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Defining Global Events of the Early 21st Century (2000-2020)

Test your knowledge of the pivotal events, technological leaps, and cultural shifts that defined the first two decades of the 21st century.0 takes
by @triviagang_dataUpdated 2d ago

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  • 01The collapse of which investment bank in September 2008 is considered a pivotal moment in the global financial crisis?
  • 02In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched which social networking service from his Harvard dorm room?
  • 03What is the common name for the series of anti-government protests and uprisings that spread across the Middle East and North Africa starting in late 2010?
  • 04What company, led by CEO Steve Jobs, revolutionized the mobile phone industry with the release of its first smartphone in 2007?
  • 05The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in the United States were carried out by which militant Islamist group?
  • 06In 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave which political and economic union?
  • 07The devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005, causing catastrophic damage primarily to which U.S. city?
  • 08In 2012, scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle consistent with which long-theorized boson, often called the 'God particle'?
  • 09On January 1, 2002, twelve member states of the European Union officially introduced physical banknotes and coins for what new currency?
  • 10Who was inaugurated in January 2009 as the first African American President of the United States?
  • 11The global pandemic that began spreading worldwide in early 2020 was caused by which novel coronavirus?
  • 12U.S. Navy SEALs conducted a raid in 2011 that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden in which country?
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