Factual error: Ben, Abigail and Riley arrive at the Library of Congress to take the President's Book very late at night. However the Library of Congress, despite being shown as open, consistently closes at 5 PM.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
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Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha
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Ben Gates: Before the Civil War, the states were all separate. People used to say "the United States are..." It wasn't until the war ended that people started saying "the United States is..." Under Lincoln, we became one nation.
Trivia: The easter egg roll scene was filmed on Mount Vernon, with the White House added in the background.
Question: Why was the playfair cipher on the missing page invisible? Thomas Gates wrote it in normal ink.
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Chosen answer: Thomas Gates didn't write it in normal ink. He wrote in pencil. The cipher wasn't written on that page, it was written on the facing page and minute bits "transferred" onto the page with the names.
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