| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Flooding in the center of this U.S. state leaves over 140 people dead | Texas | 79%
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| Ozzy Osbourne, the lead signer of this band, dies at the age of 76 | Black Sabbath | 64%
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| This American professional wrestler dies at the age of 71 | Hulk Hogan | 64%
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| A multi-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying migrants deported from this country kills at least 79 people in Afghanistan | Iran | 50%
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| NATO forces shoot down Russian drones over this country on September 9 | Poland | 50%
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| American political activist Charlie Kirk is killed at an event in this U.S. state | Utah | 50%
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| This country wins the Copa América Femenina | Brazil | 43%
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| This country loses the UEFA Women's Euro | Spain | 43%
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| Paetongtarn Shinawatra, prime minister of this country, is removed from office by the Constitutional Court | Thailand | 43%
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| Tadej Pogačar wins this sports competition | Tour de France | 43%
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| Protests in Indonesia erupt over an increase in these for members of parliament | Benefits / Salaries | 36%
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| This golf competition concludes with Europe defeating the United States | Ryder Cup | 36%
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| A magnitude-6.0 earthquake occurs on August 31 in this Asian country, leaving over 1,400 people dead | Afghanistan | 29%
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| Clashes occur along the boarder of these two countries starting on July 24 | Cambodia & Thailand | 29%
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| The United Nations confirms this is occurring in Gaza on August 22 | Famine | 29%
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| This Italian fashion designer dies at the age of 91 | Giorgio Armani | 29%
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| American singer Connie Francis, the first woman to reach the top of this chart, dies at the age of 87 | Billboard hot 100 | 29%
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| On September 9, Israel commits its first known attack on this country | Qatar | 29%
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| Clashes between the Syrian Armer Forces and militias that practice this religion kill hundreds of people. | Druze Faith | 21%
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| An 8.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of this peninsula, causing tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean | Kamchatka Peninsula | 21%
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| Azerbaijan and Armenia sign a peace treaty in an attempt to bring an end to this conflict | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | 21%
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| This man wins the Open Championship | Scottie Scheffler | 21%
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| The Brazilian Supreme Court sentences former president Jair Bolsonaro to this many years in prison for his involvement in plotting a military coup | Twenty-seven | 21%
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| Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign one of these agreements on September 17 | Defense pact | 14%
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| A fighter jet crashes into a college in this capital city | Dhaka | 14%
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| A helicopter crashes in Ashanti Region, Ghana, killing all on board, including two current ministers. Name either | Edward Omane Boamah / Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed | 14%
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| Name either the show that won best comedy or the show that won best drama at the Primetime Emmy Awards | The Studio / The Pitt | 14%
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| This tourist boat capsizes during a thunderstorm in Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam | Wonder Sea | 14%
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| This American astronaut dies at the age of 97 | Jim Lovell | 14%
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| A derailment on the Ascensor da Glória funicular in this city kills 16 people | Lisbon | 14%
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| This former president of Nigeria dies at the age of 82 | Muhammadu Buhari | 14%
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| This former president is convicted of corruption and sentenced to five years in prison on September 25 | Nicolas Sarkozy | 14%
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| This American actor and filmmaker dies at the age of 89 | Robert Redford | 14%
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| A fire occurs at one of these institutions in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq and kills at least 69 people | Shopping mall | 14%
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| In the parliamentary election, the centre-left bloc wins a majority in this Norwegian parliament | Storting | 14%
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| A landslide destroys the village of Tarasin in this African country, leaving at least 375 people dead | Sudan | 14%
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| This man defeats Canelo Álvarez, becoming undisputed world champion in three weight classes | Terence Crawford | 14%
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| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins this sports competition | Tour de France Femmes | 14%
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| An airplane crash kills 48 people in this Russian oblast on July 24 | Amur Oblast | 7%
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| This man is appointed to be prime minister of Thailand | Anutin Charnvirakul | 7%
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| Name either team that participated in the AFL Grand Final this year | Brisbane Lions / Geelong | 7%
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| Women's Rugby World Cup concludes with England defeating this country in the final | Canada | 7%
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| A magnitude-6.9 earthquake strikes this Philippine province on September 30 | Cebu | 7%
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| In India, one of these disasters occurs during a political rally and kills at least 41 people in Karur, Tamil Nadu | Crowd crush | 7%
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| This political party wins an absolute majority in the Samoan general election | Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi / Samoa United in Faith | 7%
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| Irfaan Ali, president of this country, wins a second term in the general election | Guyana | 7%
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| The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for these two Taliban leaders for their treatment of women. Name either | Hibatullah Akhundzada / Abdul Hakim Haqqani | 7%
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| 3I/ATLAS is discovered and is the third one of these astronomical phenomena ever discovered | Interstellar object | 7%
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| Name either the party or the prime minister that won a third term in the Jamaican general election | Jamaica Labour Party / Andrew Holness | 7%
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| This prime minister of Nepal resigns amid anti-corruption protests | K. P. Sharma Oli | 7%
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| Inga Ruginienė becomes the prime minister of this country | Lithuania | 7%
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| Prime Minister Christian Ntsay's government is dissolved amid protests in this country | Madagascar | 7%
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| Peter Mutharika is elected president of this African country | Malawi | 7%
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| This Colombian senator and planned candidate in the 2026 presidential election dies two months after being shot | Miguel Uribe Turbay | 7%
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| the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) retains its majority in the Parliament of this country | Moldova | 7%
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| The observation of a black hole merger verifies this physical law for the first time | Second law of black hole thermodynamics | 7%
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| Targeted strikes by the Israeli Air Force kill several ministers of this rival government of Yemen | Supreme Political Council | 7%
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| This woman is appointed interim prime minister of Nepal | Sushila Karki | 7%
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| This typhoon leaves at least 28 people dead in the Philippines and Taiwan | Typhoon Ragasa | 7%
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