This week's question: A 48-year-old woman has pled guilty to fraud after she stole her daughter's identity and used it to enroll in a Missouri college — passing for two years as a typical undergrad and even dating younger men. If a movie studio were to make a comedy about this imposter's college adventures, what should it be titled?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Pillow fight
THE WINNER: "Alma Mother"
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Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Conn.
SECOND PLACE: "The Graduate II: Here's to You Mrs. Robinson"
Jacqueline Fenley, Fairfield, Conn.
THIRD PLACE: "Freshmom"
Amy Torchinsky, Chapel Hill, N.C.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Mama Cum Fraud"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pa.
"Ma-trick-ulation"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.
"Not Without My Daughter's ID"
John Holler, Clearwater, Minn.
"Varsity Ruse"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Ma'am-imal House"
Chris Wilhelmi, Chicago
"Spring Fakers"
Beth Simon, Oakland, Calif.
"The Undergraduate"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
"Mrs. Robinson, The Undergraduate"
Darren Vian, Halfmoon, N.Y.
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