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GAME 1
Kansas shares a land border with four states and is located within 40 miles of three others. Name those three states that are within 40 miles of Kansas but do not border it.
GAME 2
Each of the pictured films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in the same year but did not win. What film won the award that year?
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Game one answers:
Texas
Arkansas
Iowa
GAME 2 answer:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)