| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Company who unveiled the iPod and, six years later, the iPhone | Apple | 100%
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| F | Social networking site founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 | 100%
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| I | Site of a massive 2004 earthquake and tsunami | Indian Ocean | 100%
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| K | Deadly hurricane which ravaged New Orleans in 2005 | Katrina | 100%
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| B | Pop icon behind Toxic and Oops… I Did It Again | Britney Spears | 96%
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| E | Rap icon behind Lose Yourself and Just Lose It | Eminem | 96%
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| J | Singer who faced scrutiny after an infamous wardrobe malfunction in the 2004 Superbowl Halftime Show | Janet Jackson | 96%
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| L | Fantasy film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson | Lord of the Rings | 96%
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| M | Pop icon who died of an overdose on June 25, 2009 | Michael Jackson | 96%
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| O | The largest hole in this protective layer was found over Antarctica in the year 2000 | Ozone | 96%
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| P | American military headquarters hit in the September 11th terrorist attacks | Pentagon | 96%
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| C | Country which experienced massive economic growth following its entry into the World Trade Organization | China | 88%
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| H | Late actor who portrayed the Joker in The Dark Knight | Heath Ledger | 88%
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| W | New York City landmark destroyed in the September 11th terrorist attacks | World Trade Center | 88%
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| Z | Movies such as 28 Days Later and Resident Evil focus on these creatures, a cultural “craze” which lasted until the early to mid 2010s | Zombies | 88%
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| D | The Star Wars prequel trilogy is released, explaining the origins of this iconic villain | Darth Vader | 83%
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| G | World leader who had a pair of shoes thrown at him in Baghdad | George W. Bush | 83%
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| S | Iraqi dictator executed on December 30, 2006 | Saddam Hussein | 83%
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| N | Boy band behind Bye Bye Bye | NSYNC | 79%
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| Q | Major hip-hop artist who made her transition to Hollywood | Queen Latifah | 79%
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| U | Organization that intervened in the Kosovo War and set up the Ground Safety Zone from 1999 to 2001 | United Nations | 79%
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| X | Comic franchise which got its first big screen adaptation in 2000 | X-Men | 79%
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| T | Sitcom starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer which ran for 12 seasons | Two and a Half Men | 71%
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| Y | Potential mass computer glitch event which many believed would’ve caused global chaos following the year 2000 | Y2K | 71%
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| R | Economic event which unfolded in 2008 as a result of the housing market collapse in the US | Recession | 63%
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| V | American college campus which was the site of a deadly 2007 shooting | Virginia Tech | 50%
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