Hint pack 3
This includes all of the contents of hint packs 1 and 2, so if you're late to the game and wanted just the harder hints first, start with the other answers!
Archimedes
- Solve these riddles and it's yours. (Sound familiar?Sound familiar?)
- Running naked through the streets of Syracuse is strongly discouraged, and neither I nor Stack Exchange are responsible for the consequences if you choose to do so.
Onion Knight
- What's a better hint, the first word, or the second?
- The first. It's the first. So, how do onions make you feel?
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
- Rejected hat name: "What Are You Still Doing Here?"
- Zoom in real close on this one.
Odinson
Sun Wukong
- Mostly a good guy, but not always.
- What's a place where a little bit of argument and controversy might be a good thing once in a while?
Amazing Grace
Not the admiral's most important work, but her most famous.
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(photo from Wikimedia, in public domain)
Edward Edwards
- Tahiti, 1791.
- Why would the hat be named for Captain Edwards and not the more well-known Captain Bligh?
Flip Flop
- It's actually just one
dresshat, which will become more obvious in better lighting. - Remember the first footnote in the Winter Bash 2015 announcement blog postthe Winter Bash 2015 announcement blog post.
Cleanup Crew
- It's not garbage until it's served its purpose.
- How do you know when a comment has served its purpose, anyways?
Flying Tiger
- It's important to know your history... in more ways than one.
- Well, really just two ways. (What? Two is more than one.) Earth military history, mid-twentieth century; and Stack Exchange Winter Bash history, 2014.
It's Over 9000!
- One not familiar with the meme might argue that a better name would be "They're Over 9000!"
- This hat can be earned with either quality or quantity (we prefer quality).
Hairboat's Revenge
- Turnabout is fair play.
- Who ran Winter Bash last yearWinter Bash last year, again?
007
- Why not just call it "7"?
- Each individual digit has to account for something.
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