The 21st Century - Statistics

General Stats
  • This quiz has been taken 105,631 times
    43,311 since last reset
  • The average score is 15 of 20
Answer Stats
Year Description Answer % Correct
2022 Russia invades this country Ukraine
100%
2008 This person is elected as the first African-American President of the U.S. Barack Obama
91%
2009 This sprinter sets a new record for the 100m dash: 9.58 seconds Usain Bolt
87%
2003 The U.S. invades this country, looking for weapons of mass destruction, but doesn't find any Iraq
86%
2019 The Covid-19 pandemic starts in this city Wuhan
85%
2004 This website is started in a Harvard dorm room Facebook
83%
2004 This type of natural disaster kills over 200,000 people in 14 countries Tsunami
80%
2001 This terrorist organization launches the 9/11 attacks against the United States Al-Qaeda
79%
2014–15 An outbreak of this disease kills more than 10,000 people in West Africa Ebola
79%
2008 This swimmer wins 8 gold medals at the Summer Olympics Michael Phelps
79%
2015 A record 1.3 million people request asylum in the EU, with the largest number coming from this wartorn nation Syria
78%
2015 195 nations meet in this city and agree to lower carbon emissions, but generally fail to meet their commitments Paris
76%
2005 This person is elected as the first female chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
75%
2012 This leader ascends to power in China, marking an era of increased state surveillance and abuse of ethnic minorities Xi Jinping
72%
2011 This international protest movement leads to the overthrow of the governments of Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya The {Arab} Spring
71%
2011 This African nation becomes the 193rd member of the UN South Sudan
69%
2001 This country becomes the first in the world to legalize same-sex marriage Netherlands
63%
2008 The world enters a sharp economic downturn which is commonly known as this The Great {Recession}
58%
2003 Scientists announce the completion of a project to sequence this The Human Genome
38%
2005 This dwarf planet, 27% larger than Pluto, is discovered and named for the Greek goddess of discord Eris
30%
No matching quizzes found
Score Distribution
Percent of People with Each Score
Percentile by Number Answered
Your Score History
You have not taken this quiz since the last reset