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James Earl Jones, known for his roles in Field of Dreams, The Lion King, and Star Wars, passed away recently at the age of 93.
Among his many distinctions was being one of the few to get an EGOT. Named after the awards of different fields in entertainment, EGOT is the ‘grand slam‘ of American show business.
Can you tell me what EGOT stands for?

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Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards
Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, audio recording, film, and Broadway theatre. There have only been 21 competitive winners & 6 non-competitive winners (honorary awardee) of this writing.
Read More about the distinction.

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A question in the spirit of the recently concluded Academy Awards…
Which of these actors have never won an Oscar?
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None of them! Sorry for the trick question.
Some of their closest misses have been:
Ian McKellen - for the Lord of the Rings
Samuel Jackson - for Pulp Fiction
Liam Neeson - for Schindler's List
Tom Cruise - for everything that he's done.