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Decade in Review: 2010-2019 - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 729 times
- The average score is 59 of 100
Answer Stats
| Year | Event | Answer | % Correct |
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| 2019 | This man is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | Boris Johnson | 90%
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| 2018 | Canada becomes the second country in the world to legalize this drug. | Marijuana | 90%
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| 2019 | The United States engages in a trade war with this country. | China | 89%
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| 2017 | Jeff Bezos, CEO of this company, reaches a net worth of over $100 billion. | Amazon | 88%
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| 2019 | This well-known cathedral in Paris catches fire. | Notre-Dame | 88%
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| 2016 | This reality TV star and businessman is elected president of the United States. | Donald Trump | 87%
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| 2014 | An outbreak of this virus begins to spread in West Africa. | Ebola | 85%
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| 2016 | The Summer Olympics are held for the first time on this continent. | South America | 85%
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| 2016 | The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave this economic union. | European Union | 84%
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| 2019 | This well-known sex trafficker commits suicide in prison. Or was he murdered? | Jeffrey Epstein | 83%
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| 2015 | NASA announces that liquid water has been found on this planet. | Mars | 83%
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| 2018 | The FIFA World Cup, won by France, is held in this country. | Russia | 83%
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| 2018 | Former actress Meghan Markle marries this member of the British royal family. | Prince Harry | 82%
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| 2018 | This country legally allows women to drive. | Saudi Arabia | 82%
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| 2012 | This man is re-elected as President of Russia. | Vladimir Putin | 82%
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| 2016 | United States troops withdraw from this country after 15 years. | Afghanistan | 80%
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| 2011 | A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami occurs in this East Asian country. | Japan | 78%
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| 2017 | The United States officially recognizes the capital of Israel to be this. | Jerusalem | 78%
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| 2013 | This former South African president and Nobel laureate passes away. | Nelson Mandela | 78%
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| 2017 | The music video for this song, meaning "slowly" in English, becomes the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube. | Despacito | 77%
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| 2011 | President Obama announces the death of this founder of the terrorist group al-Qaeda. | Osama bin Laden | 77%
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| 2012 | Facebook purchases this social networking website for $1 billion. | 76%
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| 2018 | The United States withdraws from a nuclear deal with this country. | Iran | 76%
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| 2011 | What happened to Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Taylor, Amy Winehouse, and Randy Savage? | They died | 76%
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| 2014 | The FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil and is won by this country. | Germany | 75%
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| 2012 | This royal monarch celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, her 60th anniversary of her ascension to the throne. | Queen Elizabeth II | 75%
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| 2014 | In a referendum, this country votes against independence from the United Kingdom. | Scotland | 75%
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| 2014 | Russia formally annexes this peninsula from Ukraine. | Crimea | 74%
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| 2012 | This viral Korean music video becomes the first to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube. | Gangnam Style | 74%
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| 2011 | This virtual assistant is officially launched in Apple's operating systems. | Siri | 74%
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| 2010 | Apple releases the first of these new tablet devices. | iPad | 73%
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| 2012 | The Summer Olympics are held in this city. | London | 73%
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| 2011 | Civil war begins to break out in this Middle Eastern country. | Syria | 73%
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| 2017 | A terrorist bombing attack occurs in Manchester at a concert by this artist. | Ariana Grande | 71%
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| 2015 | The United States reestablishes full diplomatic relations with this communist country. | Cuba | 71%
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| 2014 | An estimated 276 girls are abducted and held hostage from a school in this African country. | Nigeria | 71%
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| 2019 | This massive superhero movie becomes the highest-grossing movie of all time. | Avengers: Endgame | 70%
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| 2013 | This well-anticipated video game console debuts a week before its main competitor, the Xbox One. | PlayStation 4 | 70%
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| 2011 | This African country secedes from its northern counterpart. | South Sudan | 70%
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| 2019 | The Amazon rainforest experiences many of these. | Wildfires | 70%
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| 2014 | This Sunni militant group begins to capture territory in Iraq and Syria. | ISIL | 69%
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| 2013 | Two brothers explode two bombs during an annual marathon in this city. | Boston | 68%
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| 2018 | This company becomes the first to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion. | Apple | 67%
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| 2016 | This western lowland gorilla is shot and killed after a boy falls into his enclosure. | Harambe | 67%
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| 2014 | A viral campaign to donate money for ALS awareness involves this challenge. | Ice-bucket challenge | 67%
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| 2013 | Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected Pope and takes this name. | Pope Francis | 66%
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| 2018 | A youth soccer team is rescued from a flooding cave in this country. | Thailand | 66%
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| 2010 | This popular sporting event is held in South Africa and won by Spain. | FIFA World Cup | 64%
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| 2017 | This powerful Hollywood producer is accused of multiple sexual harassment allegations. | Harvey Weinstein | 64%
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| 2013 | This long-running British science fiction TV show celebrates its 50th anniversary. | Doctor Who | 62%
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| 2019 | This country-influenced hip-hop song breaks the record for most weeks at #1 in the United States. | Old Town Road | 62%
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| 2017 | Most of 21st Century Fox is acquired by this media conglomerate. | The Walt Disney Company | 62%
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| 2011 | This uprising occurs in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, effectively overthrowing the governments of each country. | Arab Spring | 61%
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| 2012 | A doomsday phenomenon popularized by this ancient civilization turns out to be incorrect. | Mayan | 61%
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| 2014 | The Winter Olympics are held in this Russian city. | Sochi | 61%
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| 2010 | This building, the tallest in the world, officially opens. | Burj Khalifa | 60%
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| 2012 | This country experiences the worst power outage in history, leaving over 620 million people without power. | India | 60%
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| 2018 | The Winter Olympics are held in this country. | South Korea | 60%
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| 2017 | This rare event was witnessed across the entire contiguous United States. | Total solar eclipse | 60%
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| 2017 | This dictator's half-brother is assassinated in Malaysia. | Kim Jong-un | 59%
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| 2010 | This US health care bill is signed into law. | Obamacare | 59%
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| 2011 | An estimated two billion people watch Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, marry this woman. | Kate Middleton | 55%
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| 2015 | Multiple terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL result in 130 deaths in this city. | Paris | 55%
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| 2015 | The US Supreme Court legalizes this all throughout the country. | Same-sex marriage | 54%
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| 2010 | Volcanic ash from a volcano in this country begins to distrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe. | Iceland | 53%
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| 2011 | This Libyan leader is killed in the city of Sirte, effectively ending the Libyan Civil War. | Muammar Gaddafi | 52%
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| 2013 | This US city, once one of the most populous in the country, officially files for bankruptcy. | Detroit | 51%
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| 2019 | The capital of Kazakhstan is renamed to this, named after its former president. | Nur-Sultan | 51%
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| 2015 | This automaker is accused of intentionally rigging diesel emissions tests. | Volkswagen | 49%
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| 2019 | This company enters the video game market with its console, the ______ Stadia. | 48%
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| 2012 | Barack Obama defeats this Republican candidate in the US presidential election. | Mitt Romney | 48%
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| 2015 | This American comedian is accused of drugging and raping several women. | Bill Cosby | 47%
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| 2010 | This leader of the Conservative Party becomes Prime Minister in the UK. | David Cameron | 47%
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| 2019 | An arson attack takes place at an animation studio in this Japanese city. | Kyoto | 47%
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| 2016 | A gunman claiming allegiance to ISIL opens fire at a gay nightclub in this city. | Orlando | 47%
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| 2016 | Two of this artist's paintings, worth $100 million, are recovered after having been stolen. | Vincent van Gogh | 46%
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| 2013 | Former CIA employee discloses classified documents about the NSA to the public. | Edward Snowden | 45%
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| 2015 | A stampede during this Muslim pilgrimage kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900. | Hajj | 45%
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| 2010 | This online publisher leaks over 90,000 internal reports about the US involvement in Afghanistan to the public. | WikiLeaks | 45%
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| 2015 | Two terrorists attack the headquarters of this French satirical newspaper. | Charlie Hebdo | 41%
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| 2010 | An 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in this country. With over 316,000 killed, it is the tenth deadliest earthquake on record. | Haiti | 41%
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| 2012 | A mass shooting occurs in this elementary school in Connecticut. | Sandy Hook | 39%
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| 2016 | For the first time since 1908, this MLB team wins the World Series. | Chicago Cubs | 36%
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| 2013 | This powerful object explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. | Meteor | 35%
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| 2014 | An aircraft from this airline is shot down by a missile and crashes in Ukraine. | Malaysia Airlines | 33%
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| 2018 | The first summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea is held here. | Singapore | 33%
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| 2013 | A tornado in this US state becomes the widest tornado ever recorded on Earth. | Oklahoma | 32%
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| 2015 | A Russian fighter jet is shot down by this country. | Turkey | 32%
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| 2017 | A white supremacist rally occurs in this US city, resulting in riots and the death of one woman. | Charlottesville | 30%
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| 2016 | This mobile game breaks numerous records in terms of sales and revenue. | Pokémon Go | 30%
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| 2012 | Colorado man commits a mass shooting in a theater during the showing of this film. | The Dark Knight Rises | 26%
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| 2011 | This movement protesting economic inequality begins in the United States. | Occupy Wall Street | 25%
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| 2016 | The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of this virus. | Zika | 25%
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| 2017 | This former FBI director takes over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. | Robert Mueller | 22%
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| 2014 | Protests in this Missouri city occur after the shooting of Michael Brown. | Ferguson | 17%
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| 2015 | This man is elected Prime Minister of Australia. | Malcolm Turnbull | 13%
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| 2010 | A drilling oil platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico on this ship. | Deepwater Horizon | 12%
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| 2018 | Over 900 cities worldwide participate in these demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings. | March for Our Lives | 9%
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| 2013 | This man is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands. | Willem-Alexander | 9%
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| 2010 | Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia all join this intergovernmental organization. | OECD | 4%
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