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First Grand Consolation Prize: A dinner at your school during fall semester 2009 with a co-founder of mental_floss magazine, namely Will Pearson or Mangesh Hattikudur, and five of your closest friends or a cash award of $250. Four other runner-ups will receive a one-year subscription to mental_floss magazine, a mental_floss T-shirt and a Merriam-Webster dictionary.
