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