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  "name": "FIFA World Cup 1930 (champions - Uruguay)",
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  "questions": [
    "Who won the first World Cup?",
    "Why were two balls used in the 1930 final?"
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      "text": "Hosts Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the first World Cup final at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, trailing 2-1 at half-time before goals from Pablo Dorado, Jose Pedro Cea, Victoriano Santos Iriarte and Hector Castro completed the win; all matches of the tournament were played in Montevideo.",
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      "text": "In the absence of an official match ball both sides turned up with their own, and Belgian referee Jean Langenus ordered each half played with a different ball; Uruguay were celebrating the centenary of their independence that year, and Argentina's goals came from Carlos Peucelle and Guillermo Stabile.",
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      "confidence": 0.94
    }
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  "winning_edge": "The founding final with its two-balls anecdote bound to FIFA's own account rather than folklore retellings.",
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