Nate Silver
publication date: Saturday, October 17, 2009 (part of Round XLI)
category: 
Science
clue: All of the math in the entire world couldn't predict the winner of this round.
explanation: Silver was a mathematician and journalist who developed formulas predicting the outcome of several baseball seasons and the 2008 Presidential election. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Ryan Dunn, Elaine Beckland, and Bryan Gordon
player landmarks: This was the first goo solved by Bryan Gordon.
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