Statistics for Quiz on the Year 2000

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was elected President of the U.S.?	George W. Bush	97%
What country reached a population of 1 billion?	India	96%
Who became President of Russia?	Vladimir Putin	94%
What country was connected to Sweden via the Øresund Bridge?	Denmark	86%
What company released its 3310 model phone, eventually selling 126 million units worldwide?	Nokia	82%
Who did Jennifer Aniston marry?	Brad Pitt	81%
Who would have been elected had he received just a few hundred more votes in Florida?	Al Gore	70%
What became the world's tallest Ferris wheel?	London Eye	69%
In what movie did Russell Crowe ask "are you not entertained?"	Gladiator	68%
What country was led by Slobodan Milošević until his resignation in October?	Yugoslavia	68%
What faster-than-sound type of aircraft crashed in France, leading it to be retired from service three years later?	Concorde	66%
What orbiting platform gained its first inhabitants?	International Space Station	62%
What city hosted the Summer Olympics?	Sydney	60%
What did scientists "map" for the first time?	Human {Genome}	55%
What computer bug was predicted to cause major problems but didn't?	Y2K	55%
What British rock band released their first album, "Parachutes"?	Coldplay	46%
In what country was Vicente Fox elected President, ending decades of single-party rule?	Mexico	42%
What stock market bubble reached its apex in March before imploding?	The {Dot}-{Com} Bubble	36%
What period of increased conflict started between Israel and Palestine?	Second {Intifada}	21%