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","hints":[{"type":"sentence","options":[],"text":"____ has been nominated again, this time for his role as a robe-wearing radical in \"One Battle After Another.\""},{"type":"multiple-choice","options":["Paul Mescal","Leonardo DiCaprio","Timothée Chalamet","Brad Pitt"],"text":""}],"attribution":"Excerpt from a Post article by Amy Argetsinger","answers":["Leonardo DiCaprio","Leo DiCaprio","DiCaprio","Leonardo","Leo dicaprio","Dicaprio","Leo Dicaprio","Leonardo dicaprio"],"type":"quote","story":{"canonical_url":"/entertainment/movies/2026/03/11/oscars-best-actor-race-chalamet/","headlines":{"basic":"It’s already too late for Timothée Chalamet to win an Oscar"},"label":{"basic":{"text":"Style"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/wapo/JIZLLYOOVFBV7MNQBZLKQORCTA.jpg"}}}},{"storyLink":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2022/permanent-standard-time-body-health-benefits/","quote":"Sleep experts warn that a permanent change to ____ could chronically throw our bodies out of sync with the sun and lead to a variety of health problems.","question":"Fill in the blank. 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I think it is not serving our court or our country well at this point.","question":"Who said this about the Supreme Court's emergency rulings?","hints":[{"type":"sentence","options":[],"text":"____, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022, said this at a public forum alongside conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. 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I’ve been a terrible boss at times.","question":"Amid allegations by former staff of physical and verbal abuse, Redzepi stepped down as the top chef at which restaurant, often deemed the best in the world? ","hints":[{"type":"sentence","options":[],"text":"____ opened in Copenhagen in 2003. It closed its doors to regular service a couple of years ago to function as a food laboratory and focus on pop-up experiences, like its just-opened Los Angeles outpost."},{"type":"multiple-choice","options":["Alinea","Daniel","Noma","French Laundry"],"text":""}],"attribution":"René Redzepi wrote this in a 2015 essay","answers":["Noma","NOMA","Nomma","Noma","N.O.M.A."],"type":"quote","story":{"canonical_url":"/food/2026/03/12/rene-redzepi-resigns-noma-abuse-allegations/","headlines":{"basic":"Chef René Redzepi resigns from Noma amid abuse allegations by former staff"},"label":{"basic":{"text":"Food"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/wapo/OGWEU3RGWUI6PEUOGYSFHEDA5A.jpg"}}}},{"storyLink":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/12/jim-clyburn-reelection-decision/","quote":"____, 85, who spent much of the latter part of his congressional career in the No. 3 House Democratic leadership position, made the announcement in his home state at the South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters in Columbia.","question":"Which Democratic congressman announced he will seek reelection this year? He turns 86 in July. ","hints":[{"type":"sentence","options":[],"text":"When ____ won in 1992, the civil rights activist became the first Black congressman elected in South Carolina since Reconstruction. His endorsement helped Joe Biden secure the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. "},{"type":"multiple-choice","options":["Hakeem Jeffries","Steven Horsford","James E. Clyburn","Tim Scott"],"text":""}],"attribution":"Excerpt from a Post article by Kadia Goba and Amy B Wang","answers":["James E. Clyburn","James Clyburn","Clyburn","Jim Clyburn","Jimmy Clyburn","Clyburnn","J. Clyburn","J Clyburn","James Clyburnn","James E Clyburn","Jim Clyburn","Cliburn","Jim e Clyburn","James E clyburn","Jimmy E Clyburn","James Enos Clyburn","Rep. Clyburn","Rep Clyburn","Rep. Jimmy Clyburn","Rep. James E. Clyburn","Rep. James Clyburn","Congressman Clyburn","Congressman James Clyburn","Congressman James E. 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This is crazy to me.","question":"Bam Adebayo scored 83 points for the Heat on Tuesday, the second-highest point total in any game in NBA history. He surpassed whose 81-point game from 2006?","hints":[{"type":"sentence","options":[],"text":"The Lakers' ____ held the record for years, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points. His final game was in 2016, and he died in 2020. "},{"type":"multiple-choice","options":["Kobe Bryant","Larry Bird","Julius Erving","Magic Johnson"],"text":""}],"attribution":"Bam Adebayo","answers":["Kobe Bryant","Kobe","Bryant","K Bryant","Kobee","\"Black Mamba\""],"type":"quote","story":{"canonical_url":"/sports/nba/2026/03/11/heat-bam-adebayo-83-points/1814c944-1d92-11f1-a29c-fd43da9a479a_story.html","headlines":{"basic":"Bam Adebayo's 83-point night was one to remember in Miami. 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