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2000s Quiz - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 10 times
- The average score is 32 of 88
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The United States invades this country | Afghanistan | 88%
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| This man is inaugurated as president of the United States | Barack Obama | 88%
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| The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in this city | Beijing | 88%
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| This cryptocurrency is released | Bitcoin | 88%
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| Terrorist bombings on this Indonesian island kill 202 people | Bali | 75%
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| This country wins the 2002 FIFA World Cup | Brazil | 75%
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| This currency is introduced | Euro | 75%
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| This social media site is launched | 75%
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| This deadly and powerful tropical cyclone devastates New Orleans | Hurricane Katrina | 75%
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| Protests breakout worldwide following a US-led invasion of this country | Iraq | 75%
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| This musician dies | Michael Jackson | 75%
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| US Airways Flight 1549, piloted by this man and Jeffrey Skiles, manages to land in the Hudson River without any casualties | Sully Sullenberger | 75%
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| This informational website launches | Wikipedia | 75%
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| These buildings are attacked by al-Qaeda | World Trade Center | 75%
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| The 2004 Summer Olympics are held in this city | Athens | 63%
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| The European Union adds ten new members states. Name any of them | Cyprus / Czech Republic / Estonia / Hungary / Latvia / Lithuania / Malta / Poland / Slovakia / Slovenia | 63%
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| Pluto is re-classified as this | Dwarf planet | 63%
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| Apple launches the first generation of this product line | iPhone | 63%
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| Apple launches the first of this line of electronic devices | iPod | 63%
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| This pope dies at the age of 84 | Pope John Paul II | 63%
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| The 2000 Summer Olympics are held in this city | Sydney | 63%
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| This social media platform designed for microblogging launches | 63%
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| This pandemic is declared by the World Health Organization | 2009 swine flu pandemic | 50%
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| Air France Flight 4590, the only fatal flight involving this passenger jet, crashes shortly after takeoff | Concorde | 50%
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| This political party/paramilitary attacks Israeli soldiers, triggering a war | Hezbollah | 50%
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| An earthquake occurs in the Yogyakarta region of this country | Indonesia | 50%
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| This first ever YouTube video is uploaded to the site | "Me at the zoo" | 50%
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| Violence against these people breaks out in Gujarat following a train burning | Muslims | 50%
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| This social media platform launches and quickly becomes popular | Myspace | 50%
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| This best-selling handheld game console is released | Nintendo DS | 50%
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| This best-selling video game console is released | PlayStation 2 | 50%
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| A statue of this man is toppled by civilians and US Marines | Saddam Hussein | 50%
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| The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in this city | Turin | 50%
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| This deadliest natural disaster of the 21st-century, and one of the deadliest of all time, occurs | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | 38%
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| This former prime minister of Pakistan is assassinated | Benazir Bhutto | 38%
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| One of these disasters takes place in Kaprun, Austria, causing the deadliest rail disaster in the country's history | Fire | 38%
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| A Mw 6.6 strikes this country, causing a large amount of damage in Bam | Iran | 38%
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| This country wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup | Italy | 38%
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| Bombings occur in this metro system on July 7 | London Underground | 38%
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| Trains are bombed in this city three days before a general election | Madrid | 38%
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| This Russian nuclear submarine sinks in the Barents Sea | Russian submarine Kursk | 38%
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| Queen Elizabeth, often referred to with this suffix in order to avoid confusion with Elizabeth II, dies at the age of 101 | the Queen Mother | 38%
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| Protests and demonstrations break out against the Chinese government's treatment of civilians in this region | Tibet | 38%
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| Insurgents of this ethnicity initiate a conflict in Macedonia | Albanian | 25%
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| Riots breaks out in December due to an economic depression in this country | Argentina | 25%
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| A Russian counterinsurgency takes place in this region against the breakaway state of Ichkeria | Chechnya | 25%
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| This American energy company is exposed for corporate fraud | Enron | 25%
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| This dwarf planet is discovered | Eris | 25%
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| The Russian-backed separatist region of South Ossetia begins shelling this country | Georgia | 25%
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| This financial services firm goes bankrupt | Lehman Brothers | 25%
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| Protests erupt after this man is declared victor in a widely disputed presidential election in Iran | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 25%
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| An independence referendum passes in this future sovereign state | Montenegro | 25%
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| Trains are bombed in this Indian city | Mumbai | 25%
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| TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns the runway in this city, eventually crashing into a warehouse and exploding | São Paulo | 25%
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| This major Palestinian uprising against Israel begins | Second Intifada | 25%
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| A student kills 32 people and wounds 17 others before committing suicide at this university | Virginia Tech | 25%
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| Lashkar-e-Taiba carries out twelve coordinated bombings in Mumbai that are commonly known by this term | 11/26 | 13%
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| This prison is found to have committed serious human rights violations and war crimes | Abu Ghraib | 13%
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| This airline experiences the deadliest disaster in their history, with a crash in the Atlantic Ocean resulting in 228 deaths | Air France | 13%
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| An MMI XI Extreme earthquake occurs in this Pakistani-administered region | Azad Kashmir | 13%
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| The deadliest school shooting in history occurs during a siege of a school in this Russian town | Beslan | 13%
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| Riots, known by this name, take place in Estonia over the relocation of a Soviet World War II memorial | Bronze Night | 13%
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| Mass civic mobilizations in Colombia, which claimed to be "one million voices against [this organization]" are organized via Facebook | FARC | 13%
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| In August, these natural disasters kills 232 people and cause €27.7 billion in damages | Floods | 13%
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| An outbreak of this disease in livestock causes an agricultural and tourist crisis in the United Kingdom | Foot-and-mouth disease | 13%
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| Google launches this new technology for two of their platforms | Google Street View | 13%
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| A Mw 7.6 earthquake occurs in this Indian state | Gujarat | 13%
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| The worst one of these disasters since at least 1540 takes place in Europe | Heatwave | 13%
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| NASA lands these two rovers on Mars. Name either | Opportunity / Spirit | 13%
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| Widespread violent disorder breaks out in this country after electoral fraud is committed by the PNU and ODM | Kenya | 13%
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| Coal fly ash slurry spills out from this coal-fired power plant in Tennessee, causing the largest industrial spill in United States history | Kingston Fossil Plant | 13%
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| These benefit concerts take place on July 2 | Live 8 | 13%
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| Worldwide events, under this name, take place to commemorate the end of 1999 and start of 2000 | Millennium celebrations | 13%
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| Heavy rainfall from Cyclone Leon–Eline causes the worst flooding in this African country's recorded history | Mozambique | 13%
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| This oil tanker sinks, causing a major oil spill | MV Prestige | 13%
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| Cyclone Nargis causes the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of this country | Myanmar | 13%
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| An outbreak of this disease begins in China | SARS | 13%
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| UNICEF described flooding in this region of the world as "the worst flooding in living memory" | South Asia | 13%
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| This Space Shuttle orbiter disintegrates upon its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere | Space Shuttle Columbia | 13%
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| 912 hostages are taken by Chechen terrorists in one of these buildings in Moscow | Theater | 13%
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| This country gains its independence | Timor-Leste | 13%
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| This astronomical event occurs for the first time since 1882 | Transit of Venus | 13%
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| An earthquake occurs in this region of Italy | Abruzzo | 0%
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| A derailment occurs just after rush hour in this Japanese city | Amagasaki | 0%
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| This flight crashes after taxiing on the wrong runway | Comair Flight 5191 | 0%
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| This deadly tropical cyclone moves across the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea to Newfoundland | Hurricane Noel | 0%
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| This former prime minister of Lebanon is assassinated | Rafic Hariri | 0%
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| A massive earthquake occurs in this Chinese province | Sichuan | 0%
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