21st century events (part 1) - Statistics

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year event Answer % Correct
2001 Following 9/11 terrorist attack, the US invades this country Afghanistan
100%
2002 This currency enters circulation Euro
95%
2001 This superpower joins the World Trade Organization China
86%
2010 Located in this country, volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupts Iceland
86%
2005 This hurricane kills 1,836 people in the US Katrina
86%
2006 This dictator is executed Saddam Hussein
86%
2005 This Pope dies John Paul II
81%
2009 This singer dies Michael Jackson
76%
2004 This type of disaster occurs in the Indian Ocean and kills around 230,000 people Tsunami
76%
2013 The epidemic of this virus begins in Africa Ebola
67%
2003 Last flight of this supersonic plane Concorde
62%
2011 This country gains independence South Sudan
62%
2013 This country joins the EU Croatia
57%
2013 This African leader dies Nelson Mandela
57%
2010 First structure to reach 800 meters Burj Khalifa
52%
2008 Russia invades this country Georgia
52%
2009 flight US Airways 1549 miraculously lands in this river Hudson River
52%
2008 This country declares independence Kosovo
52%
2004 Train bombings in this European city kills 193 people Madrid
52%
2011 This African dictator is captured and killed Muammar Gaddafi
52%
2012 This leader is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping
52%
2011 A 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami and a nuclear accident in this city Fukushima
48%
2010 The president of this country is killed in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia Poland
48%
2013 The Rana Plaza collapse occurs in this Asian country, killing 1,134 people Bangladesh
43%
2010 A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this country kills around 230,000 people Haiti
43%
2013 A ... strikes the Chekyabinsk oblast in Russia, injuring around 1,500 people Meteor
43%
2002 This European country finally decides to join the United Nations Switzerland
43%
2002 This small country gains independence East Timor
38%
2001 11 members of the royal family of this country are killed Nepal
33%
2003 This Space Shuttle disintegrates, killing all sevens astronauts on board Columbia
29%
2009 Australia is devastated by the Black Saturday ... Bushfires
19%
2011 Terrorist attacks in this European country kills 77 people Norway
14%
2009 228 people die in a plane crash from ... to Paris Rio de Janeiro
14%
2008 An earthquake in this Chinese province kills 87,000+ people Sichuan
10%
2008 Cyclone Nargis kills 133,000 people in this Asian country Myanmar
5%
2010 This offshore drilling rig explodes Deepwater Horizon
0%
2007 The treaty of ... is signed Lisbon
0%
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