Which country hosted the 2006 World Cup, remembered as the "summer fairy tale"?
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Germany
The German team finished third after losing the semi-final to Italy.
💡 Did you know? The World Cup motto was "A time to make friends".
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Who won the 2006 World Cup in the Berlin final against France?
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Italy
Fabio Grosso converted the winning spot kick.
💡 Did you know? It was Italy's second World Cup final decided by a shootout.
Which French superstar was sent off in the 2006 final for headbutting Materazzi?
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Zinédine Zidane
Despite the red card he was voted the tournament's best player.
💡 Did you know? What Materazzi actually said remained a mystery for years.
Which German striker won the Golden Boot at the 2006 home World Cup with five goals?
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Miroslav Klose
In 2014, Klose became the World Cup's all-time top scorer with 16 goals.
💡 Did you know? At the 2026 World Cup first Lionel Messi and then Kylian Mbappé overtook him.
Which Italian city hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics in February?
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Turin
Germany won more medals than any other nation.
💡 Did you know? The Winter Games returned to Italy in 2026 with Milan-Cortina.
Which celestial body was officially demoted to dwarf planet status in August 2006?
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Pluto
The astronomers' union adopted its first formal definition of a planet.
💡 Did you know? Ironically, the New Horizons probe had launched towards Pluto that same year.
Which short-messaging service, initially limited to 140 characters, was founded in 2006?
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Elon Musk renamed it X in 2023.
💡 Did you know? The 140 characters came from the SMS limit.
Which video platform did Google buy for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006?
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YouTube
The price seemed daring then: a bargain now.
💡 Did you know? YouTube has long been the world's second-largest search engine.
Which country detonated its first nuclear bomb in October 2006?
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North Korea
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions immediately.
💡 Did you know? Five more tests followed, the most recent in 2017.
Which Balkan state became Europe's youngest independent country after a 2006 referendum?
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Montenegro
55.5 percent voted for independence: just above the threshold.
💡 Did you know? Montenegro uses the euro without being a eurozone member.
To whom did the Cuban revolutionary leader hand over the affairs of state after surgery in 2006?
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Raúl Castro
The handover was made official in 2008.
💡 Did you know? Fidel had ruled Cuba since the 1959 revolution.
Which Russian ex-agent died in London in 2006 from radioactive polonium poisoning?
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Alexander Litvinenko
The polonium trail led to Russian contacts.
💡 Did you know? A British inquiry later found Putin "probably approved" the operation.
Which toppled Iraqi dictator was executed on 30 December 2006?
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Saddam Hussein
An Iraqi court had convicted him over a 1982 massacre.
💡 Did you know? Secretly filmed footage of the execution caused worldwide outrage.
With which motion-controlled console did Nintendo conquer living rooms from late 2006?
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Wii
The Wii sold over 100 million units.
💡 Did you know? More than one TV fell victim to flying Wii controllers.
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Which polar bear cub, born in Berlin Zoo in December 2006, became a global star?
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Knut
"Knutmania" brought the zoo record visitor numbers.
💡 Did you know? Knut died in 2011 of an autoimmune disease.
Which Australian "Crocodile Hunter" died in 2006 from a stingray barb?
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Steve Irwin
His Queensland zoo is still run by his family.
💡 Did you know? Daughter Bindi and son Robert became TV conservationists themselves.
Between Israel and which militia did a 34-day war rage in Lebanon in summer 2006?
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Hezbollah
A UN resolution ended the fighting in August.
💡 Did you know? The conflict is also known as the Second Lebanon War.
Which German Stasi drama by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck premiered in 2006 and later won the foreign-language Oscar?
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The Lives of Others
The film became a critics' darling worldwide.
💡 Did you know? Lead actor Ulrich Mühe died in July 2007, only months after the Oscar win.
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Which NASA probe launched towards Pluto in January 2006 (in the very year of its demotion)?
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New Horizons
In 2015 it delivered the first sharp images of the dwarf planet.
💡 Did you know? It carries some of the ashes of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh.
Which whistleblowing platform founded by Julian Assange launched in 2006?
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WikiLeaks
It became world-famous in 2010 with the Iraq and Afghanistan releases.
💡 Did you know? Despite the name, WikiLeaks has nothing to do with Wikipedia.
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