| year | hint | answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eyjafjallajökull erupts in this country, closing European airspace for several days | Iceland | 88%
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| 2017 | Montenegro becomes the 29th member of this organisation | NATO | 76%
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| 2014 | Viktor Yanukovych, this country's president, is overthrown | Ukraine | 76%
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| 2005 | In Germany, Angela Merkel becomes the first woman to assume this position | chancellor | 75%
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| 2012 | The cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off this country's coast | Italy | 75%
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| 2003 | This Swedish climate activist is born | Greta Thunberg | 73%
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| 2002 | The war crimes trial of this former Yugoslav president starts in the Netherlands | Slobodan Milošević | 55%
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| 2001 | This building is reopened after 11 years of work to stabilise it | Leaning Tower of Pisa | 51%
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| 2004 | Edvard Munch's The Scream is stolen from a museum in this city | Oslo | 51%
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| 2011 | This London-born, seven-times married, actress dies | Elizabeth Taylor | 49%
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| 2016 | The world-record 57km-long Gotthard Base railway tunnel opens in the country | Switzerland | 49%
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| 2013 | High-speed Spanish train derails on a curve near this city, killing 79 | {Santiago} de Compostela | 47%
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| 2019 | This becomes the first EU country to be declared "not free" by Freedom House, an NGO | Hungary | 45%
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| 2020 | This city hosts the semi-finals and final of UEFA Euro 2020 | London | 45%
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| 2006 | This city near the Swiss Alps hosts the Winter Olympics | Turin | 43%
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| 2018 | This Spanish separatist group dissolves after 40 years of operation | ETA | 39%
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| 2008 | Malta joins the euro, featuring this on its €1 and €2 coins | Maltese {Cross} | 39%
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| 2015 | Gay marriage is legalised when 62% vote in favour in this country's referendum | Ireland | 33%
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| 2007 | This high-speed train reaches a top speed of 574 km/h (357 mph) | TGV | 33%
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| 2009 | This country gains self-rule after a 75% referendum vote in favour | Greenland | 8%
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