Year
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Description
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Answer
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2022
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Russia invades this country
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Ukraine
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2019
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The Covid-19 pandemic starts in this city
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Wuhan
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2015
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195 nations meet in this city and agree to lower carbon emissions, but generally fail to meet their commitments
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Paris
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2015
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A record 1.3 million people request asylum in the EU, with the largest number coming from this wartorn nation
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Syria
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2014–15
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An outbreak of this disease kills more than 10,000 people in West Africa
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Ebola
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2012
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This leader ascends to power in China, marking an era of increased state surveillance and abuse of ethnic minorities
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Xi Jinping
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2011
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This African nation becomes the 193rd member of the UN
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South Sudan
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2011
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This international protest movement leads to the overthrow of the governments of Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya
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The Arab Spring
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2009
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This sprinter sets a new record for the 100m dash: 9.58 seconds
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Usain Bolt
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2008
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This person is elected as the first African-American President of the U.S.
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Barack Obama
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2008
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This swimmer wins 8 gold medals at the Summer Olympics
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Michael Phelps
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2008
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The world enters a sharp economic downturn which is commonly known as this
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The Great Recession
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2005
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This dwarf planet, 27% larger than Pluto, is discovered and named for the Greek goddess of discord
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Eris
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2005
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This person is elected as the first female chancellor of Germany
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Angela Merkel
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2004
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This website is started in a Harvard dorm room
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Facebook
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2004
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This type of natural disaster kills over 200,000 people in 14 countries
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Tsunami
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2003
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The U.S. invades this country, looking for weapons of mass destruction, but doesn't find any
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Iraq
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2003
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Scientists announce the completion of a project to sequence this
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The Human Genome
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2001
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This terrorist organization launches the 9/11 attacks against the United States
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Al-Qaeda
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2001
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This country becomes the first in the world to legalize same-sex marriage
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Netherlands
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So not a thought for the people who lost their homes in the first place then?
Or was it a dig at Angela Merkel?
(I'm joking, please don't label me a conspiracy theorist)
It's specific enough that they obviously knew what the question was referring to. It's not perfectly accurate, but if someone said "they sequenced the all the human genes" or "they sequenced all the human DNA" people would clearly understand what they're talking about.
"Genom" on the other hand, should not be accepted.
(don't get me wrong, i'm not critisizing, just find it hilarious at times).
If QM wants to go with what appears to be a predominately, if not exclusively, US term please allow types-ins along the lines of those listed above.
Though, other languages can use unitedstatesian
It tends to be Spanish speakers from south of the United States --- ie Latin America --- that would use the term "America" or "American" as a catch all for anyone from the Western Hemisphere. Meanwhile, people from Canada or the US or even much of Europe would reserve the term "America" or "American" as associated with the United States and its people.Canadians often don't like being confused for Americans.
Like any cross cultural dialogue, you have to be cognizant of who you're talking to. Some regionalisms can be taken quite offensively, while others aren't all that serious --- just silly debate. With language, it's best to give someone the benefit of the doubt and learn a new perspective than stomp one's foot down in insistent protest.
african american refers to the ethnic group of american descendants of slavery, barack obama is half white & half kenyan which makes him the first president of african descent but not african american as that refers to a specific ethnic group
Come on. He's African-American. There's virtually no debate against it.