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"question": "A national tour of Hamilton will be arriving in which American city on September 27, 2016?",
"article": {
"hed": "Now You Won’t Be Able to Get Hamilton Tickets in Chicago Either",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/hamilton-will-launch-its-tour-in-chicago.html"
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"title": "Washington D.C."
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"title": "Chicago",
"answer": "1"
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"title": "Los Angeles"
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"title": "San Francisco"
}
]
},
{
"question": "J.J. Abrams wants which female director to direct a Star Wars film?",
"article": {
"hed": "J.J. Abrams Wants Ava DuVernay to Be the First Woman to Direct a Star Wars Movie",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/jj-abrams-wants-ava-duvernay-to-direct-star-wars-movie.html"
},
"options": [
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"title": "Sofia Coppola"
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"title": "Ava DuVernay",
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"title": "Kathryn Bigelow"
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{
"title": "Dee Rees"
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},
{
"question": "Whom did Benedict Cumberbatch pen a heartwarming letter to for National Letter Writing Day?",
"article": {
"hed": "Benedict Cumberbatch, a Beautiful Grown Man, Wrote a Heartwarming Letter to Santa",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/benedict-cumberbatch-wrote-a-letter-to-santa.html"
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"options": [
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"title": "His son"
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"title": "God"
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"title": "Santa Claus",
"answer": "1"
},
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"title": "His wife"
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]
},
{
"question": "Damon Lindelof said he really identifies with which The Office character?",
"article": {
"hed": "Damon Lindelof Agrees That He’s ‘Definitely’ a Toby",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/damon-lindelof-agrees-that-hes-a-toby.html"
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"question": "Quentin Tarantino wants to turn which of his films into a play?",
"article": {
"hed": "Quentin Tarantino Wants to Do a Theatrical Adaptation of The Hateful Eight",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/quentin-tarantino-will-direct-theater.html"
},
"options": [
{
"title": "Kill Bill"
},
{
"title": "Inglourious Basterds"
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"title": "Jackie Brown"
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"title": "The Hateful Eight",
"answer": "1"
}
]
},
{
"question": "Which celebrity brothers recently engaged in an Instagram war, defacing each other’s magazine covers?",
"article": {
"hed": "Hemsworth Brothers Chris and Liam Are in an Instagram War, and Everyone Wins",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/chris-and-liam-hemsworth-are-in-an-instagram-war.html"
},
"options": [
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"title": "Donnie and Mark Wahlberg"
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"title": "Stephen & Alec Baldwin"
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"answer": "1"
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"title": "Mark and Jay Duplass"
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"question": "Which artist went on a Twitter rant when their R&B collaboration wasn’t nominated for a Grammy?",
"article": {
"hed": "Did Omarion’s ‘Post to Be’ Deserve a Grammy Nomination? An Investigation",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/did-post-to-be-deserve-a-grammy-nomination.html"
},
"options": [
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"title": "Omarion",
"answer": "1"
},
{
"title": "Chris Brown"
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{
"title": "Jhene Aiko"
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"title": "Nicki Minaj"
}
]
},
{
"question": "The Golden Globes’ Twitter account foolishly confused America Ferrera with what other Latina actress?",
"article": {
"hed": "The Golden Globes Foolishly Got America Ferrera and Gina Rodriguez Mixed Up ",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/golden-globes-mixed-up-america-ferrera-and-gina-rodriguez.html"
},
"options": [
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"title": "Jennifer Lopez"
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"title": "Gina Rodriguez",
"answer": "1"
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"title": "Penelope Cruz"
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"title": "Eva Longoria"
}
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"question": "Carly Rae Jepsen performed which of her songs in the language of The Sims?",
"article": {
"hed": "Carly Rae Jepsen Recorded ‘Run Away With Me’ in Simlish Because the Sims Want to Know Love Too",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/carly-rae-jepsen-sings-run-away-with-me-in-simlish.html"
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"title": "“I Really Like You”"
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"title": "“Call Me Maybe”"
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"title": "“Run Away With Me”",
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"title": "“Emotion”"
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"question": "Which TRL-era pop-punk band’s drummer announced he will be releasing a new album in 2016?",
"article": {
"hed": "There’s a New Blink-182 Album Coming, With or Without Tom DeLonge",
"url": "http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/theres-a-new-blink-182-album-coming.html"
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