| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | Virus which ravaged West Africa in a major outbreak | Ebola | 100%
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| J | Country ravaged by a massive tsunami in 2011 following an earthquake, which caused a nuclear meltdown | Japan | 100%
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| Q | The 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody focuses on the legendary rise of this band | Queen | 100%
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| U | Country which broke away from the European Union following a 2016 referendum | United Kingdom | 100%
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| I | Major terror group which took over many parts of Iraq and Syria before being defeated in 2019 | ISIS | 95%
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| L | City which hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 95%
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| C | Peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 | Crimea | 90%
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| H | Popular film series which released its eighth and final part in 2011 | Harry Potter | 86%
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| P | City which saw a series of major terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 | Paris | 86%
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| X | Microsoft video game console which competed with the Playstation 4 in the 2013 “console wars” | Xbox One | 86%
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| D | 2017 hit song by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee, whose name translates to “slowly” | Despacito | 81%
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| F | Explosive 2010 Katy Perry hit | Firework | 81%
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| M | Movement against sexual harassment and abuse which gained momentum in 2017 and exposed several celebrities | MeToo | 81%
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| Y | Platform which saw a shift from independent, amateur creators to mass-production companies and professional vloggers | YouTube | 81%
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| W | 2013 hit by Miley Cyrus where she officially shed her squeaky clean image | Wrecking Ball | 76%
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| A | Disease which the Ice Bucket Challenge sought to raise awareness for in 2014 | ALS | 71%
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| R | Beloved actor who took his own life in 2014 as a result of his battle with Lewy-Body Dementia | Robin Williams | 71%
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| B | 2018 sci-fi superhero film starring the late Chadwick Boseman | Black Panther | 67%
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| Z | Mosquito-borne virus which caused birth defects stemming from an outbreak in Brazil from 2015-2016 | Zika | 67%
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| G | Hit song by South Korean artist PSY which took the internet by storm in 2012 | Gangnam Style | 62%
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| T | Purple-skinned alien who wiped out half of humanity in Avengers: Infinity War | Thanos | 62%
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| K | Celebrity whose “Break the Internet” campaign created a media frenzy in 2014 | Kim Kardashian | 57%
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| V | Major social media platform where users shared 6-second videos, active from 2013-2017 | Vine | 52%
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| S | American special forces unit which hunted down Osama bin Laden in 2011 | SEAL Team Six | 43%
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| O | 2011 left-wing movement against economic inequality, corporate greed, capitalism, and corruption in New York City | Occupy Wall Street | 33%
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| N | Town in Connecticut where the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place | Newtown | 10%
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