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Land Of The Free

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one Abraham Lincoln

1865. The United States are disunited by politics, power and race. To celebrate the end of Civil War, a victorious Abraham Lincoln goes to the theater. Not long into the show a man walks in and shoots him. Who was he? Why did he do it? And why does it matter now?

In the lead up to a tumultuous American election this November, the award winning Simple8 examine the present by visiting the past, with a searing new play about John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated a President.

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QUESTION:

What did the assassin John Wilkes Booth shout out after shooting President Lincoln?

POSSIBLE ANSWERS:

a) Sic semper tyrannis
b) Veni, vidi, vici
c) Cogito, ergo sum

CORRECT ANSWER:

a) Sic semper tyrannis

WINNER:

Howard Feldman

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