Which dreaded computer glitch largely failed to materialise on 1 January 2000?
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Millennium bug
Hundreds of billions had been spent worldwide on fixes beforehand.
💡 Did you know? A few oddities did occur: like invoices dated 1900.
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Who was elected President of Russia in 2000?
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Vladimir Putin
Elected in March, he took office in May 2000.
💡 Did you know? Putin had previously headed the FSB security service.
Which computer worm, sent from the Philippines as an email attachment, infected millions of PCs worldwide in May 2000?
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ILOVEYOU
The worm overwrote files and mailed itself to every contact in the victim's Outlook address book.
💡 Did you know? Its author, a student in Manila, was never punished: the Philippines had no law against writing malware at the time.
Which German city hosted the Expo 2000 world's fair?
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Hanover
Instead of the hoped-for 40 million, only about 18 million visitors came.
💡 Did you know? It was the first world's fair ever held on German soil.
Foto: Michel Gilliand · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons
Which supersonic passenger jet crashed shortly after take-off near Paris in July 2000?
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Concorde
A metal strip on the runway had burst one of its tyres.
💡 Did you know? The crash marked the beginning of the end: Concorde retired in 2003.
What was the name of the Russian nuclear submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000?
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Kursk
An exploding practice torpedo sent the boat to the bottom.
💡 Did you know? The sluggish rescue effort earned President Putin sharp criticism.
Foto: Rick Sforza, U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Which city hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics?
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Sydney
They are still remembered as exceptionally successful Games.
💡 Did you know? Samaranch called them "the best Olympic Games ever".
Which Australian runner lit the Olympic flame in 2000 and then won 400 m gold?
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Cathy Freeman
She ran her lap of honour carrying both the Australian and Aboriginal flags.
💡 Did you know? Her hooded bodysuit became world-famous.
Who won Euro 2000 thanks to a golden goal by David Trezeguet?
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France
Sylvain Wiltord had rescued France with a last-second equaliser.
💡 Did you know? France thus held the World Cup and European titles simultaneously.
Who won the 2000 US presidential election, ultimately decided by the Supreme Court?
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George W. Bush
His opponent Al Gore actually won the nationwide popular vote.
💡 Did you know? Florida came down to 537 votes: out of almost six million.
Which Yugoslav strongman was toppled by mass protests in October 2000?
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Slobodan Milošević
Protesters in Belgrade even stormed the parliament building.
💡 Did you know? A year later he was handed over to the UN tribunal in The Hague.
Scientists ceremonially presented the first draft of what in June 2000?
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human genome
President Clinton and PM Blair announced the breakthrough together.
💡 Did you know? A public project and the private firm Celera had raced each other to the finish.
Foto: Deni Williams from São Paulo, Brasil / Brazil · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Which Sony console launched in 2000 and became the best-seller of its era?
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PlayStation 2
With over 155 million units it remains one of the best-selling consoles ever.
💡 Did you know? Its built-in DVD player helped the DVD format take off.
Which space station welcomed its first permanent crew in November 2000?
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ISS
Since "Expedition 1", the ISS has been continuously inhabited.
💡 Did you know? The first crew: one American and two Russians.
Which London museum, opened in May 2000 inside an old power station, became an instant crowd magnet?
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Tate Modern
It occupies the former Bankside power station on the Thames.
💡 Did you know? Its Turbine Hall is famous for spectacular giant installations.
Which world-famous comic strip ended in February 2000 with the death of its creator Charles M. Schulz?
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Peanuts
The final new Sunday strip ran one day after Schulz's death.
💡 Did you know? Schulz drew nearly 18,000 strips: every one by hand.
Which reality TV format, locking housemates in a camera-filled house, conquered the US and UK in summer 2000?
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Big Brother
The name comes from George Orwell's novel "1984".
💡 Did you know? Germany's version launched the same year amid human-dignity debates.
Which cattle disease was first confirmed in a German-born cow in November 2000?
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BSE
Germany created a consumer protection ministry in response.
💡 Did you know? In humans, BSE can trigger the fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
In which Austrian ski resort did a funicular tunnel fire kill 155 people in November 2000?
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Kaprun
A faulty fan heater in the driver's cab started the blaze.
💡 Did you know? Only twelve people survived: they fled downhill, beneath the smoke.
What burst on the world's stock markets in spring 2000, bankrupting countless internet firms?
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dotcom bubble
The Nasdaq index went on to lose almost 80 percent.
💡 Did you know? Germany's "Neuer Markt" exchange segment was wound up entirely in 2003.
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