| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Apple co-founder who died in October | Steve Jobs | 95%
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| World population passed _ billion people | 7 | 86%
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| Founder of Al-Qaeda, killed and buried at sea | Osama bin Laden | 85%
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| Married Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Catherine Middleton | 73%
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| North Korean 'Dear Leader' who died in December | Kim Jong-Il | 73%
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| New country which became the 193rd UN member | South Sudan | 57%
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| Japanese city; site of nuclear meltdown following tsunami | Fukushima | 56%
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| Autocratic Libyan leader ousted in civil war | Muammar al-Gaddafi | 54%
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| Viral music video, popularly considered one of the worst songs ever written | Friday | 38%
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| Winner of the Wimbledon Men's Singles | Novak Djokovic | 33%
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| International protest movement against inequality, which started in USA | Occupy movement | 29%
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| Winners of Super Bowl XLV | Green Bay Packers | 24%
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| British newspaper which ceased publication after 168 years | News of the World | 19%
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| Martian rover launched from Kennedy Space Center | Curiosity | 14%
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| Was used on its 135th and last mission | Space Shuttle | 14%
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| Country which adopted the Euro as its currency | Estonia | 10%
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| Norwegian island; site of mass shooting | Utøya | 10%
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| Aircraft which first entered commercial service with All Nippon Airways | Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' | 9%
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| Last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary who died in July | Otto von Habsburg | 4%
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| IndyCar driver killed in crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Dan Wheldon | 2%
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