This week's question: Before this week's election, movie star Hugh Grant surprised British voters by knocking on their doors and urging them to vote for candidates who oppose the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. If Hollywood were to make a romantic comedy in which Grant plays a passionate "Remainer" who falls for a "Brexiteer," what could it title the movie?
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THE WINNER: "She's Just Not That into EU"
Dan Roscher, Johns Island, South Carolina
SECOND PLACE: "Leave Actually"
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, New York
THIRD PLACE: "You Had Me at Goodbye"
Paul Carroll, Garland, Texas
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Mad About EU"
Scott Patterson, Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
"10 Things I Hate About EU"
Nathaniel Okun, Palo Alto, California.
"The Remainer of the Day"
Benjamin Lam, New York City
"Romancing the Go-It-Alone"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Brexit Jones: The Edge of Treason"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina.
"Crazy Brex-Girlfriend
Laura Harris, Santa Monica, California.
"Four Weddings and a Referendum"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
"The English Impatient"
Beth Simon, Oakland, California.
"Stay, Lady, Stay"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
"Article 50 First Dates"
Jake Miller, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
"Brexit at Tiffany's"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts.
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