Mavis Beacon
publication date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 (part of Round XXIX)
category: Education
clue: Some players wouldn't be able to enter a guess without this woman's help.
explanation: Beacon was a fictional character invented for a series of best-selling typing tutorials for computers. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Matthew Preston, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Chris McKinnon, and Todd Brotsch
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