Statistics for Decade in Review: 2010-2019

Click here to take the quiz!

General Stats

  • This quiz has been taken 559 times
  • The average score is 60 of 100

Answer Stats

YearEventAnswer% Correct
2018Canada becomes the second country in the world to legalize this drug.Marijuana
91%
2019This man is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.Boris Johnson
90%
2019The United States engages in a trade war with this country.China
90%
2019This well-known cathedral in Paris catches fire.Notre-Dame
89%
2017Jeff Bezos, CEO of this company, reaches a net worth of over $100 billion.Amazon
88%
2014An outbreak of this virus begins to spread in West Africa.Ebola
88%
2016This reality TV star and businessman is elected president of the United States.Donald Trump
87%
2016The Summer Olympics are held for the first time on this continent.South America
86%
2016The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave this economic union.European Union
84%
2015NASA announces that liquid water has been found on this planet.Mars
83%
2018Former actress Meghan Markle marries this member of the British royal family.Prince Harry
83%
2018The FIFA World Cup, won by France, is held in this country.Russia
83%
2018This country legally allows women to drive.Saudi Arabia
83%
2019This well-known sex trafficker commits suicide in prison. Or was he murdered?Jeffrey Epstein
81%
2012This man is re-elected as President of Russia.Vladimir Putin
81%
2016United States troops withdraw from this country after 15 years.Afghanistan
80%
2013This former South African president and Nobel laureate passes away.Nelson Mandela
80%
2018The United States withdraws from a nuclear deal with this country.Iran
79%
2011A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami occurs in this East Asian country.Japan
79%
2017The United States officially recognizes the capital of Israel to be this.Jerusalem
79%
2017The music video for this song, meaning "slowly" in English, becomes the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube.Despacito
78%
2014The FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil and is won by this country.Germany
77%
2014In a referendum, this country votes against independence from the United Kingdom.Scotland
77%
2012Facebook purchases this social networking website for $1 billion.Instagram
75%
2011President Obama announces the death of this founder of the terrorist group al-Qaeda.Osama bin Laden
75%
2011What happened to Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Taylor, Amy Winehouse, and Randy Savage?They died
75%
2019The Amazon rainforest experiences many of these.Wildfires
75%
2014Russia formally annexes this peninsula from Ukraine.Crimea
74%
2012This viral Korean music video becomes the first to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube.Gangnam Style
74%
2012The Summer Olympics are held in this city.London
74%
2012This royal monarch celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, her 60th anniversary of her ascension to the throne.Queen Elizabeth II
74%
2011Civil war begins to break out in this Middle Eastern country.Syria
74%
2017A terrorist bombing attack occurs in Manchester at a concert by this artist.Ariana Grande
73%
2015The United States reestablishes full diplomatic relations with this communist country.Cuba
73%
2011This virtual assistant is officially launched in Apple's operating systems.Siri
73%
2014An estimated 276 girls are abducted and held hostage from a school in this African country.Nigeria
72%
2010Apple releases the first of these new tablet devices.iPad
71%
2013This well-anticipated video game console debuts a week before its main competitor, the Xbox One.PlayStation 4
71%
2019This massive superhero movie becomes the highest-grossing movie of all time.Avengers: Endgame
70%
2013Two brothers explode two bombs during an annual marathon in this city.Boston
70%
2014This Sunni militant group begins to capture territory in Iraq and Syria.ISIL
70%
2018This company becomes the first to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion.Apple
68%
2011This African country secedes from its northern counterpart.South Sudan
68%
2018A youth soccer team is rescued from a flooding cave in this country.Thailand
68%
2014A viral campaign to donate money for ALS awareness involves this challenge.Ice-bucket challenge
67%
2013Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected Pope and takes this name.Pope Francis
67%
2016This western lowland gorilla is shot and killed after a boy falls into his enclosure.Harambe
66%
2014The Winter Olympics are held in this Russian city.Sochi
66%
2017This powerful Hollywood producer is accused of multiple sexual harassment allegations.Harvey Weinstein
64%
2010This popular sporting event is held in South Africa and won by Spain.FIFA World Cup
63%
2019This country-influenced hip-hop song breaks the record for most weeks at #1 in the United States.Old Town Road
63%
2018The Winter Olympics are held in this country.South Korea
63%
2017Most of 21st Century Fox is acquired by this media conglomerate.The Walt Disney Company
63%
2013This long-running British science fiction TV show celebrates its 50th anniversary.Doctor Who
62%
2017This dictator's half-brother is assassinated in Malaysia.Kim Jong-un
61%
2012A doomsday phenomenon popularized by this ancient civilization turns out to be incorrect.Mayan
61%
2011This uprising occurs in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, effectively overthrowing the governments of each country.Arab Spring
60%
2017This rare event was witnessed across the entire contiguous United States.Total solar eclipse
60%
2010This building, the tallest in the world, officially opens.Burj Khalifa
59%
2012This country experiences the worst power outage in history, leaving over 620 million people without power.India
58%
2010This US health care bill is signed into law.Obamacare
58%
2015Multiple terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL result in 130 deaths in this city.Paris
55%
2011An estimated two billion people watch Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, marry this woman.Kate Middleton
54%
2015The US Supreme Court legalizes this all throughout the country.Same-sex marriage
54%
2015This automaker is accused of intentionally rigging diesel emissions tests.Volkswagen
53%
2013This US city, once one of the most populous in the country, officially files for bankruptcy.Detroit
52%
2019The capital of Kazakhstan is renamed to this, named after its former president.Nur-Sultan
52%
2010Volcanic ash from a volcano in this country begins to distrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.Iceland
51%
2011This Libyan leader is killed in the city of Sirte, effectively ending the Libyan Civil War.Muammar Gaddafi
51%
2016A gunman claiming allegiance to ISIL opens fire at a gay nightclub in this city.Orlando
50%
2010This leader of the Conservative Party becomes Prime Minister in the UK.David Cameron
49%
2012Barack Obama defeats this Republican candidate in the US presidential election.Mitt Romney
49%
2019This company enters the video game market with its console, the ______ Stadia.Google
48%
2015This American comedian is accused of drugging and raping several women.Bill Cosby
47%
2013Former CIA employee discloses classified documents about the NSA to the public.Edward Snowden
47%
2015A stampede during this Muslim pilgrimage kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900.Hajj
45%
2019An arson attack takes place at an animation studio in this Japanese city.Kyoto
45%
2016Two of this artist's paintings, worth $100 million, are recovered after having been stolen.Vincent van Gogh
45%
2010This online publisher leaks over 90,000 internal reports about the US involvement in Afghanistan to the public.WikiLeaks
44%
2015Two terrorists attack the headquarters of this French satirical newspaper.Charlie Hebdo
42%
2010An 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in this country. With over 316,000 killed, it is the tenth deadliest earthquake on record.Haiti
41%
2012A mass shooting occurs in this elementary school in Connecticut.Sandy Hook
39%
2016For the first time since 1908, this MLB team wins the World Series.Chicago Cubs
37%
2013This powerful object explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.Meteor
37%
2018The first summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea is held here.Singapore
36%
2013A tornado in this US state becomes the widest tornado ever recorded on Earth.Oklahoma
34%
2015A Russian fighter jet is shot down by this country.Turkey
34%
2014An aircraft from this airline is shot down by a missile and crashes in Ukraine.Malaysia Airlines
33%
2017A white supremacist rally occurs in this US city, resulting in riots and the death of one woman.Charlottesville
32%
2016This mobile game breaks numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.Pokémon Go
31%
2012Colorado man commits a mass shooting in a theater during the showing of this film.The Dark Knight Rises
27%
2011This movement protesting economic inequality begins in the United States.Occupy Wall Street
26%
2016The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of this virus.Zika
26%
2017This former FBI director takes over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.Robert Mueller
25%
2014Protests in this Missouri city occur after the shooting of Michael Brown.Ferguson
20%
2015This man is elected Prime Minister of Australia.Malcolm Turnbull
16%
2010A drilling oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico on this ship.Deepwater Horizon
11%
2018Over 900 cities worldwide participate in these demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings.March for Our Lives
11%
2013This man is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands.Willem-Alexander
11%
2010Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia all join this intergovernmental organization.OECD
4%

Score Distribution

Percentile by Number Answered

Percent of People with Each Score

Your Score History

You have not taken this quiz