Which Caribbean country was devastated by an earthquake in January 2010, with over 200,000 dead?
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Haiti
It was one of the deadliest natural disasters of modern times.
💡 Did you know? The presidential palace and cathedral also collapsed.
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Which Icelandic volcano's ash cloud paralysed European air traffic in April 2010?
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Eyjafjallajökull
It was the biggest airspace closure since World War II.
💡 Did you know? Newsreaders worldwide despaired at the pronunciation.
Who won their first World Cup in South Africa in 2010 through Iniesta's goal in the final?
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Spain
It was the first World Cup on African soil.
💡 Did you know? The vuvuzela drone became the tournament's signature sound.
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Which animal from an Oberhausen aquarium "predicted" all of Germany's 2010 World Cup matches correctly?
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Paul the octopus
He called the final correctly too: eight out of eight.
💡 Did you know? Paul died in October 2010: octopuses only live a few years.
With which song did Lena win the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest for Germany in Oslo?
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Satellite
The whole country was glued to the final.
💡 Did you know? In 2011, Lena competed again in Düsseldorf.
At which event in Duisburg did 21 people die in a crowd crush in July 2010?
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Love Parade
The techno parade was discontinued forever afterwards.
💡 Did you know? The criminal trial ended years later without a conviction.
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In which country were 33 miners rescued from 700 metres underground after 69 days in October 2010?
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Chile
The "Fénix" capsule hauled the miners up one by one.
💡 Did you know? For the first 17 days, the trapped men were presumed lost.
The explosion of which drilling rig caused the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
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Deepwater Horizon
Oil gushed from the well into the deep sea for 87 days.
💡 Did you know? BP later paid over 60 billion dollars in fines and compensation.
Who became German president in 2010 after Horst Köhler's surprise resignation?
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Christian Wulff
Köhler had resigned after criticism of an interview.
💡 Did you know? Wulff himself resigned in 2012 and Gauck followed after all.
Which tablet did Steve Jobs unveil in January 2010?
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iPad
Apple sold almost 15 million in the first year.
💡 Did you know? Critics initially scoffed it was "just a big iPhone".
Which photo app with square pictures and filters launched in October 2010?
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25,000 users signed up on day one.
💡 Did you know? The one-billion-dollar price seemed crazy in 2012 and laughable now.
Which platform published hundreds of thousands of US military reports and diplomatic cables in 2010?
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WikiLeaks
The "Collateral Murder" video had caused a stir earlier that year.
💡 Did you know? Source Chelsea Manning got 35 years; President Obama commuted the sentence in 2017.
In which country did the Arab Spring begin in December 2010 with the self-immolation of vendor Bouazizi?
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Tunisia
In 2011 the uprisings spread to Egypt, Libya and Syria.
💡 Did you know? Tunisia is considered the only country where democracy took hold.
Which euro country was the first to need a bailout in May 2010?
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Greece
The EU and IMF put together a 110-billion-euro package.
💡 Did you know? Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus followed.
Who became the youngest Formula 1 world champion in history in 2010, aged 23?
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Sebastian Vettel
He led the 2010 standings only after the season finale.
💡 Did you know? It was the first of four straight Vettel titles.
Which camera accessory turned players' bodies into the controller when Microsoft launched it in November 2010?
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Kinect
Eight million units sold in the first 60 days: a Guinness record.
💡 Did you know? Hackers quickly turned Kinect into a robotics research tool.
Which Canadian city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?
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Vancouver
Germany finished second in the medal table: behind Canada.
💡 Did you know? Canada won 14 golds at home: then a Winter Games record.
Near which Russian city did the April 2010 plane crash kill Poland's President Kaczyński and 95 others?
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Smolensk
Much of Poland's state leadership was on board.
💡 Did you know? The destination was, of all things, the commemoration of Katyn 1940.
Which imprisoned Chinese dissident won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize (his chair in Oslo remaining empty)?
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Liu Xiaobo
The empty chair became a worldwide symbol.
💡 Did you know? Liu died in custody in 2017: the first laureate to do so since the Nazi era.
Which dream-within-a-dream film by Christopher Nolan stunned cinema audiences in 2010?
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Inception
It won four technical Oscars.
💡 Did you know? Nolan still won't say whether the top falls.
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