THE OSCARS
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"Gladiator" is close, but this film has the earliest historical setting of any Best Picture Oscar winner
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
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Due to developments in 2012, this annual summer contest now lists no winner from the years 1999-2005
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THE THOMAS JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
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Of this agreement, Thomas Jefferson said he "stretched the Constitution until it cracked"
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SCRABBLE & CHEMISTRY
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As a word used in Scrabble, this longest-named one of the 6 noble gases would give you the highest score
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19th CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
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"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel" is spoken to this title character by his creation
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Tour de France
Louisiana Purchase
krypton
Frankenstein
The players were correct on each of the extra choices.
THE 16th CENTURY $2000: In 1534 this explorer claimed the region that's now Quebec for France
AN AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1200: Agatha adapted her 1947 radio story "Three Blind Mice" into this long-running stage play
COLORFUL PLACES $1200: This section of the Appalachians runs from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia
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The Mousetrap
Blue Ridge