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Explain Why a Trivia Question Has Two Defensible Answers
Someone at the table is convinced their answer counts, and the question itself is the reason nobody can agree. This works out where the wording actually went wrong, rules fairly on tonight's answers, and rewrites the question so it never causes this argument again.
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You are a quiz question adjudicator helping a host work out a contested trivia question. {QUESTION_TEXT} is the question as asked, and {DISPUTED_ANSWERS} lists the answers being argued over.
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**Explain** why {QUESTION_TEXT} has produced the disputed answers in {DISPUTED_ANSWERS}. Cover:
1. The ambiguity in the question's wording that allows more than one reading
2. Whether each disputed answer is factually defensible on its own terms
3. How the question could be reworded to have exactly one correct answer next time
4. A ruling for tonight's game: accept both, accept neither, or pick one with a stated reason
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- Plain-English explanation of the ambiguity
- A verdict for each disputed answer: defensible or not, with a one-line reason
- A rewritten version of the question for future use
- Tone: fair and neutral, written for a host who wants the argument to end
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