| Year | Event | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | This country is invaded by the United States | Iraq | 93%
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| 2001 | This building in Washington D.C is struck by a plane | Pentagon | 91%
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| 2005 | This woman becomes chancellor of Germany | Angela Merkel | 86%
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| 2009 | This cryptocurrency is launched | Bitcoin | 85%
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| 2015 | Liquid water is found here | Mars | 83%
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| 2006 | This dictator is executed publicly | Saddam Hussein | 78%
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| 2011 | Revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya mark the peak of this event | Arab Spring | 72%
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| 2018 | This Chinese leader is declared "president for life" | Xi Jinping | 68%
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| 2000 | This satellite received its first long-term residents | International Space Station | 59%
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| 2002 | This country becomes independent in southeast Asia | East Timor | 58%
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| 2010 | A 7.0 earthquake magnitude in this country kills 230,000 | Haiti | 53%
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| 2014 | A flight from this city disappears over the Indian Ocean | Kuala Lumpur | 46%
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| 2017 | This country tests a hydrogen bond | North Korea | 45%
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| 2004 | A tsunami kills hundreds of thousands on this holiday | Boxing Day | 43%
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| 2008 | The Large Hadron Collider is built near this city | Geneva | 39%
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| 2007 | This economic event strikes much of the world | Great Recession | 36%
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| 2016 | An outbreak of this disease impacts most of the Americas | Zika | 28%
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| 2012 | This ship sinks off the coast of Italy | Costa Concordia | 25%
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| 2013 | A Meteor explodes over this Russian city | Chelyabinsk | 13%
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