William Kidd
publication date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 (part of Winter 2012)
category: Piracy
clue: Legends of this Scotsman's buried treasure survive to this day, and make him almost as famous as the other "Billy the Kid."
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Joanna Woods, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Erik Bates, Steve Dunn, Aaron Shurtleff, and Ryan Dunn

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