This week's question: A new study by Chinese scientists suggests women should avoid dating deep-voiced men, because the high testosterone levels that give them low-pitched voices can result in "more infidelity behaviors." If a movie studio were to make a rom-com about a woman who has to choose between deep- and high-voiced suitors, what should the film be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Good Pitch Hunting"
Rosemary Martin Hayduk, Stratford, Connecticut
SECOND PLACE: "Desperately Seeking Soprano"
Laura Hardy, Madison, Connecticut
THIRD PLACE: "High = Fidelity"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Notting Shrill"
Jeff Dubin, Harleysville, Pennsylvania
"The Highs Have It"
Denise Heidenberg, Arcadia, California
"Tenor Things I Hate About You"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Truly, Madly, Not Deeply"
Colleen McEwen, Franklin, Massachusetts
"Treble in Paradise"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"When They Go Low, She Goes High"
Joel Nelson, Goleta, California
"Four Weddings and a Falsetto"
Paul Kazee, Schenectady, New York
"Bass Instincts"
James Smith, Delancey, New York
"The Treble with Harry"
Daniel Larkin, Saint Paul, Minnesota
"Some Like it High"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Love Me Tenor"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania
"High Chance of Lasting Love"
Judy Echols, Incline Village, Nevada
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