| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Internet service that introduced #hashtags | 94%
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| The best-selling author of the decade | J. K. Rowling | 83%
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| Rapper who was the decade's best-selling musical artist | Eminem | 76%
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| 2009 James Cameron film which broke the all-time box office record | Avatar | 70%
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| Hurricane that struck New Orleans in 2005 | Hurricane Katrina | 70%
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| Country which suffered the most deaths from the 2004 tsunami | Indonesia | 67%
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| Athlete who won a record 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics | Michael Phelps | 67%
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| TV personality who died from a sting ray attack in 2006 | Steve Irwin | 65%
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| British graffiti artist who gained worldwide fame | Banksy | 64%
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| British company that made vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, and bladeless fans | Dyson | 58%
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| Economic downturn which started in 2007 | Great {Recession} | 56%
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| What Netherlands legalized in 2001, becoming the first country to do so | Same-sex marriage | 56%
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| Pope who died after a reign of 26 years, the third longest in history | John Paul II | 54%
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| Country which Russia invaded in 2008 | Georgia | 40%
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| Militant group led by Mullah Mohammad Omar | The Taliban | 38%
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| Region of Russia which was the site of a bloody war | Chechnya | 27%
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| East Asian city that had the world's tallest building from 2004–2010 | Taipei | 25%
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| Houston-based energy company that went bankrupt due to massive accounting fraud | Enron | 24%
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| City that elected its first mayor, Ken Livingstone | London | 24%
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| Nickname for the Guantánamo Bay prison | Gitmo | 22%
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