This week's question: Twenty-three members of an extended family were kicked off a cruise in the South Pacific last week after they spent days insulting, harassing, and brawling with other passengers. If Hollywood were to make a movie about this cruise from hell, what title could it give the film?
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THE WINNER: "The Shove Boat"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.
SECOND PLACE: "Little Ship of Horrors"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
THIRD PLACE: "Ocean's 911"
Sandy Lawrence, Delanson, N.Y.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Das Booted"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Rancor's Aweigh"
Sally Jennings, Slingerlands, N.Y.
"Anchor Management"
Bill Doughty, Honolulu
"Overboored"
Nancy Heydorn, Phoenix
"Soused Pacific"
Dave Worth, Custer, Wis.
"Ship of Brawls"
Paula G. de Dominici, Roslyn, N.Y.
"Fightanic"
Bob Canning, Petaluma, Calif.
"Cruisin' for a Bruisin'"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
"The Strife Aquatic"
David Hoffman, West Branch, Iowa
"Hooligan's Island"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Ind.
"Battle Ship"
Bob Seelos, San Diego
"The Loathe Boat"
David Hart, Indianapolis
"A Fight to Remember"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, N.C.
"Hell on High Water"
Amy Torchinsky, Chapel Hill, N.C.
"The Pusheidon Adventure"
Robert Salemi, Gilbert, Ariz.
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