Year
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Hint
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Answer
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2022
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Russia invades ______
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Ukraine
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2021
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This Covid variant, first discovered in India, sweeps through the world
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Delta
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2020
|
The first major Covid-19 outbreak begins in this city
|
Wuhan
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2019
|
Up to 1 million people protest against the Chinese government on the streets of this city
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Hong Kong
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2018
|
Scientists announce the presence of liquid water here
|
Mars
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2017
|
The Parliament of this region declares independence from Spain
|
Catalonia
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2016
|
This controversial celebrity is elected President of the U.S.
|
Donald Trump
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2015
|
Islamic terrorists kill 130 people in this city, attacking targets such as the Bataclan Theatre
|
Paris
|
2014
|
An epidemic of this disease strikes West Africa
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Ebola
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2013
|
This new Pope, the first from the Americas, is elected
|
Francis
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2012
|
This Middle East country is granted observer status by the U.N., moving it one step closer to independence
|
Palestine
|
2011
|
This series of protests rocks the Middle East
|
The Arab Spring
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2010
|
Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, opens in this city
|
Dubai
|
2009
|
This singer dies from prescription drugs issued by his personal physician
|
Michael Jackson
|
2008
|
Pirates hijack 42 ships off the coast of this country
|
Somalia
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2007
|
This British P.M. leaves office after 10 years
|
Tony Blair
|
2006
|
This celestial body is demoted to "dwarf" planet
|
Pluto
|
2005
|
French surgeons become the first to transplant this body part
|
Face
|
2004
|
200,000 people along the Indian ocean are killed by this type of disaster
|
Tsunami
|
2003
|
The U.S. invades this country
|
Iraq
|
2002
|
This country wins its fifth World Cup
|
Brazil
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2001
|
Terrorists crash planes into the World Trade Center and this other building
|
The Pentagon
|
2000
|
By 537 votes, this candidate loses his bid to become U.S. president
|
Al Gore
|
1999
|
This major new currency is introduced
|
Euro
|
1998
|
The Good Friday Agreement helps bring peace to this island
|
Ireland
|
1997
|
This celebrity dies in Paris after being chased by paparazzi
|
Princess Diana
|
1996
|
The E.U. bans imports of British beef because of this disease
|
Mad Cow
|
1995
|
The Aum Shinrikyo cult attacks Tokyo subways with this nerve gas
|
Sarin
|
1994
|
This system of racial segregation comes to an end in South Africa
|
Apartheid
|
1993
|
This basketball star announces his retirement in order to play baseball
|
Michael Jordan
|
1992
|
Following a police brutality incident, riots erupt in this city
|
Los Angeles
|
1991
|
This major world power ceases to exist
|
Soviet Union
|
1990
|
Iraq invades this country
|
Kuwait
|
Which one? Is it Neil deGrasse Tyson? I love him.
I've also created quizzes on an event a year for both 1900-1950 and 1950-2000 if people are interested, though my clues aren't quite as streamlined as these.
In this case, the question may be bloody tricky for those of us who aren’t from North America, but it is very very easily guessed, so I have to side with Quizmaster on this one.
No, I'm not bitter...
I will shut up now.
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