Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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2006 | Celestial body demoted to "dwarf" planet | Pluto | 94%
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2003 | Country invaded by the U.S. | Iraq | 92%
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2009 | Singer who died from prescription drugs issued by his personal physician | Michael Jackson | 92%
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2002 | Country which won its fifth FIFA World Cup | Brazil | 90%
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2004 | Type of disaster which killed over 200,000 along the coast of the Indian Ocean | Tsunami | 90%
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1999 | Major new currency which was introduced | Euro | 88%
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2001 | Building which, in addition to the World Trade Center, was attacked by 9/11 terrorists | The Pentagon | 88%
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1997 | Celebrity who died in Paris after being chased by paparazzi | Princess Diana | 87%
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2008 | Country whose coastline saw an outbreak of piracy | Somalia | 86%
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1991 | Major world power which ceased to exist on December 31 | Soviet Union | 84%
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1994 | System of racial segregation which came to an end in South Africa | Apartheid | 82%
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1993 | Basketball star who announced his retirement in order to play baseball | Michael Jordan | 76%
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1990 | Country invaded by Iraq | Kuwait | 71%
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1996 | Disease which caused the EU to ban imports of British beef | Mad Cow | 67%
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2000 | Candidate who lost his bid to become U.S. president by just 537 votes in Florida | Al Gore | 66%
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2007 | U.K. Prime Minister who left office after 10 years | Tony Blair | 64%
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1992 | City which saw riots after police were acquitted for beating Rodney King | Los Angeles | 62%
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1998 | Island where the Good Friday Agreement was signed | Ireland | 55%
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2005 | Body part which French surgeons became the first to transplant | Face | 43%
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1995 | Nerve gas that Aum Shinrikyo used in its terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway | Sarin | 37%
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