| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane which devastated New Orleans | Katrina | 85%
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| Country which announced that it has nuclear weapons | North Korea | 85%
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| Website which released its first video entitled "Me at the zoo" | Youtube | 83%
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| Woman who began her 16 year tenure as chancellor of Germany | Angela Merkel | 81%
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| Book by Stephenie Meyer about a teen girl who falls in love with a vampire | Twilight | 78%
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| 17 year old soccer phenom who scored his first goal for Barcelona | Lionel Messi | 75%
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| Movie about gay cowboys which debuted in theaters | Brokeback Mountain | 73%
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| Woman who married Prince Charles | Camilla Parker Bowles | 73%
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| Mockumentary TV show which debuted in the U.S. four years after the British version it was based on | The Office | 71%
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| Rapper who recorded the song "Gold Digger" | Kanye West | 70%
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| Cyclist who won his seventh consecutive Tour de France (*) | Lance Armstrong | 70%
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| Pope who died after a reign of 26 years | John Paul II | 69%
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| Company which released the A380 – the world's largest passenger aircraft | Airbus | 65%
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| Actress who got divorced from Brad Pitt | Jennifer Aniston | 64%
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| British TV show which featured David Tennant for the first time | Doctor Who | 55%
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| City which suffered 52 deaths due to terrorist bombings on July 7 | London | 53%
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| Body part which French surgeons transplanted in a historic operation | Face | 45%
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| Dwarf planet which was discovered and named for the Greek goddess of discord | Eris | 26%
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