Statistics for Destroyed or demolished buildings and heritage

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Year	Country	Type	How it was destroyed?	Answer	% Correct
2019	France	Building	Fire	Notre-Dame	89%
2001	USA	Building	Attack by Al Qaeda	World Trade Center	81%
2001	Afghanistan	Monument	Attack by the Taliban	Buddhas of Bamyan	48%
226 BC	Greece	Monument	Earthquake	Colossus of Rhodes	48%
272	Egypt	Building	Fire, by Roman forces	Library of Alexandria	48%
1303	Egypt	Monument	Earthquake	Lighthouse of Alexandria	37%
2002	UK	Stadium	Demolished	Wembley	37%
5th century	Greece	Monument	Disassembled	Statue of Zeus at Olympia	30%
12-15th centuries	Turkey	Building	Earthquakes	Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	22%
1973	Niger	Nature	Hit by drunk driver	Tree of Ténéré	19%
2009	USA	Stadium	Demolished	Yankee Stadium	19%
2015	Syria	Monument	Attack by Islamic State	Temple of Bel	15%
1936	UK	Building	Fire (Hint: football team)	The Crystal Palace	7%
1950	Germany	Building	Demolished by government	Berlin Palace	4%
2017	Malta	Natural	Storm	Azure Window	0%
2011	Bahrain	Monument	Dismantled by government	Pearl Roundabout	0%