| year | hint | answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | On 1 January, Calcutta is renamed to this | Kolkata | 93%
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| 2010 | This building, the world's tallest, is officially opened in Dubai | Burj Khalifa | 88%
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| 2004 | 200,000 are killed by this natural disaster in South-East Asia | tsunami | 88%
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| 2015 | A stampede during the hajj kills 2200 pilgrims in this city | Mecca | 80%
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| 2008 | This nation becomes the first Asian country to adopt the euro | Cyprus | 78%
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| 2002 | This country becomes the 191st member state of United Nations | Timor-Leste | 71%
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| 2020 | Summer Olympics in this city happens in July and August | Tokyo | 68%
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| 2017 | The US drops the world's largest non-nuclear weapon on this country | Afghanistan | 66%
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| 2011 | This nuclear power plant is badly damaged following an earthquake and tsunami | Fukushima | 66%
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| 2007 | This former prime-minister of Pakistan is assassinated at an election rally | Benazir Bhutto | 59%
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| 2005 | This environmental treaty comes into effect | {Kyoto} Protocol | 56%
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| 2018 | The world's longest sea crossing bridge opens, connecting Hong Kong to this city | Macau | 56%
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| 2003 | The US moves its Middle East Air Combat headquaters to Al-Udeid Air Base in this country | Qatar | 56%
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| 2016 | Tsai Ing-wen is sworn as the 14th president of this nation | Taiwan | 54%
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| 2006 | The 3rd ruler of this country since its independence, Sheikh Jaber, dies aged 79 | Kuwait | 46%
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| 2012 | Typhoon Bopha kills over 1000 people on this Filipino island | Mindanao | 32%
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| 2009 | This miltary-political group is defeated, bringing its country's 25-year civil war to an end | Tamil Tigers | 29%
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| 2019 | The second US-North Korea summit is held in this city | Hanoi | 22%
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| 2014 | Malaysia Airlines flight 370, flying from KL to this city, vanishes | Beijing | 20%
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| 2013 | This country becomes the first ever to reject a seat on the UN Security Council | Saudi Arabia | 17%
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