Quiz on the Year 2008

Can you guess these facts about the year 2008?

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Last updated: June 7, 2026

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Event	Answer
The first black president of the United States was elected	Barack Obama
A new currency type entered the world	Cryptocurrency
This (currently) quiz website started	JetPunk
What the above started out as before being for quizzes	Search for Flights
Shooting and bombing attacks by terrorists across this city	Mumbai
7.9-magnitude earthquake struck this province in China	Sichuan
The summer Olympics were hosted in this city	Beijing
Five-day military conflict erupted in August between Russia and....	Georgia
Water is found on this nearby planet	Mars
This application on apple phones brought the ability to download apps	App Store
This telescope celebrated completing 100,000 orbits around Earth	Hubble Telescope
A country in Europe declares independence	Kosovo
The dictator of Cuba loses control of his government	Fidel Castro
This Asian country becomes Democratic	Bhutan
Scientists successfully turned regular human skin cells into...	Pluripotent Stem Cells
This country in Africa has a piracy crisis	Somalia