| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Major currency used for the first time in physical form | Euro | 90%
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| Rapper whose song "Lose Yourself" topped the U.S music charts | Eminem | 72%
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| British territory that voted NOT to become a part of Spain | Gibraltar | 70%
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| Space launch company founded by Elon Musk | SpaceX | 69%
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| Pop star who broke up with Britney Spears | Justin Timberlake | 66%
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| Pop star who dangled a baby over a balcony | Michael Jackson | 66%
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| Reclusive European country which finally joined the United Nations | Switzerland | 65%
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| Small, Portuguese-speaking country that gained independence from Indonesia | East Timor | 64%
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| First country in the world to allow assisted suicide, just one year after becoming the first to allow gay marriage | Netherlands | 63%
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| Term that George W. Bush used to refer to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea | Axis of {Evil} | 62%
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| Chinese river where river dolphins were seen for the last time | Yangtze | 60%
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| Brazilian player who scored two goals in the FIFA World Cup final | Ronaldo | 59%
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| Former U.S. President who won the Nobel Peace Prize | Jimmy Carter | 57%
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| Horror movie about a video tape which killed those who watched it | The Ring | 56%
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| Coronavirus epidemic which started in China | SARS | 55%
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| Steve Fossett became the first person to perform a solo, non-stop flight around the world in a _____ | Balloon | 53%
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| U.S. city which hosted the Winter Olympics | Salt Lake City | 50%
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| Venezuelan leader who was briefly overthrown during a coup | Hugo Chávez | 41%
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| City where Chechen rebels took a theater hostage, leading to 170 deaths | Moscow | 39%
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| Palestinian leader who was trapped in his compound, and would spend nearly all his remaining life there | Yasser Arafat | 36%
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