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Global Events of 2021 - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 21 times
- The average score is 15 of 30
Answer Stats
| Date | Event | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Pro-Trump protesters storm this building in Washington, D.C. | Capitol Building | 94%
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| February 22 | This country becomes the first to record over 500,000 COVID-19 deaths | United States | 94%
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| April 9 | This member of the British royal family dies aged 99 | Prince Philip | 88%
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| April 20 | Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is convicted of the murder of this man | George Floyd | 82%
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| August 15 | This fundamentalist Islamist movement recaptures Kabul and overthrows the Afghan government | Taliban | 82%
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| June 9 | El Salvador adopts this currency as legal tender alongside the US dollar | Bitcoin | 76%
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| January 6 | Mass arrests of pro-democracy activists take place in this city | Hong Kong | 76%
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| May 23 | This country forces down a Ryanair flight to arrest a dissident journalist | Belarus | 71%
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| February 19 | The US rejoins this international agreement after leaving it under the Trump Administration | Paris Agreement | 71%
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| June 13 | This long-serving Israeli prime minister leaves office | Benjamin Netanyahu | 65%
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| July 7 | Jovenel Moise, the president of this country, is assassinated | Haiti | 65%
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| January 29 | The share price of this video game retailer peaks at $325 due to a Reddit-driven short squeeze | GameStop | 59%
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| October 4 | Unable to drive down Delta cases despite a hard lockdown, this country officially abandons its COVID-19 "elimination" or COVID-zero policy | New Zealand | 53%
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| March 1 | This former French president is convicted on corruption charges | Nicolas Sarkozy | 53%
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| June 29 | This former US secretary of defense dies aged 88 | Donald Rumsfeld | 47%
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| July 16 | 184 people are killed in flash flooding in this European country | Germany | 47%
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| November 30 | This Commonwealth Realm becomes a republic | Barbados | 41%
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| December 6 | Several countries announce a diplomatic boycott of this 2022 sporting event | Beijing Winter Olympics | 41%
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| December 8 | This person succeeds Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany | Olaf Scholz | 41%
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| February 1 | A military coup removes this leader from power in Myanmar | Aung San Suu Kyi | 29%
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| November 29 | The government of this country repeals agricultural legislation which had led to ongoing protests | India | 29%
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| May 26 | A Dutch court rules this company must align its emissions with the Paris Agreement | Shell | 29%
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| December 31 | At year's end, this is the only Australian state remaining COVID-free | Western Australia | 29%
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| April 25 | Aged 83, this man becomes the oldest person in history to win the Academy Award for Best Actor | Anthony Hopkins | 24%
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| December 12 | Voters in this French overseas territory reject independence in a referendum | New Caledonia | 24%
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| September 15 | This trilateral security pact is announced between the US, UK and Australia | AUKUS | 18%
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| February 9 | Hope becomes the first space probe from this country to enter orbit around Mars | United Arab Emirates | 18%
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| March 23 | This container ship becomes lodged in the Suez Canal | Ever Given | 12%
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| October 15 | This British MP is assassinated at a constituency surgery | David Amess | 0%
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| December 25 | This successor to the Hubble Telescope is launched | James Webb Telescope | 0%
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