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Which blockbuster sci-fi film premiered the same year France carried out its last guillotine execution, 1977?
Answer
Star Wars
Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) premiered in May 1977, the same year as France's final guillotine execution.
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The last guillotine execution in France occurred in 1977, the same year Star Wars premiered and the Internet went public.
Other options people guess
- Alien
- Superman
- Grease
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- 1970s
- france
- pop-culture
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