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NEARLY 44 MILLION PEOPLE WERE WATCHING THE OSCARS ON ABC IN 2014 WHEN THIS FILM ABOUT SOLOMON NORTHUP WON BEST PICTURE.
WHAT ARE 12 YEARS A SLAVE?
THE BROTHER OF THIS LEADER IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST KNOWN EUROPEAN TO HAVE DIED IN THE AMERICAS.
WHO IS LEIF ERICSON?
MERMAID MAN & BARNACLE BOY ARE THE FAVOURITE SUPERHEROES OF THIS TITLE NICKELODEON GUY.
WHO IS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS?
APRIL 14, 1865.
WHAT IS THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION?
1 OF THE 2 MOVIES IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, ONE A DRAMA & ONE A COMEDY, TO WIN OSCARS FOR BEST ACTOR & BEST ACTRESS.
WHAT IS THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS OR AS GOOD AS IT GETS?
ON OSCARS NIGHT 2016 BEST ANIMATED SHORT WENT TO “BEAR STORY”; THIS OTHER BEAR STORY WON BEST ACTOR & BEST DIRECTOR.
WHAT IS THE REVENANT?
WILLIAM BRADFORD WROTE THAT THIS DOCUMENT WAS PARTLY INSPIRED BY THE MUTINOUS SPEECHES OF SOME PASSENGERS.
WHAT IS THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT?
HERE’S A QUOTE FROM KID WHO SHARES A SHOW TITLE WITH FANBOY; “I’M A PONY! VROOM! VROOM! BEEP! BEEP!”
WHO IS CHUM CHUM?
AUGUST 15, 1945.
WHAT IS A V-J DAY?
IN ANDALUSIA ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY REPRESENTS THIS STYLE NAMED FOR MEDIEVAL VISITORS FROM AFRICA.
WHAT IS MOORISH?
THIS HALF OF A SIBLING DUO RUNS THE GAMUT FROM ”THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY” TO “GREEN BOOK”, FOR WHICH HE WON 2 OSCARS.
WHO IS PETER FARRELLY?
ONE OF 2 CABINET DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO HAVE HELD THEIR POSITION FOR THE ENTIRE REAGAN AMINISTRATION THUS FAR.
WHO IS CAP WEINBERGER?
“CUTE & CUDDLY, BOYS!” THIS ANIMATED SERIES SET AT THE CENTRAL ZOO IS FOR THE BIRDS.
WHAT ARE THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR?
MAY 29, 1453.
WHAT IS THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE?
IN 1904 OKLAHOMA CITY POLICEMAN JOE BURRNETT KILLED ED O’KELLEY, WHO HAD KILLED ROBERT FORD, WHO HAD KILLED THIS OUTLAW.
WHO IS JESSE JAMES?
THE SECOND, THIRD & FOURTH OSCARS FOR BEST ACTRESS WENT TO CANADIAN-BORN WOMEN, STARTING WITH HER, “AMERICA’S SWEETHEART”.
WHAT IS A PICKFORD?
1st PRESIDENT WHO WAS NOT BORN IN EITHER THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES OR THE ORIGINAL 13 STATES.
WHO WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
“DODGEBRAWL” & “BRUNCH OF DISGUSTINGNESS” WERE EPISODES SET ON THIS TITLE “SURVIVOR” -LIKE “ISLAND”.
WHAT IS TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND?
APRIL 30, 1975.
WHAT IS THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR?
THIS BIG LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRY WAS SURPRISED TO BE ADDED TO THE USA’S 2017 TRAVEL BAN, BUT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LIST IN 2018.
WHAT IS CHAD?
THE OSCAR-WINNING SONG “IT’S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP” WAS BY THIS HIP-HOP GROUP.
WHAT ARE THREE 6 MAFIA?
THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY STARTING IN 1986.
WHAT IS MARTIN LUTHER KING’S B-DAY?
A 6-FOOT-TALL BLUE JAY NAMED MORDECAI & RIGBY THE RACCOON ARE BEST BUDS ON THIS CARTOON NETWORK OFFERING.
WHAT IS REGULAR SHOW?
DECEMBER 15, 1791.
WHAT IS THE RATIFICATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
THESE 2 FOREIGN-BORN DIRECTORS HAVE EACH WON 2 BEST DIRECTOR OSCARS, BUT NONE OF THEIR FILMS HAS WON BEST PICTURE.
WHO ARE LEE & ALFONSO CUARÓN?