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, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Aaron Shurtleff, and Ryan Dunn