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Month	Day	Clue	Answer	% Correct
January	12	UK Prime Minister admits for first time that he attended a party during country's first lockdown	Boris Johnson	90%
July	15	This singer kicks off the North American leg of his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour"	Elton John	90%
January	31	Online word puzzle Wordle bought for “low seven figure sum” by this newspaper	The New York Times	90%
June	22	Government of Bulgarian PM loses confidence vote by this many votes	7	80%
January	16	This tennis player is deported from Australia due to his vaccination status	Novak Djokovic	80%
January	4	This automaker becomes the first foreign automaker to top US sales	Toyota	80%
February	6	British Monarch becomes first to reach this milestone on the throne	70 years	70%
February	4	This city becomes the first city to stage Summer and Winter Olympics	Beijing	70%
September	8	This prince becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his mother	King Charles III	70%
February	28	A 40 mile Russian military convoy approaches this capital city	Kyiv	70%
September	6	This woman becomes only the 3rd female Prime Minister of the UK	Liz Truss	70%
March	8	US and UK ban this resource from Russia	Oil	70%
February	1	Legendary NFL Quarterback retires after 22 years in the sport	Tom Brady	70%
August	17	These two countries agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a period of tensions	Turkey	70%
March	7	Global death toll from Covid-19 passes this total according to Johns Hopkins figures, with 57% of the world's population fully vaccinated	{6} million	60%
September	22	This Christian denomination at 45.7% outnumber Protestants at 43.48% in Northern Ireland for the first time according to the result of the 2021 census	Catholic	60%
September	19	State funeral of UK's longest reigning monarch is held in Westminster Abbey	Elizabeth II	60%
April	4	This business magnate buys 9.2% of Twitter stock, making him the company's largest shareholder	Elon Musk	60%
February	7	Russian President meets with this European leader	Emmanuel Macron	60%
December	1	Us President and First Lady host their first state dinner at the White House with this French President	Emmanuel Macron	60%
March	28	Governor in this state signs so called "Don't Say Gay" bill limiting LGBTQ classroom instruction	Florida	60%
February	2	More than one million Afghans have fled for this country since October due to the country's economic crisis, according to immigration authorities threatening a new migrant crisis	Iran	60%
April	24	Name of the losing candidate in the French Presidential election	Marine Le Pen	60%
May	13	This becomes the first city in Italy to use the QR Code in restaurants that allows you to pay the bill without waiting	Milan	60%
December	8	Documentary series "Harry and Meghan" begins airing on this streaming service	Netflix	60%
April	20	Online streaming service suffers its first subscriber loss in a decade, losing 200,000 subscribers	Netflix	60%
January	13	This British Prince is stripped of his military titles amid continuing sexual assault allegations	Prince Andrew	60%
January	11	This Canadian state announces it will impose a healthcare tax on unvaccinated adults	Quebec	60%
May	28	This team wins a record 14th Champions League against Liverpool	Real Madrid	60%
September	15	Tennis great announces his retirement after 20 grand slam wins	Roger Federer	60%
August	9	Tennis superstar announces her intention to retire in an interview with "Vogue	Serena Williams	60%
October	27	Elon Musk takes over as owner of Twitter, immediately fires this many executives	4	50%
March	6	Protesters gather in this Kazakhstani city to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.	Almaty	50%
September	30	Russian President signs treaties absorbing these 4 occupied regions into the Russian Federation. This annexation is seen as a breach of international law by the global community	Donetsk	50%
July	31	This team wins its first international tournament since 1966	England	50%
May	10	Apple ends production of this after 21 years	iPod	50%
June	2	Jury in defamation case brought by this movie star against ex-wife Amber Heard awards him $15 million in damages and compensation and Heard $2 million in damages in Fairfax, Virginia	Johnny Depp	50%
February	11	Australia lists this animal as endangered for the first time in Queensland, New South Wales and ACT after a steep decline in numbers	Koala	50%
December	18	This football player scores a hat trick for France in the World Cup final but ends up on the losing side	Kylian Mbappe	50%
December	18	This Argentine magician scores two and arguably cements his position as the GOAT in many eyes by finally claiming the most prized trophy in Football by winning the World Cup in Qatar	Lionel Messi	50%
December	6	Indonesia passes a new criminal code outlawing sex outside of this, even for foreigners	Marriage	50%
August	30	Final Soviet President who oversaw great change in Russia passes away in Moscow	Mikhail Gorbachev	50%
December	10	En Nesyri scores only goal in match against Portugal to send the very first African nation into the semi finals of the World Cup	Morocco	50%
May	2	This country reopens its borders to international visitors after being closed for two years	New Zealand	50%
December	29	This 3 time World Cup winner passes away after a battle with cancer	Pelé	50%
October	25	This man officially becomes the 3rd British PM of the calendar year with no other candidate reaching 100 nominations from Tory MPs	Rishi Sunak	50%
July	5	This Chancellor and Health Secretary resign contributing to the eventual resignation of the British PM	Rishi Sunak	50%
October	29	Crowd surge at Halloween festivities in this South Korean city, leaves 155 people dead	Seoul	50%
July	8	This former Japanese PM is assassinated while giving a public speech	Shinzo Abe	50%
January	22	This Italian politician withdraws his candidacy a few days before the elections for the president of the republic.	Silvio Berlusconi	50%
February	26	The EU, US and it allies commit to removing Russian banks from this payment system	SWIFT	50%
October	31	This singer becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, all tracks from her album "Midnights"	Taylor Swift	50%
June	1	The United Nations agrees to officially change the English name of the country from Turkey to this	Türkiye	50%
June	29	Earth sets a new record in the length of day by this many milliseconds	1.59	40%
March	11	Gabriel Boric becomes world's youngest state leader at this age	36	40%
July	6	This many MPs also resign from government, adding more pressure to the British PM whilst smashing the record of most resignations in a single day	36	40%
February	21	Colombia's Constitutional Court, its highest court, decriminalizes this	Abortion	40%
January	3	This company becomes first to be worth $3 trillion	Apple	40%
December	31	Former Pope who served from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, dies at the age of 95.	Benedict XVI	40%
November	1	Fifth Israeli election held in under four years won by this former Prime Minister and his Likud party, defeating sitting Prime Minister Yair Lapid	Benjamin Netanyahu	40%
February	12	French forces say they have killed 40 fighters in air attacks in this country linked to deadly attacks on Benin border	Burkina Faso	40%
August	25	This US State votes to ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars by 2035	California	40%
August	18	Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary General António Guterres warn of "another _______" due to fighting by Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at a summit in Lviv	Chernobyl	40%
January	1	State funeral held for famous anti-apartheid leader in Cape Town	Desmond Tutu	40%
September	20	Tigray People's Liberation Front authorities say that this country has launched a full-scale intervention into the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.	Eritrea	40%
August	28	Pakistan declares a climate catastrophe for this natural disaster	Flood	40%
January	5	Nationwide state of emergency is declared in this Asian country	Kazakhstan	40%
September	30	Russian President signs treaties absorbing these 4 occupied regions into the Russian Federation. This annexation is seen as a breach of international law by the global community	Luhansk	40%
March	20	Intense fighting in this Ukrainian city continues as Russian forces encircle the city, trapping 300,000 people	Mariupol	40%
March	16	Russian airstrike on a theatre in this city kills an estimated 600 civilians	Mariupol	40%
August	2	This US official visits Taiwan which increases tensions with China	Nancy Pelosi	40%
July	2	The more contagious COVID-19 subvariant achieves dominance in the US, making up 54% of cases according to the CDC	Omicron	40%
October	28	Hammer-wielding intruder attacks the 82-year old husband of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at their California home	Paul Pelosi	40%
January	10	The first successful heart transplant to a human from this animal	Pig	40%
February	6	Name of the celebrations that this milestone is referred to	Platinum Jubilee	40%
January	6	Nationality of tennis player whose visa is cancelled by Australia	Serbian	40%
April	5	This Chinese city's lockdown extended to cover the whole city as cases of a virus increase,	Shanghai	40%
May	16	This country formally announces it wants to join NATO	Sweden	40%
May	15	British rock band returns to Cincinnati, Ohio for the first time since tragic December 1979 stampede that killed 11 concert goers	The Who	40%
July	12	This company sues Elon Musk after he pulls out of a deal to buy them, accusing him of "trashing it" and "a model of bad faith"	Twitter	40%
February	22	This national association football team's female players settle their lawsuit with the country's association football federation for $24 million and a promise to equalise pay	United States	40%
December	21	Ukrainian President makes his first foreign visit since the invasion began to this city	Washington D.C	40%
March	27	Best Actor Oscar winner who controversially slaps host Chris Rock live on stage	Will Smith	40%
July	1	This man becomes Israel's 3rd Prime Minister since the start of 2020	Yair Lapid	40%
September	21	Russian President announces partial mobilisation and calls up this many reserve troops	300,000	30%
July	19	Temperatures exceed this temperature in parts of England for 1st time ever	40°C	30%
June	6	UK Prime Minister wins Tory party no-confidence vote by margin of 63, with this % of MPs voting against him	41%	30%
February	8	BRIT Awards: This singer wins best artist, song and album of the year	Adele	30%
June	4	Retired general Bajram Begaj is elected the 9th President of this country by the parliament in the 4th round of voting	Albania	30%
October	12	American conspiracy theorist, radio host, and provocateur ordered by a Connecticut defamation trial jury to pay $965 million to families of those killed in 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School for falsely claiming on his broadcasts that none of the victims killed had actually died and that their relatives were crisis actors	Alex Jones	30%
December	30	Cristiano Ronaldo signs for this Saudi Arabian club in a deal reportedly earning the player up to $200 million	Al Nassr	30%
January	29	World #1 wins her home Grand Slam event for the first time; beats American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6	Ashleigh Barty	30%
November	20	Disney announces this person's return as chief executive less than a year after he retired from the company	Bob Iger	30%
March	30	This actor announces he is stepping away from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia	Bruce Willis	30%
October	17	This K-pop band announces that all seven members will be serving in the South Korean military for the required 18 month minimum	BTS	30%
June	20	It is announced that this African island will allocate a budget of $85 million to combat the effects of the war in Ukraine, which has caused an increase in the prices of gasoline and food, as 9% of the population are currently facing a food crisis.	Cape Verde	30%
February	13	Name the two teams that played in this year's Super Bowl	Cincinnati Bengals	30%
November	12	Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces his 3rd 'Courage and Civility Award' of $100M to country singer-songwriter to distribute to charities of her choice	Dolly Parton	30%
March	14	This singer removes herself from the ballot for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame saying " I don’t feel that I have earned that right”	Dolly Parton	30%
November	27	Albanian President Bajram Begaj grants citizenship to this pop star for promoting the country through her international fame and her musical talents	Dua Lipa	30%
October	22	This woman becomes Italy's first female PM in a coalition of parties led by the Brothers of Italy	Giorgia Meloni	30%
April	21	Ex-president of this country Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to the US to face drug trafficking and weapons charges	Honduras	30%
October	1	At least 125 people die during a stampede in Kanjuruhan Stadium in this country	Indonesia	30%
August	17	These two countries agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a period of tensions	Israel	30%
June	18	Lithuania bans the passage of EU sanctioned goods across its territory and into this Russian exclave	Kaliningrad	30%
September	30	Russian President signs treaties absorbing these 4 occupied regions into the Russian Federation. This annexation is seen as a breach of international law by the global community	Kherson	30%
March	2	Russia seizes this large Ukrainian city	Kherson	30%
June	15	Black Death, the 14th century plague, originated in this Asian nation, according to new DNA research taken from burials at Lake Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan	30%
September	1	Very expensive TV series premieres on Amazon Prime	Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	30%
February	13	Name the two teams that played in this year's Super Bowl	Los Angeles Rams	30%
October	30	This person is elected President of Brazil after a tight run-off race against sitting President Jair Bolsonaro	Lula da Silva	30%
May	6	This virus sees its first reported case in London	Monkeypox	30%
June	8	This TV miniseries premieres on Disney+, with Disney's first on-screen Muslim superhero story, starring Iman Vellani	Ms Marvel	30%
April	3	The Taliban government bans cultivation of this in Afghanistan, with consequences for world supply as it produces 80%	Opium	30%
July	30	Indonesia restricts access to eight websites, including this financial online payment company, for failing to register with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.	PayPal	30%
April	26	Russia says it will stop supplying gas to these two countries, after the countries refused to pay in rubles	Poland	30%
September	5	This English musician resumes his All-Starr Band tour after two musicians recover from Covid	Ringo Starr	30%
September	25	Cuba legalizes this as part of a new family code in a national referendum	Same-Sex Marriage	30%
September	4	Mass stabbing leaves 10 people dead and 19 injured with two suspects on the run in James Smith Cree Nation, in this Canadian province	Saskatchewan	30%
May	21	This Prime Minister loses the Australian election after 9 years in government	Scott Morrison	30%
May	1	Name of Russian Foreign Minister who said Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood" in interview on Italian TV, prompting outrage from Israel	Sergey Lavrov	30%
July	11	This UK Olympic gold medalist reveals he was trafficked into the UK as a child, from Djibouti, to work as a domestic servant	Sir Mo Farah	30%
January	2	Abdalla Hadmok resigns as Prime Minister of this country	Sudan	30%
May	27	This sequel is released in the USA and goes on to gross $1.4 billion 36 years after the original	Top Gun: Maverick	30%
February	17	28,000 women apply for 30 jobs driving this form of transport after they are advertised for women in Saudi Arabia for the first time	Trains	30%
August	27	The Asia Cup begins in this country	United Arab Emirates	30%
May	24	19 children and two teachers shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in this Texan city by an 18-year-old gunman	Uvalde	30%
January	25	Australian government buys the copyright to this flag designed by artist Harold Thomas for A$20 million (US$14m)	Aboriginal	20%
January	9	This football tournament kicks off in Cameroon	Africa Cup of Nations	20%
January	7	Three men convicted of murdering this black jogger in Feb 2020 and are sentenced to life in prison in a Georgia court	Ahmaud Arbery	20%
December	23	Washington Capitals center scores two goals to move past Gordie Howe on most NHL career goals list in 4-1 win over visiting Winnipeg Jets	Alex Ovechkin	20%
November	5	This person scores 787th career goal for the Washington Capitals surpassing Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings, for all-time NHL record for most goals scored for a single team	Alex Ovechkin	20%
August	22	This person announces he will step down as chief medical advisor to the US President and as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Anthony Fauci	20%
January	30	Portuguese elections lead to this PM's Socialist Party winning an 'unexpected' majority	Antonio Costa	20%
April	28	Russian missiles strike Ukrainian city of Kyiv during a visit by this important UN figurehead	António Guterres	20%
November	16	This NASA mission carrying the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test mission around the Moon and back launches from Florida	Artemis I	20%
December	16	Pokemon producers announce main man and Pikachu will leave the anime series after 25 years	Ash Ketchum	20%
April	29	London court sentences this retired tennis star to 2-1/2 years in prison for hiding assets during bankruptcy proceedings	Boris Becker	20%
April	26	Russia says it will stop supplying gas to these two countries, after the countries refused to pay in rubles	Bulgaria	20%
September	11	This 19 year old tennis player wins the Men's US Open Title	Carlos Alcaraz	20%
October	2	Haitian authorities announce an unexpected resurgence of this disease in the country and report that at least seven people have died from the disease.	Cholera	20%
November	8	Actor who is named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, says “My mom will be so happy”	Chris Evans	20%
March	3	This UFC Fighter "wants to explore" buying Chelsea for £3billion amid reports of owner Roman Abramovich looking to sell the club.	Conor McGregor	20%
July	3	Multiple people are killed in a mass shooting at Field's shopping mall in this Danish city.	Copenhagen	20%
September	2	Attempted assassination of Argentina's vice-president fails when the gun jams outside her home in Buenos Aires	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner	20%
November	22	New British monarch hosts his first state visit - welcoming this South African President to Buckingham Palace	Cyril Ramaphosa	20%
October	23	This actor shocks Doctor Who fans becoming the first actor to play two separate incarnations of the Time Lord	David Tennant	20%
February	23	Tunisia announces that they will remove this film from theaters over Gal Gadot’s role in the film and her normalization of Israel.	Death on the Nile	20%
March	5	Explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship that sank in 1915, rediscovered in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica in excellent condition	Endurance	20%
June	17	The United Kingdom is asked to host this event next year after its organisers concluded that Ukraine is not capable of hosting the competition	Eurovision Song Contest	20%
October	15	Gunfire breaks out amid a fire at this prison in Tehran, Iran, resulting in the death of eight inmates and the wounding of 61 more.	Evin Prison	20%
December	22	US Drug Enforcement Administration says it seized enough of this pain medication in 2022 to kill every American,	fentanyl	20%
August	10	Former US President Donald Trump invokes this amendment against self-incrimination at a disposition into his organization's business by NY attorney's office	Fifth	20%
November	11	Cypto currency, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried files for bankruptcy, amid accusations of financial mismanagement and criminal misconduct	FTX	20%
November	28	Merriam-Webster's word of the year is this colloquialism	Gaslighting	20%
January	21	Yemen detention centre in Saada held by this rebel movement bombed killing more than 70 people	Houthis	20%
April	10	Pakistani Prime Minister who is removed from power after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament	Imran Khan	20%
December	26	Three members of this endangered species have died within ten days from each other in Cambodia, prompting an increasing alarming situation.	Irrawaddy {dolphin}	20%
July	14	First wife of former US President Donald Trump who dies	Ivana Trump	20%
July	16	American actor and film director Ben Affleck weds this American singer and actress at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada	Jennifer Lopez	20%
April	7	This person becomes the first black woman to be confirmed by the US Senate to the Supreme Court in 53-47 vote	Ketanji Brown Jackson	20%
November	6	Plane crashes into this lake in Tanzania killing 19 people on board, with 24 survivors	Lake Victoria	20%
August	31	This statistical measure falls to its lowest level since 1996 in the US, with COVID 19 the main contributing factor	Life Expectancy	20%
December	11	Federal authorities in the United States announce the arrest of a Libyan man charged in relation with this bombing in 1988, which killed 270 people.	Lockerbie Bombing	20%
September	16	Protests erupt in Iran following the death of this person in the custody of the country's "morality police".	Mahsa Amini	20%
May	9	Andy Warhol portrait of a famous actress sells for $195 million at auction in New York - highest price ever for an American artwork	Marilyn Monroe	20%
July	21	This Italian PM resigns for a second time after a week long government crisis leading to a snap election	Mario Draghi	20%
July	28	Final episodes of this TV soap after 37 years, screens in Australia	Neighbours	20%
August	23	This person's single "Super Freaky Girl" debuts at #1; first female rapper to do so since Lauren Hill in 1998 with "Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Nicki Minaj	20%
September	29	Swedish authorities report a fourth gas leak from these pipelines.	Nord Stream	20%
April	6	Scientists claim to have found dinosaur remains killed on the actual day a giant asteroid struck earth 66 million years ago beginning their extinction in this US State	North Dakota	20%
August	1	First grain ship leaves this Ukrainian port in UN brokered deal, breaking months long Russian blockade, to help alleviate global shortage	Odesa	20%
June	9	Russian leader compares himself to this Tsar, who conquered the Baltic coast, at an exhibition to the Tsar in Moscow	Peter the Great	20%
July	25	UN says 209 people killed in gang violence in the Haitian capital, including no-gang members over 10 days, with a further 254 injured with gunshot wounds	Port-au-Prince	20%
November	10	Afghanistan's ruling Taliban ban women from using these areas	Public parks and funfairs	20%
July	29	This woman loses her UK libel trial with Coleen Rooney in the so-called Wagatha Christie trial, over Rooney accusing her of leaking stories to The Sun newspaper	Rebekah Vardy	20%
June	3	Two journalists from this news agency are injured and their driver is killed after their vehicle is attacked while travelling to Sievierodonetsk. The perpetrators have not been identified.	Reuters	20%
June	24	US Supreme Court overturns this decision, eliminating constitutional right to choose abortion, in a 6-3 vote	Roe v. Wade	20%
February	24	Russian President describes invasion into Ukraine by using this phrase	Special Military Operation	20%
February	25	Champions League final is relocated to this stadium in response to Russian invasion	Stade de France	20%
March	13	After a 40-day retirement, record breaking quarterback announces he will play at least one more season in the NFL with this team	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20%
January	15	Underwater volcano Hunga-***** Hunga-Ha'apai violently erupts, sending tsunami over this nearby country	Tonga	20%
June	25	30,000-year-old intact remains of this extinct animal found frozen in permafrost in Klondike gold fields in the Yukon, Canada	Wooly Mammoth	20%
April	12	Amount fined by UK Prime Minister and his Chancellor for breaking lockdown rules	£50	10%
January	19	This cellphone service launches in America	5G	10%
September	23	St. Louis Cardinals slugger hits 2 home runs in 11-0 win over Dodgers in LA; becomes fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career HRs	Albert Pujols	10%
August	29	St. Louis Cardinals slugger hits career home run 694 off of major league record 450th different pitcher in 13-4 win over Reds in Cincinnati	Albert Pujols	10%
October	24	US Mint issues first US currency featuring an Asian-American: Coin is part of American Women Quarters Program celebrates female trailblazers like this silent film actress	Anna May Wong	10%
August	5	Actress who crashes her car into a house in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, igniting a fire that puts her in a coma and destroys much of the house	Anne Heche	10%
August	11	Monster" wildfire south-east of this city fought by 1,000 firefighters has burnt through 7,400 hectares (18,286 acres) part of France's driest summer since 1961	Bordeaux	10%
August	4	US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces charges against four police officers for violating the rights of this victim of police brutality during a 2020 raid that resulted in her death	Breonna Taylor	10%
June	5	American rocker who joins British rock band Coldplay for two songs	Bruce Springsteen	10%
April	2	Hundreds of civilians are found dead on the streets in this city after it is recaptured by Ukrainian forces. Journalists and Ukrainian forces say that they have uncovered evidence of war crimes by the Russian military.	Bucha	10%
May	11	This Spanish speaking country declares a state of emergency after a ransomware attack infiltrates and cripples several government agencies	Costa Rica	10%
December	9	Peruvian Vice president who is sworn in as country's first woman president.	Dina Boluarte	10%
April	18	South African President declares a national state of disaster, after floods and mudslides in this area result in over 400 deaths and destroy over 4,000 homes	Durban	10%
March	29	D.R.Congo is admitted into this intergovernmental organisation	East African Community	10%
August	19	European drought uncovers river 'hunger stones' that once warned of famine, including Děčín stone (earliest inscription 1417) on this river, with carving "if you see me, then weep"	Elbe	10%
May	7	Afghan women issued decree to cover this in public by Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, or her male guardian faces criminal punishment	Faces	10%
October	10	Manager of the Portuguese national football team who is convicted of creating a fictitious company to pay less taxes from his FPF salary.	Fernando Santos	10%
September	3	American band and friends who hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include: Stewart Copland; Rush; The Pretenders; Paul McCartney; and Queen	Foo Fighters	10%
October	20	British PM resigns and becomes shortest serving PM in history overtaking this person who died of tuberculosis whilst in office	George Canning	10%
June	28	This person is sentenced to 20 years in US federal prison for grooming and aiding Jeffery Epstein to abuse underage girls	Ghislaine Maxwell	10%
August	14	Fire at Abu Sefein Church in this Egyptian city, results in 41 deaths	Giza	10%
July	13	This Sri Lankan President flees to the Maldives amid political and economic unrest	Gotabaya Rajapaksa	10%
June	19	Colombian elects its first leftist President, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement	Gustavo Petro	10%
June	23	US Supreme Court declares for the first time that there is a constitutional right to carry this in public for self defense in a 6-3 vote	Handgun	10%
June	14	Canada and Denmark end this border dispute over this small island	Hans Island	10%
December	14	Europe's largest bank says it will stop financing new oil and gas fields, in attempt to lower global greenhouse gas emissions	HSBC	10%
November	25	American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), dies at 63	Irene Cara	10%
May	29	This man becomes the 2nd Australian to win a Grand Tour by winning the Giro d'Italia	Jai Hindley	10%
November	30	9th General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and 5th President of China dies	Jiang Zemin	10%
July	24	Danish cyclist who claims Yellow and King of the Mountains Jersey at the 109th Tour de France	Jonas Vingegaard	10%
March	19	LeBron James moves past this person into second on NBA's all-time scoring list with 38 points in LA Lakers' 127-119 loss to Washington Wizards	Karl Malone	10%
September	28	Bank of England forced to step in to calm markets after mini-budget with tax-cuts by this Chancellor drives the pound to its lowest level against the US dollar (close to $1.03)	Kwasi Kwarteng	10%
April	13	At least 448 people killed after heavy rains and flooding in this province in South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	10%
March	25	Sydney forward kicks 4 goals to become only 6th player in VFL/AFL history to kick 1,000 career goals	Lance "Buddy" Franklin	10%
November	18	International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to abandon this (to take effect 2035). Originally inserted in 1972 to reconcile atomic and astronomical time scales	leap second	10%
December	27	This person becomes the first player to register a 60-21-10 triple-double in NBA history as the Dallas Mavericks beat the NY Knicks, 126-121; first 60-point game in Mavs franchise history	Luka Dončić	10%
January	14	This European monarch celebrates her Golden Jubilee and marks 50 years on the throne	Margrethe II	10%
December	19	Dutch Prime Minister formally apologies for the slave trade on behalf of the Dutch state in a speech at the national archives in The Hague	Mark Rutte	10%
October	19	This state names Podokesaurus holyokensis ("swift-footed lizard of Holyoke") as official state dinosaur	Massachusetts	10%
March	22	This found in human blood for first time through new research conducted at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands	Microplastics	10%
December	17	This team recover from 33-0 down at halftime to beat Indianapolis Colts, 39-36 in overtime; biggest comeback in NFL history	Minnesota Vikings	10%
April	14	This Russian ship, flagship of its Black Sea fleet, sinks in the Black Sea	Moskva	10%
May	8	British actor named as the first black actor to play Doctor Who, replacing Jodie Whittaker in long-running BBC sci-fi drama	Ncuti Gatwa	10%
January	26	Spotify removes this singer's music from its streaming platform after the singer-songwriter's ultimatum in objection to COVID-19 misinformation in Joe Rogan's podcasts	Neil Young	10%
July	10	This hot-temper Australian tennis player plays in his first Grand Slam	Nick Kyrgios	10%
December	15	Tens of thousands of people in this profession go on strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in largest strike in NHS history	Nurses	10%
August	13	The German environment ministry says that an unknown, highly toxic substance is responsible for the mass die-off of wildlife in this river. High levels of mercury have also been found in the river.	Oder	10%
November	3	This US State approves drug-policy reform ballot legalizing psilocybin (magic) mushrooms for use in therapy, along with decriminalizes possession of small amounts of drugs	Oregon	10%
October	13	Jury recommends sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooter who pled guilty to killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in this Miami suburban town, Florida in 2018	Parkland	10%
August	21	Masai Graham wins funniest joke at Edinburgh Fringe with "I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn't get _____"	Pasta	10%
December	7	Democratic Senator who wins re-election over Republican Herschel Walker in run-off for the Georgia Senate seat, taking the US Senate to a clearer 51-49 Democratic majority	Raphael Warnock	10%
June	10	Actress who comes out on Instagram, before it emerges an Australian newspaper had given her 27 hours to comment on their upcoming story on her new female partner	Rebel Wilson	10%
June	16	Ninety-year-old US cosmetics company files for bankruptcy, blaming supply issues and rising costs	Revlon	10%
July	5	This Chancellor and Health Secretary resign contributing to the eventual resignation of the British PM	Sajid Javid	10%
August	12	British author who was attacked and repeatedly stabbed on stage prior to giving a lecture at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York	Salman Rushdie	10%
August	20	This Modern Family actress marries reality star Wells Adams (38) at Sunstone Winery near Santa Barbara, California	Sarah Hyland	10%
December	5	Construction begins on world's biggest radio telescope in South Africa and Australia with collection area of nearly 500,000 square meters. Built to test Einstein's theories and search for extra-terrestrial life	Square Kilometre Array	10%
March	1	US President says Russian President has "badly miscalculated" by invading into Ukraine at this annual message	State of the Union	10%
February	20	Winner of the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award after scoring 50 points	Stephen Curry	10%
September	18	Steven Spielberg's film which wins The People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival	The Fabelmans	10%
November	2	Ethiopia’s government and authorities from this Semitic-speaking ethnic group reach an agreement end fighting after two years at peace talks in South Africa	Tigrayan	10%
August	3	Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee certified as the world's tallest building made of this material at 25 stories, 86.6 metres (284 feet)	Timber	10%
March	12	Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the sport's official top goalscorer of all time as recorded by FIFA, after scoring a brace in a Premier League match for Manchester United against this team	Tottenham Hotspur	10%
May	20	Transport for London announces their intention to consult on an expansion of this area to cover almost all of Greater London beginning on 23 August 2023	Ultra Low Emission Zone	10%
November	26	Rare public protests held in various Chinese cities over the governments restrictive COVID-19 policies, after 10 people die in an apartment fire in this city	Ürümqi	10%
April	16	The inaugural 2022 season of this competition begins with the Birmingham Stallions taking on the New Jersey Generals, marking the return of this competition for the first time since 1985.	USFL	10%
September	14	Highly anticipated meeting between Chinese leader and Russian President at regional summit in this country after losses in Ukraine and tensions over Taiwan	Uzbekistan	10%
October	8	Landslide caused by unusually heavy rain kills at least 50 in Las Tejerias in this Latin American nation	Venezuela	10%
November	15	Brooklyn Public Library celebrates its 125th anniversary and announces Maurice Sendak's 1963 title is its most borrowed book	Where the Wild Things Are	10%
May	25	Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-elected Director-General of this organization	World Health Organization	10%
January	27	This person is officially sworn in as the 56th President of Honduras, making her the country's first female president.	Xiomara Castro	10%
October	18	American cellist who is awarded the fifth $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize	Yo-Yo Ma	10%
February	14	The megadrought affecting the American Southwest is now considered the worst for this many years according to scientists	1,200	0%
May	3	Heatwave continues across North and Central India disproportionally affecting the poor, with March and April temperatures the hottest ever recorded in this many years	122	0%
March	31	US announces it will release this many barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for six months to drive down prices	1 million	0%
February	15	In the only podium sweep of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Germany takes all 3 medals in this event	2-man Bobsleigh	0%
March	10	Length of lockout between Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association who reach a new collective bargaining agreement; MLB teams set to play full 162 game season in 2022	99 days	0%
May	26	This premieres in London, England, a virtual concert with computer generated images of the Swedish pop band and live musicians; all four members, as well as the king and queen of Sweden attend	ABBA Voyage	0%
December	25	A court in the Maldives sentences this former president to 11 years in prison on money laundering and bribery charges.	Abdulla Yameen	0%
February	3	Leader of ISIS is killed in Atme during a counter-terrorism raid by U.S. special forces in north-western Syria	Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi	0%
January	18	American company Microsoft announces its intent to purchase this company for $68.7 billion.	Activision Blizzard	0%
October	4	Noble Prize for Physics won by these 3 scientists,for their groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states	Alain Aspect	0%
November	17	This Russian ice dancer who won Olympic gold in 1976 dies at 76	Aleksandr Gorshkov	0%
October	7	Belarusian activist who is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with two others	Ales Bialiatski	0%
February	19	Representing Russian Olympic Committee, this person wins men's 50k freestyle cross country gold in Beijing to become only 2nd man to achieve 30k/50k double at a Winter Olympics	Alexander Bolshunov	0%
January	23	This tropical storm kills 115 people in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique	Ana	0%
October	11	Irish-British-American Golden Globe and multiple Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Gaslight; The Manchurian Candidate; Mame; Murder, SheWrote; Beauty and the Beast), dies at 96	Angela Lansbury	0%
October	6	French writer who is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature	Annie Ernaux	0%
October	4	Noble Prize for Physics won by these 3 scientists,for their groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states	Anton Zeilinger	0%
April	8	Name of first all-private space flight which launches to the International Space Station	Axiom-1	0%
April	30	Name of the world's longest glass-bottom bridge at 632m opens in Moc Chau Island mountain park, Vietnam	Bach Long Bridge	0%
November	4	Columbia Records releases album by this singer - Live At The Bon Soir", recorded in an NYC nightclub in November 1962	Barbra Streisand	0%
February	5	This cyclone kills 123 people in Southern Africa	Batsirai	0%
June	30	Son of Ferdinand Marcos who is sworn in as President of the Philippines	Bongbong Marcos	0%
July	17	Cameron Smith of Australia wins his first major golf title at this event by 1 stroke from American Cameron Young	British Open	0%
December	4	"A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical" opens at this theatre	Broadhurst Theatre	0%
April	9	Heiress and actress Nicola Peltz (27) marries this photographer and former model in Palm Beach, Florida	Brooklyn Beckham	0%
November	7	French tennis star who scores the biggest title win of her career beating Aryna Sabalenka 7–6, 6–4 in the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas	Caroline Garcia	0%
March	4	Four-ton rocket debris crashes into the far side of the moon, unconfirmed booster from this Chinese mission in first unintentional collision with the moon	Chang'e 5-T1	0%
April	25	Name of author who A Book of Ryhmes , written when she was 13, sells at auction in New York for $1.25 million	Charlotte Bronte	0%
June	11	This golfer hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event at the Centurion GC, Hertfordshire; pockets massive US$4.75m for the victory	Charl Schwartzel	0%
September	17	This animal is re-introduced to India after 70 years of extinction	Cheetah	0%
November	21	Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near this city on the Indonesian island of Java, killing at least 268 people, with over 1000 injured	Cianjur	0%
March	17	NHL Philadelphia Flyers longest-serving captain, becomes only 2nd player in franchise history to play 1,000th game for the team	Claude Giroux	0%
June	26	This team beats two-time defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1 for a 4-2 series win in the Stanley Cup final	Colorado Avalanche	0%
May	4	"'World's most dangerous trafficker" Columbian drug kingpin (known as Otoniel) is extradited to the US for drug charges	Dairo Antonio Úsuga	0%
July	7	US scientists begin the search for this with a device in a former gold mine in Lead, South Dakota	Dark Matter	0%
September	26	This NASA mission successfully crashes into the Dimorphos asteroid in the first planetary defense test	DART	0%
October	21	This person is acclaimed as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and becomes the next Premier of British Columbia following the disqualification of his sole opponent, climate activist Anjali Appadurai.	David Eby	0%
May	18	Amid a nationwide US baby formula shortage, President Joe Biden invokes this Act, requiring suppliers to fulfil orders to baby formula manufacturers first	Defense Production Act	0%
March	23	Abel Prize, mathematics' Nobel equivalent, awarded to this American for his work on topography	Dennis Sullivan	0%
July	18	This person is elected as President of India, making her the first tribal woman and youngest person to be elected to the office.	Droupadi Murmu	0%
July	22	This woman becomes the first tribal politician to be elected President of India	Droupadi Murmu	0%
April	22	This group agree to set up a regional military force in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in an attempt to end the conflicts there.	Eastern African Community	0%
November	29	Canadian scientists announce discovery of two new minerals, never seen on earth before from 'Nightfall' meteorite found in Somalia	elaliite	0%
July	9	This Kazakhstani claims her first Grand Slam title with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur	Elena Rybakina	0%
November	29	Canadian scientists announce discovery of two new minerals, never seen on earth before from 'Nightfall' meteorite found in Somalia	elkinstantonite	0%
October	9	American runner who runs US record 2:18:29 in Chicago Marathon, finishing 2nd by 4:11 to repeat winner Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya	Emily Sisson	0%
December	12	This person is appointed editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, first woman to lead the paper	Emma Tucker	0%
March	24	A fire breaks out at this stadium in Denver, Colorado.	Empower Field at Mile High	0%
January	17	A Parisian court fines far-right French television pundit and presidential candidate €10,000 for calling unaccompanied migrant children "rapists" and "murderers" during a September 2020 television broadcast.	Éric Zemmour	0%
February	16	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo teams with this person to win the men's team sprint for Norway and clinch the cross country freestyle sprint double at the Beijing Winter Olympics	Erik Valnes	0%
February	18	This storm moves across Europe and the UK with gusts of 120mph, killing at least 17, cutting off power to millions	Eunice	0%
September	24	This event held in Raleigh, North Carolina; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews. Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Farm Aid	0%
March	21	Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador inaugurates this airport to serve Mexico City	Felipe Angeles International Airport	0%
November	24	British born cat aged almost 27 crowned the world's oldest cat by the Guinness Book of Records	Flossie	0%
March	15	Architectures' Pritzker Prize awarded to this person from Burkina Faso	Francis Kéré	0%
May	30	This is announced by Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the world's first exascale supercomputer.	Frontier	0%
February	9	Biggest breakthrough in 25 years is reported in Oxford for this proposed power generation	Fusion Energy	0%
March	26	British rock band performs final concert of farewell tour at O2 Arena in London, England	Genesis	0%
July	20	Name of a meat-free restaurant in Copenhagen named world's best restaurant at a ceremony in London	Geranium	0%
July	23	Hong Kong-based airline which completes its maiden flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok.	Greater Bay Airlines	0%
September	7	New British PM appoints her cabinet and for the first time in British politics none of these are held by white men	Great Offices of State	0%
December	2	Two men disguised in burqas attack a mosque in Kabul while this former Afghan prime minister is inside. The attackers killed a civilian and injured two others before being shot dead by security guards.	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar	0%
April	15	Coachella Valley music festival returns after a two-year hiatus with this singer/actor the headlining act on opening night in front of 100,000	Harry Styles	0%
July	4	Lone shooter at a 4th of July parade in this Chicago suburb, kills seven and wounds 47, later captured	Highland Park	0%
September	27	This hurricane crosses western Cuba as a category 3 storm, leaving 1 million without power and one person dead	Ian	0%
August	7	US Senate passes this sweeping bill, an economic package designed to combat climate change, address health care costs and tax large corporations	Inflation Reduction Act	0%
April	17	Alex Jones' companies including this website, file for bankruptcy in the US after losing defamation suits filed by families of the Sandy Hook Massacre (which he called a hoax)	Infowars	0%
July	26	Russia announces it will leave this at the end of 2024	International Space Station	0%
November	9	Archaeologists announce discovery of oldest decipherable sentence on this object “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” in 1,700 B.C Canaanite script from Tel Lachish, Israel	Ivory comb	0%
October	14	Psychedelic rock band who were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	Jefferson Airplane	0%
April	27	SpaceX, launches its Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts, including this person who becomes 1st black woman to serve extended mission on International Space Station	Jessica Watkins	0%
October	4	Noble Prize for Physics won by these 3 scientists,for their groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states	John Clauser	0%
November	23	European Space Agency is the first to announce the inclusion of a disabled person amongst their new class of astronauts	John McFall	0%
May	22	2017 PGA Championship champion who beats Will Zalatoris by 1 stroke in a 3-hole playoff after 54-hole leader Mito Pereira double bogeys the 72nd hole	Justin Thomas	0%
May	5	This person is appointed White House Press Secretary to President Joe Biden, first Black and out LGBTQ person in the role	Karine Jean-Pierre	0%
December	24	This American golfer (7 x LPGA Player of Year, 6 x major titles, record 88 LPGA Tour wins), dies at 83	Kathy Whitworth	0%
October	5	This person gets his 2nd Nobel Prize in the field of Chemistry for helping work on Click Chemistry	K. Barry Sharpless	0%
June	27	Russian missile strike on Ukrainian shopping center in this city, with 1000 people inside kills at least 13	Kremenchuk	0%
August	26	Russian peacekeepers withdraw from this city and the villages of Zabukh and Sus, thereby returning the corridor to Azerbaijan.	Lachin	0%
September	10	Best film at 79th Venice international film festival awarded to this person's documentary about photographer Nan Goldin "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"	Laura Poitras	0%
September	12	This star star of "Squid Game" is the first person from a foreign-language show to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama	Lee Jung-jae	0%
July	27	Name of 170-carat pink diamond which is thought to be largest discovered in 300 years, announced found in Angola	Lulo Rose	0%
August	24	British-Belgian teen (17) becomes youngest person to fly solo around the world, landing at Sofia, Bulgaria, after a five-month journey across 52 countries.	Mack Rutherford	0%
November	19	General elections in this Asian nation produce the country's first ever hung parliament with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim securing the most seats	Malaysia	0%
August	8	FBI conduct a search of former US President Donald Trump's Florida home	Mar a-Largo	0%
June	13	World's largest freshwater fish, a stingray 3.98m x 2.2m caught in this river	Mekong River	0%
May	19	This car company confirms the sale of the world's most expensive car	Mercedes	0%
January	8	One of the co-creators of Woodstock dies from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City at the age of 77	Michael Lang	0%
May	31	Lost 3,400 year-old Bronze Age city unearthed on the Tigris river, Iraq due to drought, likely part of this Empire, including 100 cuneiform tablets	Mittani	0%
October	16	This country cause a historic upset by defeating former champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs in the opening game of the T20 World Cup in Australia.	Namibia	0%
April	19	US Biden administration restores climate impacts and community say to this Act, previously removed by Donald Trump	National Environmental Policy Act	0%
April	1	Sri Lanka's President declares this after violent protests amid the country's worst economic crisis since independence	Nationwide public emergency	0%
February	27	In a constitutional referendum, Belarus votes to revoke this and to allow the country to host Russian forces permanently.	Non nuclear status	0%
February	18	This storm was given a different name in Germany and Denmark. Name either of its alternate names.	Nora/Zeynep	0%
December	3	FBI investigate a targeted attack on two electricity substations in this US State which closes schools and leaves around 40,000 without power for days	North Carolina	0%
September	9	North Korea passes a new law formally declaring itself this type of state	Nuclear State	0%
June	21	South Korea successfully launches its first satellites into orbit with this homegrown rocket	Nuri	0%
August	6	Israel launches airstrikes for the second day in the Gaza Strip, killing 14 people and injuring several others as part of this operation. Nineteen Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are also arrested in the West Bank.	Operation Breaking Dawn	0%
May	23	New York City removes the last of this object in Midtown Manhattan, they will become part of a museum display	Public Payphones	0%
March	18	Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signs a law to rename the town of Isfana to this in honor of former Secretary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia.	Razzaqov	0%
December	13	US President Joe Biden signs the this Act into law, mandating federal recognition of same-sex marriages in ceremony at the White House	Respect for Marriage Act	0%
November	14	Grammy Award winner who reveals she is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and is no longer able to sing	Roberta Flack	0%
January	24	Coup in Burkina Faso as military announce on TV they have overthrown this President after his failure to stem an Islamic insurgency	Roch Kaboré	0%
May	12	The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration reveals its first image of this supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.	Sagittarius A*	0%
October	26	Thousands of protesters in this Iranian city defy security forces to mark 40-day Arba'een (period of mourning) for Mahsa Amini, a 22-year old who died in police custody for not wearing a hijab properly	Saqez	0%
June	7	New study reveals this sea grass, off Western Australia, may be world's largest plant, covering 77 square miles of sea floor, having cloned itself for 4,500 years	Shark Bay sea grass	0%
April	11	This person is elected Pakistan's new Prime Minister by the country's parliament	Shehbaz Sharif	0%
December	20	Fiji's main opposition parties, led by this person form a coalition government, ending 16 years of rule by Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst government	Sitiveni Rabuk	0%
December	28	Indian writer, Sanskrit grammarian, and literary critic dies at age of 86	Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi	0%
May	14	This song wins Ukraine the Eurovision song contest	Stefania	0%
October	3	Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to this person for "discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution" (including sequencing genome of the Neanderthal)	Svante Pääbo	0%
November	13	This hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, built in 1957 and host to JFK, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra is imploded; closed in 2017 after an electrical fire	The Deauville Hotel	0%
April	23	Name of main exhibition at the 59th Venice Biennale	The Milk of Dreams	0%
June	12	This award ceremony returns after a 3 year hiatus	Tony Awards	0%
May	17	The United States House of Representatives holds a hearing on this topic, the first such hearing in over fifty years	UFOs	0%
August	16	Sections of China's Yangtze River launch this due to severe drought conditions, including seeding clouds with silver iodide rods to encourage rain	Weather Modification Programs	0%
September	13	This state passes a near-total abortion ban in both houses of its legislature.	West Virginia	0%
August	15	Deputy President who is declared winner of Kenyan Presidential election won with just 50.5% of the vote, defeating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga	William Ruto	0%
January	28	This two-year-old cat becomes the newest resident of the White House	Willow	0%
February	10	A federal judge overturnes the Trump-era decision that removed these predators from the endangered species list.	Wolves	0%
March	9	This person is narrowly elected President of South Korea	Yoon Suk-yeol	0%
September	30	Russian President signs treaties absorbing these 4 occupied regions into the Russian Federation. This annexation is seen as a breach of international law by the global community	Zaporizhzhia	0%
January	20	This woman becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world landing at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport, Belgium	Zara Rutherford	0%