The Week Contest - Obvious passwords

A software security firm has isolated the 25 worst passwords to use online. Choose a famous person and the most obvious password they might use

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Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Strange albums

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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