| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Host city of the Summer Olympic Games | London | 84%
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| Cyclist who was stripped of Tour de France wins due to doping | Lance Armstrong | 80%
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| K-pop song which became most viewed video on YouTube | Gangnam Style | 75%
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| Queen Elizabeth II celebrated this jubilee | Diamond Jubilee | 64%
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| Republican candidate in the US Presidential Election | Mitt Romney | 56%
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| Name of Daniel Craig's third James Bond film | Skyfall | 56%
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| Singer, actress, producer and model who died aged 48 | Whitney Houston | 54%
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| Date on which the world was supposed to end, but didn't | December 21 | 51%
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| Multiple members of this Russian punk rock band were imprisoned | Pussy Riot | 51%
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| 7-time Formula One World Champion who retired at the end of the year | Michael Schumacher | 48%
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| Film which was screening at a theatre in Colorado which suffered a mass shooting | The Dark Knight Rises | 34%
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| Google Maps alternative which was the subject of much ridicule | Apple Maps | 33%
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| Second-costliest hurricane in US history | Hurricane Sandy | 33%
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| Italian cruise ship which ran aground, with the loss of 32 lives | Costa Concordia | 31%
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| Egypt's first democratically-elected President | Mohammed Morsi | 21%
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| Rover which successfully landed on Mars | Curiosity | 20%
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| Skydiver who became the first person to break the sound barrier by free-falling | Felix Baumgartner | 16%
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| Various prominent websites staged a blackout to protest this legislation | Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) | 13%
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| Shortlived unrecognized state which broke away from Mali | Azawad | 8%
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| Game that was widely criticized by players for its poor endings | Mass Effect 3 | 8%
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