Which pope died in April 2005 after 26 years in office?
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John Paul II
His pontificate was one of the longest in history.
💡 Did you know? Mourners chanted "Santo subito!": "Sainthood now!"
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Which German was elected pope in 2005 (prompting the headline "We are Pope!")?
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Benedict XVI
He was the first German pope since the Middle Ages: Hadrian VI (1522) came from Utrecht, and the last popes from Germany reigned in the 11th century.
💡 Did you know? In 2013 he became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign.
Who became Germany's first female chancellor in November 2005?
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Angela Merkel
She would govern for 16 years.
💡 Did you know? The physicist with a doctorate grew up in East Germany.
With which unusual manoeuvre did Gerhard Schröder force early elections in 2005?
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confidence vote
The trigger was losing the North Rhine-Westphalia state election in May.
💡 Did you know? Germany's constitutional court approved the controversial move.
Which hurricane drowned New Orleans in August 2005?
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Katrina
It was one of the costliest natural disasters in US history.
💡 Did you know? Large parts of New Orleans lie below sea level.
In which European capital did suicide bombings on the Underground and a bus kill 52 people on 7 July 2005?
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London
The attacks went down in history as "7/7".
💡 Did you know? Three of the four bombers were born in Britain; the fourth, born in Jamaica, grew up in England.
Which video platform launched in 2005 with its first upload, "Me at the zoo"?
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YouTube
Google bought the platform as early as 2006.
💡 Did you know? The 19-second zoo clip is still online today.
Which German welfare reform took effect on 1 January 2005, merging unemployment and social assistance?
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Hartz IV
"Hartz IV" was even Germany's 2004 word of the year.
💡 Did you know? The reform was named after VW manager Peter Hartz.
Which international climate agreement finally came into force in February 2005?
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Kyoto Protocol
Only Russia's ratification pushed it over the required threshold.
💡 Did you know? The United States never joined the agreement.
Which underground organization declared its armed campaign in Northern Ireland over in July 2005?
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IRA
That autumn it verifiably decommissioned its weapons.
💡 Did you know? The conflict had cost more than 3,500 lives.
In which region did a magnitude 7.6 earthquake kill about 87,000 people in October 2005?
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Kashmir
Millions were left homeless before the mountain winter.
💡 Did you know? Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since 1947.
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On which moon of Saturn did the European probe Huygens land in January 2005?
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Titan
Huygens had hitched a ride with NASA's Cassini probe.
💡 Did you know? On Titan, it rains liquid methane.
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Which then-largest passenger aircraft in the world made its maiden flight in April 2005?
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Airbus A380
In theory it can carry up to 850 passengers.
💡 Did you know? By 2019, Airbus had already decided to end production.
Which club overturned a 3:0 deficit against Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul?
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Liverpool
Many consider it the greatest Champions League final ever.
💡 Did you know? All three Liverpool goals came within just six minutes.
From which territory did Israel withdraw all settlements and soldiers in summer 2005?
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Gaza Strip
The unilateral pull-out split Israeli society.
💡 Did you know? In 2007, Hamas took control of the territory.
Which animated amphibian topped charts across Europe in 2005 with a techno cover of "Axel F"?
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Crazy Frog
In the UK it even kept Coldplay off the number-one spot.
💡 Did you know? The character was originally called "The Annoying Thing".
Which Microsoft console kicked off the new console generation in late 2005?
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Xbox 360
The Xbox Live online service became a key selling point.
💡 Did you know? The infamous "Red Ring of Death" later cost Microsoft over a billion dollars.
The centenary of which theory made 2005 the "Einstein Year" and World Year of Physics?
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theory of relativity
1905 was Einstein's "miracle year" with four groundbreaking papers.
💡 Did you know? Einstein died in 1955: so 2005 was also his 50th anniversary.
Into which comet did NASA's Deep Impact mission fire a projectile in July 2005?
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Tempel 1
The impact released tons of dust and ice.
💡 Did you know? It struck, fittingly, on the Fourth of July.
Which animal disease reached Europe in autumn 2005, alarming poultry farmers?
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bird flu
The first German cases were confirmed in 2006.
💡 Did you know? Poultry had to be kept indoors for months in many regions.
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