Ernest King
publication date: Monday, November 4, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)
category: Military
clue: He put off retirement to command America's naval fleet. Who's the king?
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Elaine Beckland
trivia: Scott created this goo back in 2004, and saved it for a week like this.

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