publication date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 (part of Winter 2011)

category: Fads

clue: don't tell your friends to guess this or they'll never stop

explanation: Shergold was a nine-year-old cancer patient in 1989 when he initiated a chain letter asking for greeting cards to be sent to him at the hospital. Tens of millions of cards later, he is a healthy adult who wishes for the endless deluge of mail to stop. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, and Joanna Woods

I Will Survive: We all die someday, but these five celebrities are famous for not dying, at least not when they were supposed to. Survive this week to have a better shot in the tournament.

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