Robert Moog
publication date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 (part of Fall 2012)
category: 
Music
clue: He wanted to make a little moog music, so he invented his own synthesizer.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, Kelly Hardie, and Laurie Laczkowski
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