2018 News Stories - Name the Country - Statistics

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News Event	Country	% Correct
Term limits are removed, allowing Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely	China	99%
Starbucks opens its first location in this country, the place where espresso was first invented	Italy	79%
A youth soccer team is rescued from a flooded cave (no thanks to Elon Musk)	Thailand	79%
Wins the FIFA World Cup	France	76%
Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist from this country, is brutally murdered	Saudi Arabia	75%
Hosts the FIFA World Cup	Russia	71%
Wins the most medals at the Winter Olympics, adding to its all-time lead	Norway	69%
Jair Bolsonaro elected President	Brazil	66%
The United States withdraws from a nuclear deal with ____	Iran	66%
Becomes the second country to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana	Canada	65%
Country where the above murder took place	Turkey	63%
Eliud Kipchoge, a runner from this country, shatters the marathon world record with an incredible time of 2:01:39	Kenya	62%
Hosts the Winter Olympics	South Korea	61%
The inflation rate is estimated to exceed 1 million percent	Venezuela	57%
Trump announces that all U.S. forces will immediately withdraw from _____	Syria	55%
Andrés Manuel López Obrador elected President	Mexico	52%
Facing numerous charges of corruption, Jacob Zuma finally resigns as President	South Africa	46%

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