Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.
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Last week's question: A software security firm has isolated the 25 worst passwords to use online, including "123456," "letmein," and — the worst — "password." We asked you to choose a famous person and the most obvious password they might use.
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THE WINNER: Donald Trump: Trump
Sharon Pelham, Newark DE
SECOND PLACE: Newt Gingrich: notmitt
Justin Turetsky, New York, NY
THIRD PLACE: Muammar Gaddafi: condoleeza
Kelly Bryant, Central Point, OR
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Steve Jobs: Fave fruit
Frank Letchworth, Knoxville, TN
Bill Gates: ihateapple
Karin Gaarder, Los Angeles, CA
Rick Perry: passwo??
Dana Pittman, Letts, IA
Rick Perry: DeptofEnergy
Robert Gorman, Debary, FL
Bill Clinton: ididnot
Diane Gallo, Summit, NJ
Dan Quayle: passworde
William McNeil, Oakland, CA
Herman Cain: ginger
Nancy Smith, Fox Point, WI
Pres. Obama: 2012
John Brofka, Swansea, IL
Hilary Clinton: 2016
Mike Paul, Carrboro, NC
Dick Cheney: WMDhaha
Jim Keenan, Norwalk, CT
Rudy Giuliani: 9/11
Peter Smith, Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Palin: deathpanel
Robert Schechter, Dix Hills, NY
David Mamet: ***k!
Amy Torchinsky, Greensboro, NC
Vanna White: aeiou
Rebecca Underwood, Woodstock, GA
Lassie: Timmy
Mary Hogan, New York, NY
Betty White: Allen Ludden
Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA
Salvador Dali: mustache
William Bernsau, Jacksonville, FL
Flipper: notsmilingforyou
Dean Tow, New York, NY
Edgar Allen Poe: Nevermore
Bork Maronn, Chicago, IL
Michael Jackson: ABC123
Ron Munn, Green Valley, AZ
Leonardo Fibonacci: 112358
Don DeYoung, Warsaw, IN
Shakespeare: 2Bornot2B
Tom Haydock, Hartland, CT
Bono: U2U3U4U5
Kyle Sabatino, Long Valley, NJ
Abraham Lincoln: 4score7
Mike Dant, Green Valley, AZ
Abraham Lincoln: penny
Harold Skillrud, Bloomington, IL
Moses: L8myPplego
Annette Kirschner, New York, NY
Pharaoh Khufu: BiggestPyramid
Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, CO
Big Bird: OpenSesame
Rick Simpson, Sacramento, CA
Clark Gable: frankly
Roger Chaffee, Midland, MI
God: lol ; )
Don Stamm, Chadron, NE
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