| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Russia deploys armed forces in this country | Ukraine | 99%
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| Elon Musk buys this social media platform for roughly $44 billion | 94%
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| During the 2022 Academy Awards presentation, this actor slaps Chris Rock in the face | Will Smith | 94%
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| These two Nordic countries apply to join NATO | Finland | 92%
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| These two Nordic countries apply to join NATO | Sweden | 90%
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| This French president is re-elected | Emmanuel Macron | 82%
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| Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of this country, is assassinated | Japan | 82%
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| The FIFA World Cup is hosted by this country | Qatar | 81%
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| The nationwide legalisation of this contraceptive control is overturned in the United States | Abortion | 74%
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| The 2022 Winter Olympics are held in this city | Beijing | 74%
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| This former Soviet president dies aged 91 | Mikhail Gorbachev | 69%
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| Anti-government protests erupt in this country after the death of a young woman called Mahsa Amini | Iran | 68%
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| This U.S. state suffers its worst ever school shooting with 21 casualties in the town of Uvalde | Texas | 68%
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| This British Prime Minister resigns 45 days after being elected | Liz Truss | 64%
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| This Swiss tennis champion announces his retirement, aged 41 | Roger Federer | 63%
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| American politician Nancy Pelosi makes the controversial decision to visit this disputed island | Taiwan | 62%
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| Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96, just after celebrating this anniversary of her lengthy reign | {Platinum} Jubilee | 52%
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| A 5.6 magnitude earthquake on this Indonesian island kills over 300 people | Java | 50%
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| This African country reaches a population of 100 million people | D.R. Congo | 46%
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| 156 people die in a stampede in South Korea after a party for this holiday | Halloween | 37%
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| A jet travelling from Kunming to this Chinese city crashes, killing all 132 passengers | Guangzhou | 27%
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| A stabbing in this Canadian province kills 12 and injures 18 more | Saskatchewan | 25%
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