Welcome to Thanxtravaganza!
Coming Thanksgiving weekend, November 24-27, 2011! Event starts at 11am Pacific!
11/27/11 10:10pm: Congratulations to Team Plugh [Mark Halpin, Nathan Fung, Joe DeVincentis, Paul Melamud] for winning 1st place and submitting the correct final answer! (Everyone else, keep solving!)
11/29/11 1:04pm: Killer Chicken [Brent Holman, Todd Etter] have solved the final puzzle and earned 2nd place!
11/29/11 2:43pm: Congratulations to the third team to finish! It's [taking a big breath to say it all]...Launching an Elephant from a Tall Tower is a Remarkably Efficient Way to Make Peanut Butter [Dan Gulotta, Charles Steinhardt, Glenn Willen, Tom Yue]
12/3 8:17am: Congratulations to Friday the 13th Part VI [Jeremiahs Johnson, Alan Smithee, Chris Wales, Jeremy Conner] for winning 4th place!
12/3 2:23pm: Congratulations to Thomas Snyder for winning 5th place--and he is the 1st solo solver to finish!
12/6 8:24pm: Congratulations to Rainman and his team for winning 6th place!
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Click on the link marked "THE MENU" to download the puzzle files!
11/24/11 11:15am: PUMPKIN PIE is, shall we say, still baking. As soon as it's ready, it'll be posted.
11/25/11 2:15pm: Errata has been updated, and corrected versions of the PDFs for MASHED POTATOES and LABELS FOR THE DISHES are now posted.
11/25/11 4:45pm: Errata updated. Corrected version of ROLLS is now posted.
11/25/11 9:15pm: After numerous burnt attempts and trips to the store for ingredients, PUMPKIN PIE is now ready! Errata is updated; a second corrected version of ROLLS is now posted.
11/27/11 6:15pm: So far nobody has submitted the final answer yet. The original competition time period was 11/24 11am to 11/27 11:59pm. If nobody submits the final answer by then, the competition will continue indefinitely until at least 10 solvers/teams have finished.
I will have a special post up for those solvers/teams who submitted the most correct answers within the original competition time period. I will also post the top solvers/teams to finish on the front page as soon as each final answer is submitted. For those competitors still solving or for those not competing, don't worry; I will continue to check answers by e-mail!
12/6/11: Hint page will be coming soon!