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This week's question: A goat on a Newfoundland farm broke free from its tether so that it could join a passing half-marathon, and trotted alongside the runners for 2.5 miles before being caught by its owners. If Hollywood were to make a sports drama about a goat that dreams of achieving athletic greatness, what could the film be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Hoof Dreams"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
SECOND PLACE: "Hay Field Of Dreams"
James Pearson, Anaheim, California
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THIRD PLACE: "Million Dollar Baa Baa"
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, New York
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Nanny McFlee"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Breaking the Tape, Then Eating It"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"Chariots of Fur"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"The Wool to Win"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
"Setting the Baa High"
Mike Lyon, Boonton, New Jersey
"Ram Bro"
J L Bayer, Midlothian, Virginia
"Billy, the G.O.A.T"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"Whiz Kid"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
"Free Billy"
Sid Burgreen, Islandia, New York
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