Kominers's Conundrums: This Puzzle Honors a Game-Show Legend


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First Solvers (in solving order):

  1. Zoz*
  2. Lazar Ilic
  3. Elizabeth Sibert
  4. Michael Thaler
  5. John Owens^
  6. Suproteem Sarkar
  7. Spaceman Spiff
  8. Ellen & Bill Kominers
  9. Eric Price*
  10. AZ*
  11. Adam Green
  12. Taylor Finn & Kylie Wolfe^
  13. Stephanie Spina
  14. Curtis Page
  15. Lucy Smith
  16. Chris Olds

Other Solvers (sorted by first name):

  • Aaron Aquino & Rachel Song^
  • Aaron Scott
  • Abby Pickus
  • Adam Maresca^
  • Adam Swanson^
  • Aislinn L.
  • Akaash Kolluri & Madeline Carlson
  • Alana Cammack
  • Albert Gonzalez
  • Alex Kahn
  • Alex Shaff
  • Alex Shell
  • Allison Long
  • Alyssa R. 
  • Amelia Adams
  • Andrew Edling
  • Andrew Wilson
  • Angela Ognev
  • Anjelica SR
  • Anna James
  • Ashley Helenihi
  • Ashley Tse^
  • Austin Elliott
  • Austin Wu
  • Avi Bagla
  • Ben Spainhour^
  • Beth Carpenter
  • Blake Hooks
  • Bobbie G.
  • Bonnie Douglas
  • Brandon Schwartz# & Rachael Zisk#
  • Cary A. High
  • Chloe Nam
  • Chris Brown
  • Chris Tempro
  • Chris Wilburn#
  • Christina Hufford
  • Christina King
  • Christopher Ashbee
  • Christopher Steimle
  • Cindy Humphries
  • Clint Tauscher
  • Cole Catherine Dunnam^
  • Connor Swikart
  • Connor Zickgraf^
  • Conor Clarance
  • Courtney Johnson
  • Crit Obara
  • Dan Amrich
  • Dan McCluskey
  • Daniel Wilson
  • Daniel, Jeffrey, and Patricia Miron
  • Darcy Burt Schoenberg
  • Darren Fink
  • David J.
  • Debbie Leverance
  • Devan Cook
  • Dom SM
  • Dylan Zabell
  • Dyless
  • Eli Edwards
  • Eli H. Spencer Heyman^
  • Elizabeth Grys
  • Elliot & Shannon Croom^
  • Elliott Schwartz
  • Elyse Pine
  • Emily Martin
  • Emily Spohrer
  • Emma M.
  • Emma Roesner
  • Eoin Jaquith
  • Erick Loh
  • Erin Bailey
  • Erin Brown
  • Ethan Cua
  • Felicity Flesher
  • Filbert Cua
  • Francis Whitfill
  • Gabe Berkowitz
  • Garth Mortensen
  • Georgia Shelton
  • Greg Gruschow
  • Gregory Ritter^
  • HaiDang Tran^
  • Hannah Seo
  • Holly, Dean & Maren Pregler 
  • Huy Nguyen
  • Ian Smith
  • Jaclyn Wilson^
  • Jacob Pettinaro
  • Jake Gotta
  • Jake McDonald
  • James Duffy
  • James Meiners
  • James Young & Rachelle Taber
  • Jamie Benigna
  • Janet Hull
  • Janet Mitchell
  • Jared S.^
  • Jason Stack
  • Jeff Chaffee
  • Jeff Clonch
  • Jen Shanley
  • Jena C.
  • Jennifer Roberts
  • Jens Dienst
  • Joe Frizzell
  • Joey Amiel^
  • Joey Carmello^
  • Jon Chanda
  • Jonathan Ostrander
  • Jordan Bates
  • Jordan Francis
  • Joshua Goodman
  • Kate Simokaitis
  • Katie Gaultney
  • Katie White
  • Kayla King
  • Kayla Langborgh & Cody Ruben
  • Kelly Hoffmann
  • Kelly Meaden#
  • Kelsey Bona
  • Kendall Bagley#
  • Kevin Davis
  • Kevin McGrath
  • Kit Knowles
  • Kris Keyser
  • Krissy Rezzelle
  • Kyle Dixon
  • Kyle Dove
  • Laura Ann Tull
  • Laura Odelius
  • Laura Winters
  • Lauren Costantin
  • Lauren Wade
  • Lecia Sequist
  • Lee DiGeorge^
  • Leks Knisely
  • Libby Leffler Hoaglin
  • Lohla Jani
  • Lucy Mangham 
  • Lucy Mangham 
  • Lynn Pechinski
  • Madison Heldt 
  • Martha Moneymaker
  • Mary Tafuri
  • Matt McCarthy
  • Matt Spencer
  • Matthew John Benecke
  • Matthew Makower-Brown
  • Matthew Warren
  • Maureen Gately
  • Melissa Galvin
  • Meredith Roberts
  • Mia Sulaiman
  • Michael Boroski
  • Michael Breen
  • Michael Knudsen
  • Michael Koester
  • Michael Lawson
  • Michael Meehan^
  • Michaela Wilson^
  • Nancy & Murray Stern
  • Natalie Nixon
  • Nathan Phillips
  • Nick Chambers^
  • Nicole Onishi Feider
  • Nicole Rems
  • Olivia Weise
  • Orlando Lastre
  • Owen Panno
  • Paul Kominers^
  • Pete Wojciechowski
  • Peter Goetze
  • Rachel Krein
  • Rachel Lujan^
  • Rebecca Allen
  • Resa Barbalich
  • Richard Kreis
  • River^
  • Rob Dickerson
  • Ross Rheingans-Yoo
  • Roy Kimmey
  • Roya Shariat
  • Ryan Lubach
  • Ryan Sullivan
  • Sam Mazzarelli
  • Samantha Bates
  • Samantha Wesby
  • Sanandan Swaminathan
  • Sara Garcia
  • Scott Semester
  • Sean Johnston
  • Sergio C.
  • Seth Feinberg^
  • Shane Tilton
  • Sherry Lucich
  • Skylar Sukapornchai
  • Staffan H.^
  • Stephania Rahn
  • Steven Hopper
  • Stevie Bujold & Daniel Zaharopol^
  • Susannah Pryal^
  • Susanne Raines
  • Suzan Abraha
  • Teresa Marovich
  • Tim Abel^
  • Tom Motto
  • Tony Walters
  • William Ederer & Kenna Zimmerman^
  • Yi-Hsin Lin^
  • Zarin Pathan

Notes: Asterisks indicate those who also solved the full "Double Jeopardy!" round; carets indicate those who solved half of it.