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100

What year was Facebook created?

2004

100

Which planet was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006?

Pluto
100

What year did women receive the right to vote in the United States?

1920

100

What year did the first man walk on the Moon?

1969

200

The U.S. rover Curiosity landed on which planet in August 2012?

Mars

200

What was the name of the Category 5 hurricane that hit New Orleans and its surrounding areas in 2005?

Hurricane Katrina

200

What year did the Internet become available to the public?

1993

200

What year did the United States elect its first female vice-president?

2020

300

Which country hosted the 2016 Olympics?

Brazil

300

Who became the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize at age 17 in 2014?

Malala Yousafzai

300

Who became the most decorated gymnast in history during the 2010s?

Simone Biles

300

What U.S. government department was created in the wake of the September 11 attacks?

The Department of Homeland Security

400

What year was the first iPhone released?

2007

400

What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989

400

Brexit refers to which country leaving the European Union?

The UK

400

What Michigan city's water supply was contaminated with lead in 2014?

Flint

500

What was the acronym commonly used for the 2000 software problem that many thought would cause computers to become inoperable?

Y2K

500

What year did Google launch?

1998

500

In 1996, a sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. What was the name of that sheep?

Dolly

500

In 2013, two bombs exploded near the finish line of what famous race?

Boston Marathon

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