Statistics for Events in Asia 2001-2020

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This quiz has been taken 35 times
The average score is 13 of 20

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year	hint	answer	% Correct
2001	On 1 January, Calcutta is renamed to this	Kolkata	97%
2004	200,000 are killed by this natural disaster in South-East Asia	tsunami	97%
2010	This building, the world's tallest, is officially opened in Dubai	Burj Khalifa	93%
2008	This nation becomes the first Asian country to adopt the euro	Cyprus	90%
2015	A stampede during the hajj kills 2200 pilgrims in this city	Mecca	86%
2002	This country becomes the 191st member state of United Nations	Timor-Leste	76%
2020	Summer Olympics in this city happens in July and August	Tokyo	76%
2017	The US drops the world's largest non-nuclear weapon on this country	Afghanistan	72%
2007	This former prime-minister of Pakistan is assassinated at an election rally	Benazir Bhutto	72%
2011	This nuclear power plant is badly damaged following an earthquake and tsunami	Fukushima	72%
2005	This environmental treaty comes into effect	{Kyoto} Protocol	72%
2003	The US moves its Middle East Air Combat headquaters to Al-Udeid Air Base in this country	Qatar	62%
2016	Tsai Ing-wen is sworn as the 14th president of this nation	Taiwan	62%
2018	The world's longest sea crossing bridge opens, connecting Hong Kong to this city	Macau	59%
2006	The 3rd ruler of this country since its independence, Sheikh Jaber, dies aged 79	Kuwait	48%
2012	Typhoon Bopha kills over 1000 people on this Filipino island	Mindanao	38%
2009	This miltary-political group is defeated, bringing its country's 25-year civil war to an end	Tamil Tigers	34%
2019	The second US-North Korea summit is held in this city	Hanoi	28%
2014	Malaysia Airlines flight 370, flying from KL to this city, vanishes	Beijing	21%
2013	This country becomes the first ever to reject a seat on the UN Security Council	Saudi Arabia	21%