Last week's question: A tanker truck carrying 12 tons of liquid chocolate overturned and spilled its load across a Polish highway last week, snarling six lanes of traffic and creating headaches for cleanup crews. If a confectioner were to scrape clean the blacktop and sell the spilled chocolate, what appetizing brand name could it give the recovered candy?
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THE WINNER: "Mr. Goodtar"
Robyn Kupferman, Culver City, California
SECOND PLACE: "Chock Full O'Rocks"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
THIRD PLACE: "Literally 5th Avenue"
James Pearson, Anaheim, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Tootsie Roll-Over"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Macadam-ia Nut Bar"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"3 Musketires"
Stephen Sumner, Worcester, Massachusetts
"Really Rocky Road"
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California
"3 Concreteers"
Jonathan Sternberg, Eugene, Oregon
"Gutterfinger"
Dan Oved, Tucson, Arizona
"Tars Bar"
Jon Chrostowski, Torrance, California
"Mr. Goodyear"
Craig Scanlan, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
"Milky Highway"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Uber Goobers"
Susan Berliner, New Hamburg, New York
"Sugar Rush Hour"
Tim Jackson, Vancouver, Washington
"Carburst"
Laura Mandel, Albany, New York
"Pave-mint"
Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts
"Tobleroad"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
"A Fifth of Avenue"
Rich Creason, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
"Autobahn Bahns"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania
"Cobblerone"
Mary Ellen Helms, Morgan Hill, California
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