they’re all out.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous American of the past or present.
Beamed up MUCH more quickly than last week.