Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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2022 | Russia invades this country | Ukraine | 100%
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2008 | This person is elected as the first African-American President of the U.S. | Barack Obama | 92%
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2009 | This sprinter sets a new record for the 100m dash: 9.58 seconds | Usain Bolt | 88%
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2019 | The Covid-19 pandemic starts in this city | Wuhan | 88%
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2003 | The U.S. invades this country, looking for weapons of mass destruction, but doesn't find any | Iraq | 87%
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2014–15 | An outbreak of this disease kills more than 10,000 people in West Africa | Ebola | 85%
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2004 | This website is started in a Harvard dorm room | 84%
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2015 | A record 1.3 million people request asylum in the EU, with the largest number coming from this wartorn nation | Syria | 81%
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2004 | This type of natural disaster kills over 200,000 people in 14 countries | Tsunami | 81%
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2001 | This terrorist organization launches the 9/11 attacks against the United States | Al-Qaeda | 79%
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2005 | This person is elected as the first female chancellor of Germany | Angela Merkel | 78%
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2008 | This swimmer wins 8 gold medals at the Summer Olympics | Michael Phelps | 78%
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2015 | 195 nations meet in this city and agree to lower carbon emissions, but generally fail to meet their commitments | Paris | 73%
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2011 | This international protest movement leads to the overthrow of the governments of Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya | The {Arab} Spring | 73%
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2011 | This African nation becomes the 193rd member of the UN | South Sudan | 69%
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2012 | This leader ascends to power in China, marking an era of increased state surveillance and abuse of ethnic minorities | Xi Jinping | 69%
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2001 | This country becomes the first in the world to legalize same-sex marriage | Netherlands | 64%
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2008 | The world enters a sharp economic downturn which is commonly known as this | The Great {Recession} | 60%
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2003 | Scientists announce the completion of a project to sequence this | The Human Genome | 41%
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2005 | This dwarf planet, 27% larger than Pluto, is dicovered and named for the Greek goddess of discord | Eris | 29%
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