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Current Events by Year, 1970–1989 - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 65,091 times
49,760 since last reset
- The average score is 13 of 20
Answer Stats
| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1989 | City which ceased to be divided by a wall | Berlin | 99%
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| 1983 | Singer who did the "moonwalk" for the first time | Michael Jackson | 93%
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| 1974 | Scandal which forced Richard Nixon to resign as U.S. President | Watergate | 84%
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| 1979 | Country where Ayatollah Khomeini seized power | Iran | 81%
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| 1987 | British P.M. who won a rare third term in office | Margaret Thatcher | 79%
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| 1982 | War which pitted the United Kingdom against Argentina | {Falklands} War | 78%
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| 1975 | Country in which Pol Pot became dictator | Cambodia | 75%
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| 1985 | Reformer who became leader of the Soviet Union | Mikhail Gorbachev | 75%
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| 1981 | Political leader who quipped "Honey, I forgot to duck" after being shot in an assassination attempt | Ronald Reagan | 70%
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| 1977 | Singer who "left the building" for the last time | Elvis Presley | 68%
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| 1986 | Space shuttle which exploded | Challenger | 64%
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| 1984 | City which hosted the Summer Olympics, boycotted by the Soviet Union | Los Angeles | 60%
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| 1971 | Sport in which US athletes competed against Chinese athletes in an effort to reduce political tensions | Table tennis | 58%
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| 1970 | Country where the Aswan Dam was completed | Egypt | 57%
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| 1980 | Volcano which erupted in Washington state | Mount St. Helens | 53%
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| 1973 | Jewish holy day on which several neighboring countries invaded Israel | Yom Kippur | 53%
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| 1976 | Canadian tower which became the highest free-standing structure in the world | CN Tower | 52%
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| 1978 | Beverage which over 900 followers of Jim Jones mixed with poison and used to commit suicide | Flavor Aid | 51%
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| 1988 | Country responsible for the crash of Pan Am 103 into Lockerbie, Scotland | Libya | 49%
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| 1972 | Country which fought the second "Cod War" against the UK | Iceland | 44%
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