Geraldo Rivera
publication date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 (part of Winter 2012)
category: Journalism
clue: Failing to find buried treasure on live television gave this reporter a black eye. (Or was a broken nose?)
explanation: Rivera was known for two controversial incidents in the 1980s: Opening Al Capone's vault on live television only to find nothing inside, and getting his nose broken in a brawl with racist hate groups. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Aaron Shurtleff

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