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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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
