Statistics for The 21st Century in Asia

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This quiz has been taken 59 times
(35 since last reset)
The average score is 15 of 20

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Year	What happened?	Answer	% Correct
2006	This country tests nuclear weapons for the first time	North Korea	97%
2020	The first coronavirus-related death happens in this Central Chinese city	Wuhan	97%
2018	The removal of term limits allows this Chinese president to rule indefinitely	Xi Jinping	97%
2003	This capital is invaded by American troops	Baghdad	91%
2004	This natural disaster kills more than 220,000 people all around the Indian Ocean	Boxing Day Tsunami	88%
2019	Nursultan Nazarbayev, leader of this country, resigns after 29 years	Kazakhstan	88%
2001	This city, then officially entitled Calcutta, restores name	Kolkata	88%
2002	The FIFA World Cup is held in two countries. Name one of them	Japan or South Korea	85%
2014	This airline mourns the death of 510 passengers in two different incidents	{Malaysian} Airlines	82%
2010	This building, with a height of 828 m, is opened in Dubai	Burj Khalifa	79%
2016	An failed coup d'état in Turkey leads to a strengthened position of this president	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	79%
2015	Tensions between Houthis and the government lead to this war	Yemeni Civil War	76%
2009	This Sri Lankan militant organisation ceases to exist	Tamil {Tigers}	70%
2017	These Muslim people from Myanmar suffer from persecution	Rohingya	64%
2007	This Pakistani Prime Minister is assassinated in Rawalpindi	Benazir Bhutto	58%
2008	This country abolishes absolute monarchy and becomes a democracy	Bhutan	55%
2005	The Tulip Revolution happens in this country	Kyrgyzstan	45%
2013	The Ghouta attack becomes one of the deadliest attacks in this brutal war	Syrian Civil War	45%
2011	UNESCO affiliates this country	State of Palestine	39%
2012	This Tokyo observation tower is inaugurated	Tokyo {Skytree}	33%