| Event | Answer | % Correct | |
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| Social media platform that changed its name to X | 1 World News | 97%
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| Country that surpassed China as the most populous in the world | India | 1 World News | 93%
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| Monarch subject of Britain’s first coronation in 70 years | King Charles III | 1 World News | 91%
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| President of the United States who became the first to be indicted | Donald Trump | 3 Politics | 86%
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| Member of the British Royal Family who released his memoir Spare | Prince Harry | 1 World News | 85%
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| All five crew members of a submersible were killed whilst exploring the wreck of which ship? | Titanic | 1 World News | 84%
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| Contrasting blockbuster films that were released simultaneously, known collectively as Barbenheimer | Barbie | 2 Arts | 76%
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| Contrasting blockbuster films that were released simultaneously, known collectively as Barbenheimer | Oppenheimer | 2 Arts | 75%
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| Singer named Time Person of the Year | Taylor Swift | 2 Arts | 67%
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| Friends actor who died aged 54 | Matthew Perry | 2 Arts | 63%
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| Basketball icon who became the NBA's all-time leading scorer | LeBron James | 4 Sport | 55%
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| American soccer club that Lionel Messi signed for | Inter Miami | 4 Sport | 54%
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| Hamas led an invasion of Israel on this date | 7 October | 1 World News | 52%
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| English football club that won the Treble | Manchester City | 4 Sport | 51%
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| Chinese President appointed to historic third term in office | Xi Jinping | 3 Politics | 51%
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| Serbian tennis player who won a record 24th men's singles title | Novak Djokovic | 4 Sport | 50%
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| Winners of Super Bowl LVII | Kansas City Chiefs | 4 Sport | 46%
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| Religious leader who apologised after a video showed him asking a boy to suck his tongue | Dalai Lama | 1 World News | 43%
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| The Best and What's Love Got to Do with It singer who died aged 83 | Tina Turner | 2 Arts | 43%
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| Singer who won a record 32nd Grammy Award | Beyoncé | 2 Arts | 42%
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| Leading scorer of the above who broke the record for most goals in a single Premier League season | Erling Haaland | 4 Sport | 42%
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| Former British Prime Minister who make a shock return to politics as Foreign Secretary | David Cameron | 3 Politics | 41%
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| Now and Then was released as the final song of which band? | The Beatles | 2 Arts | 38%
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| Name of the Russian state-funded private military company, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, which launched a rebellion on Vladimir Putin | Wagner Group | 3 Politics | 31%
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| Andrew Lloyd Webber musical which ended its run on Broadway after 35 years | Phantom of the Opera | 2 Arts | 29%
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| English FIFA World Cup and Ballon d'Or Winner who died aged 86 | Sir Bobby Charlton | 4 Sport | 28%
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| The local council of this British city declared itself bankrupt | Birmingham | 3 Politics | 23%
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| Release of this final instalment in the Indiana Jones series | Indiana Jones and the {Dial} {of} {Destiny} | 2 Arts | 22%
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| City in which COP28 was held | Dubai | 3 Politics | 21%
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| New Zealand Prime Minister who stood down after five years in office | Jacinda Ardern | 3 Politics | 20%
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| NHL team who broke the record for most team points in a season | Boston Bruins | 4 Sport | 12%
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| American rock band that kicked off their "Peace Out" Farewell Tour | Aerosmith | 2 Arts | 11%
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