| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 2024 | This former U.S. president comes back to power | Donald Trump | 100%
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| 2022 | Russia launches an invasion of this country | Ukraine | 96%
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| 2020 | This disease, which first broke out in China, becomes a pandemic | COVID-19 | 95%
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| 2021 | This country's government surrenders to the Taliban | Afghanistan | 86%
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| 2016 | This country votes in a referendum to leave the European Union | United Kingdom | 84%
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| 2023 | A war between Israel and this terrorist organization breaks out | Hamas | 82%
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| 2004 | Mark Zuckerberg launches this social networking site | 81%
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| 2001 | This building in New York City is attacked by terrorists | World Trade Center | 77%
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| 2002 | This currency is officially introduced in some European countries | Euro | 74%
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| 2007 | This person becomes the oldest ever reigning British monarch, at the age of 81 years and 244 days | Queen Elizabeth II | 74%
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| 2011 | A 9.0-magnitude earthquake hits this country | Japan | 72%
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| 2005 | The first video on this video-sharing website is published | YouTube | 72%
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| 2006 | This celestial object is demoted to the status of dwarf planet | Pluto | 70%
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| 2015 | The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) is held in this city | Paris | 60%
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| 2010 | This man-made structure in the UAE is officially opened | Burj Khalifa | 56%
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| 2018 | This country's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders | China | 47%
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| 2017 | A new species of orangutan is identified in this country | Indonesia | 40%
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| 2012 | After 246 years since its first publication, this encyclopedia discontinues its print edition | Encyclopædia {Britannica} | 37%
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| 2013 | A meteor explodes over this country | Russia | 35%
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| 2014 | This Boeing 777 airliner en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur disappears over the Gulf of Thailand | Malaysia Airlines Flight {370} | 25%
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| 2009 | This country becomes the final member-state of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon | Czech Republic | 9%
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| 2008 | An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale strikes this province of China | Sichuan | 5%
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| 2019 | This Chinese probe becomes the first artificial object to land on the far side of the Moon | Chang'e 4 | 4%
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| 2003 | The last signal from this NASA spacecraft is received | Pioneer 10 | 4%
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