Last week's question: A U.S. startup specializing in "test-tube meats" has unveiled its first lab-grown meatball, and hopes to have a product on the market in three years. If the company were to launch a fast food restaurant that served only "cultured" meats grown in petri dishes, what name could it give the eatery?
Click here for the results of last week's contest: Plastic fish
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