Answers revealed in the comments.
Game 1
There are four pairs of U.S. state capital cities west of the Mississippi River that are less than 150 miles apart from each other. Name two of those four pairs, none of which include a city in one of the other pairs.
Game 2
Of the performers in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, three have won an acting Academy Award for their roles in other films. Name one of those three films.
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game one answers;
Cheyenne, WY & Denver, CO
Carson City, NV & Sacramento, CA
Topeka, KS & Lincoln, NE
Olympia, WA & Salem, OR
Game 2 answers:
Crazy Heart
Still Alice
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