Statistics for News and Current Affairs (2014) 1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Hundreds die from this disease that first breaks out in Guinea	Ebola	80%
This is the group trying to establish a caliphate in the Middle East	ISIS	79%
Argentina lost to this country in the World Cup finals	Germany	70%
This country voted against independence in September	Scotland	57%
This city is host of the 2014 Winter Olympics	Sochi	57%
This region expresses its intention to join Russia in a referendum	Crimea	53%
Israel launches air strikes in this Palestinian territory in July	Gaza	53%
In Nigeria, this terrorist group kidnaps hundreds of school girls	Boko Haram	49%
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was flying to this city when it disappeared	Beijing	36%
This comedienne and former talk show host died in September	Joan Rivers	32%
Juan Carlos of Spain abdicates in favour of this son	Felipe	30%
Flight number of downed airliner in Ukraine	MH17	30%
The first major Iraqi city to fall under this group's control	Mosul	25%
Boonsongpaisan is ousted as leader of this country in a coup	Thailand	23%
An Air Algerie flight crashes in this African country	Mali	20%
Venezuela cuts its diplomatic ties with this neighbour	Panama	17%
Pope Francis made a visit to this Asian country in August	South Korea	16%
This arm of government is sought to be restored by the Japanese PM	Military	14%
Protests in Kiev ousts this Ukrainian leader	Viktor Yanukovych	9%
He is the new Iraqi Prime Minster	Haider Al-Abadi	7%