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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who became the longest-reigning monarch in British history?	Queen Elizabeth II	97%
What virtual currency was worth over $100 billion at the end of the decade?	Bitcoin	95%
In what city could you find the world's tallest building?	Dubai	91%
What red-headed British singer's "Shape of You" finished the decade as the most-streamed song on Spotify?	Ed Sheeran	87%
What country suffered a nuclear accident after a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami?	Japan	87%
What disease had the worst outbreak in its history, killing about 11,000 in West Africa?	Ebola	86%
What social network did Facebook acquire for $1 billion in 2012?	Instagram	86%
What terrorist leader was killed by U.S. Navy Seals in Pakistan?	Osama Bin Laden	84%
What comic book company was responsible for 21 of the top 100 highest-grossing movies of the decade?	Marvel	82%
What entrepreneur's many businesses included building cars, launching rockets, drilling tunnels, and installing solar panels?	Elon Musk	81%
What city hosted the Olympic Games for the third time, becoming the first city to do so?	London	74%
What peninsula did Russia annex in 2014?	Crimea	69%
What agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions was signed by 195 countries, almost none of whom are meeting their targets?	{Paris} Agreement	69%
What country saw its population dip from 21 million to 17 million, due to a civil war and subsequent mass emigration?	Syria	67%
What was the name of the series of protests that rocked Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and other countries in 2011?	{Arab} Spring	65%
What airline had one plane mysteriously disappear and another shot down by Russian separatists?	Malaysia Airlines	60%
What person's Wikipedia page was viewed more frequently than anyone else's?	Donald Trump	57%
In what country did Boko Haram kidnap 276 schoolgirls?	Nigeria	53%
What overtook Tetris to become the best-selling video game of all-time?	Minecraft	52%
What breakthrough gene-editing technology was introduced?	CRISPR	22%