David Hahn
publication date: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: 
Disasters
clue: Jeez, the worst thing I ever tried to make in my parents' backyard was a treehouse.
explanation: Hahn was 17 when he attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his backyard toolshed, eventually generating so much toxic radiation that he was investigated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and his parents' backyard declared a Superfunds hazarous materials cleanup site. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Mike Eberhart, Elliot Farney, and Jerry Mathis
trivia: The source image comes from the biography The Radioactive Boy Scout.
Similar Goos
Émile Durkheim
His theories about living life without social rules inspired a new scientific discipline for the 20th century. Go »
Tony Soprano
Crime is a song to this fictional Jersey mobster. Go »
Akira Kurosawa
I dream that there will someday be seven masters of this game, each with a different story of how they did it. Go »
Abe Vigoda
There's something fishy about this not-quite-dead mobster. Go »
Snoop Dogg
It won't take dogged determination to guess this West Coast rapper, fo shizzle. Go »
