Statistics for The 21st Century in Europe

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This quiz has been taken 99 times
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The average score is 13 of 20

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Year	What happened?	Answer	% Correct
2016	The withdrawal of the UK from the EU, known under this portmanteau, begins	Brexit	98%
2019	This Gothic cathedral catches fire, followed by public dismay	Notre-Dame de Paris	96%
2017	This region declares itself independent from Spain, but lacks international support	Catalonia	91%
2020	Mass protests erupt in this country demanding the resignation of dictator Lukashenko	Belarus	87%
2014	This peninsula (involuntarily?) joins the Russian Federation	Crimea	87%
2002	This neutral country finally becomes a member of the United Nations	Switzerland	83%
2004	The Olympics "return" to this city	Athens	81%
2009	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, PM of this country, becomes the first LGBT head of government	Iceland	81%
2008	This Swedish music streaming service is launched	Spotify	79%
2011	The Duke of Cambridge marries this woman in Westminster Abbey	Catherine Middleton	70%
2005	This Polish pope dies after a 26-year pontificate	John Paul II	70%
2013	Benedict XVI becomes the first pope in 600 years to do this	abdicate	68%
2001	On April 1, the Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize this	Same-sex marriage	64%
2006	This country declares itself independent	Montenegro	60%
2007	Name a country which joined the EU in 2007	Romania or Bulgaria	60%
2018	This anti-establishment movement demands lower fuel prices in France	{Yellow} {vests} movement	45%
2015	This crisis reaches its peak (hint: Mediterranean Sea)	{refugee} crisis	42%
2012	This cruise ship sinks off the Tuscan coast	Costa Concordia	38%
2010	This football player's goal in extra time makes Spain world champions	Andrés Iniesta	30%
2003	A diamond heist takes place in this city	Antwerp	15%