Anita Hill
publication date: Friday, February 10, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: Controversy
clue: This lawyer took her allegations of supreme sexual harassment all the way to Capitol Hill.
explanation: Hill was a lawyer and former staffer of Clarence Thomas when she famously accused him of sexual harassment during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991 on Capitol Hill. (The last word of the clue was a reference to her last name.) more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Aaron Fischer, Chris McKinnon, Jackie Mason, Josh Paddison, Bob Miller, Jacque Miller, and John Julitz