This week's question: Authorities in Chicago have captured a 5-foot-long alligator nicknamed Chance the Snapper that was found wandering around Humboldt Park. If Chicago hip-hop star Chance the Rapper were to release a single about his reptilian counterpart's urban adventures, what title could he give the rap song?
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RESULTS:
THE WINNER: “Straight Outta Chompton”
Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts
SECOND PLACE: “Snapper’s Delight”
Erin Mistele, Peapack, New Jersey
THIRD PLACE: “Bite the Power”
Doug Carasso, Seal Beach, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Ate Mile”
Noah Nelson, Acton, Massachusetts
“Gator’s Paradise”
Austin King, Chico, California
“Nuthin’ but a Gator Thang”
John Sauer, Marion, Iowa
“Croc This Way”
John Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts
“Jawz n the Hood”
Kim Doyle, Woolwich, Maine
“Street Biting Man”
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
“South Side—Tough Hide”
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania
“Sewer Later, Alligator”
Phyllis Klein, New York City
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