Takeru Kobayashi
publication date: Monday, October 18, 2004 (part of Round XXIII)
category: 
Competitions
clue: Don't choke.
explanation: Kobayashi was the world champion of hot dog eating, having set a record of eating 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes. more…
solved by: Steve West, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Todd Brotsch, Anthony Lewis, and Kevin Laudadio
trivia: As this goo was meant to be hard enough to break a tie, Scott immediately considered going back and re-gooing the source image to make the hot dog less visible, but guesses had already started coming in.
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