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World news, 2000 to 2009 20

  • The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared by a former United States vice president and a United Nations panel that studies what? Answer: Climate change. Source: Wikipedia: 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
  • A railway opened in 2006 climbs over a pass more than 5,000 meters high to reach which city? Answer: Lhasa. Source: Wikipedia: Qinghai–Tibet railway
  • The African Union began in Durban in July 2002. Which body did it replace? Answer: Organisation of African Unity. Source: Wikipedia: African Union
  • After elections in 2005, which country chose the first woman to be elected president in Africa? Answer: Liberia. Source: Wikipedia: Liberia
  • After elections in 2005, which European country got its first woman head of government, with the title of chancellor? Answer: Germany. Source: Wikipedia: Germany
  • Benedict XVI, elected pope in April 2005, was born in which country? Answer: Germany. Source: Wikipedia: Pope Benedict XVI
  • Euro notes and coins arrived on January 1, 2002. How many countries began using them that day? Answer: Twelve. Source: Wikipedia: Eurozone
  • The first summit between the leaders of North and South Korea was held in June 2000. In which city? Answer: Pyongyang. Source: Wikipedia: 2000 inter-Korean summit
  • In 2005, voters in France and which other founding member rejected the proposed European Union constitution? Answer: The Netherlands. Source: Wikipedia: Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
  • In February 2003 the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia took a new name made up of which two republics? Answer: Serbia and Montenegro. Source: Wikipedia: Serbia and Montenegro
  • In which country did the Orange Revolution of late 2004 lead to a presidential run-off being held again? Answer: Ukraine. Source: Wikipedia: Orange Revolution
  • Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. From which country? Answer: Serbia. Source: Wikipedia: 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
  • The Kyoto Protocol came into force in February 2005. What did it commit countries to cut? Answer: Greenhouse gas emissions. Source: Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol
  • The Three Gorges Dam, whose main wall was finished in 2006, spans which river? Answer: Yangtze. Source: Wikipedia: Three Gorges Dam
  • What is stored in the vault that opened inside an Arctic mountain on Svalbard in February 2008? Answer: Seeds of food crops. Source: Wikipedia: Svalbard Global Seed Vault
  • When Turkey introduced a new lira on January 1, 2005, how many zeros did it drop from the old one? Answer: Six. Source: Wikipedia: Revaluation of the Turkish lira
  • Which Asian country ended its monarchy and declared itself a federal republic in May 2008? Answer: Nepal. Source: Wikipedia: Nepal
  • Which long-neutral country joined the United Nations in 2002 after its voters approved the move? Answer: Switzerland. Source: Wikipedia: Switzerland
  • Which Pacific island nation became the United Nations' 189th member in September 2000? Answer: Tuvalu. Source: Wikipedia: Tuvalu
  • Which state's recount, settled by 537 votes, decided the 2000 United States presidential election? Answer: Florida. Source: Wikipedia: 2000 United States presidential election

Space and science 20

  • 2005 was named the World Year of Physics to mark 100 years since whose 'miracle year' of four landmark papers? Answer: Albert Einstein. Source: Wikipedia: World Year of Physics 2005
  • 2009 was the International Year of Astronomy, 400 years after which astronomer first turned a telescope on the night sky? Answer: Galileo Galilei. Source: Wikipedia: International Year of Astronomy
  • A leading science journal named the proof of the Poincaré conjecture its Breakthrough of the Year for 2006. Which field does the conjecture belong to? Answer: Mathematics. Source: Wikipedia: Poincaré conjecture
  • Bones found in 2003 in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores came from a small human species. About how tall did it stand? Answer: About 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in). Source: Wikipedia: Homo floresiensis
  • The Cassini spacecraft went into orbit around which planet in the summer of 2004? Answer: Saturn. Source: Wikipedia: Cassini–Huygens
  • CC, born in Texas in December 2001, was the world's first cloned pet. What kind of animal was she? Answer: Cat. Source: Wikipedia: CC (cat)
  • Chandrayaan-1, launched in October 2008, was which country's first mission to the Moon? Answer: India. Source: Wikipedia: Chandrayaan-1
  • Element 110 got its official name in 2003, after the German city where it was first made. What is it called? Answer: Darmstadtium. Source: Wikipedia: Darmstadtium
  • The first long-stay crew reached the International Space Station in November 2000. How many people were in it? Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: Expedition 1
  • Hayabusa, a probe that touched down on an asteroid in 2005 to collect dust, was sent by which country? Answer: Japan. Source: Wikipedia: Hayabusa
  • How much was the Ansari X Prize, won in October 2004 by the first private crewed craft to reach space twice within two weeks? Answer: $10 million. Source: Wikipedia: Ansari X Prize
  • In January 2005 the Huygens probe made the most distant landing up to that time. Where did it come down? Answer: Titan, a moon of Saturn. Source: Wikipedia: Huygens (spacecraft)
  • In July 2003 a clone of the extinct Pyrenean ibex was born and lived for a few minutes. What kind of animal is an ibex? Answer: A wild goat. Source: Wikipedia: Pyrenean ibex
  • In October 2003, which country became the third to send a person into orbit on its own rocket? Answer: China. Source: Wikipedia: Shenzhou 5
  • In October 2009 the LCROSS mission crashed a spent rocket stage into a crater near the Moon's south pole. What did it confirm was there? Answer: Water. Source: Wikipedia: LCROSS
  • In which city did astronomers vote in August 2006 on a definition of 'planet' that left the solar system with eight? Answer: Prague. Source: Wikipedia: IAU definition of planet
  • Mars Express, launched in 2003, was the first mission to another planet by which space agency? Answer: European Space Agency. Source: Wikipedia: Mars Express
  • On July 4, 2005, the Deep Impact mission deliberately crashed an impactor into what? Answer: A comet. Source: Wikipedia: Deep Impact (spacecraft)
  • Spirit and Opportunity, twin rovers that landed in January 2004, explored which world? Answer: Mars. Source: Wikipedia: Mars Exploration Rover
  • The total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, was the longest of the 21st century. About how long did totality last at its peak? Answer: About 6 and a half minutes. Source: Wikipedia: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009

New at home: tech of the 2000s 20

  • Blu-ray discs, first sold in 2006, take their name from the color of what? Answer: The laser that reads them. Source: Wikipedia: Blu-ray
  • The CAN-SPAM Act, signed in the United States in December 2003, set the first national rules for what? Answer: Commercial email. Source: Wikipedia: CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
  • Digital cameras of the 2000s were sold by the megapixel. How many pixels make one megapixel? Answer: One million. Source: Wikipedia: Pixel
  • The first USB flash drives went on sale in late 2000. How much did they hold? Answer: 8 MB. Source: Wikipedia: USB flash drive
  • Flat LCD televisions first outsold which older kind of set worldwide, in late 2007? Answer: Cathode-ray tube sets. Source: Wikipedia: LCD television
  • From late 2007, shops sold small, low-cost laptops made mainly for browsing the web. What were they called? Answer: Netbooks. Source: Wikipedia: Netbook
  • In 2003, for the first time, more of which gadget sold worldwide than digital cameras that stand alone? Answer: Camera phones. Source: Wikipedia: Camera phone
  • In 2005 the One Laptop per Child project set out to build a laptop for schoolchildren at what price? Answer: $100. Source: Wikipedia: One Laptop per Child
  • In 2005, which country became the first to hold legally binding elections across the whole country in which people could vote over the internet? Answer: Estonia. Source: Wikipedia: Electronic voting in Estonia
  • In May 2000 the United States switched off 'Selective Availability'. Which everyday service became far more accurate overnight? Answer: Civilian GPS. Source: Wikipedia: Error analysis for the Global Positioning System
  • In November 2000 seven new internet domain endings were approved. Which of these was one of them? Answer: .museum. Source: Wikipedia: Generic top-level domain
  • One American news magazine's Person of the Year for 2006 was not a single person. Who was it? Answer: "You". Source: Wikipedia: You (Time Person of the Year)
  • Phone calls over the internet spread in the 2000s under the name VoIP. What does the V stand for? Answer: Voice. Source: Wikipedia: Voice over IP
  • Two disc formats fought a 'format war' over high-definition movies at home. In which year did one side give up? Answer: 2008. Source: Wikipedia: High-definition optical disc format war
  • USB 2.0, released in April 2000, raised the top data rate from 12 megabits a second to what? Answer: 480 megabits a second. Source: Wikipedia: USB
  • 'Web 2.0', a label made popular by a 2004 conference, described websites built around what? Answer: Content made by their users. Source: Wikipedia: Web 2.0
  • What can a multi-touch screen do that earlier touchscreens could not? Answer: Sense more than one finger at once. Source: Wikipedia: Multi-touch
  • Which country had the first commercial 3G mobile network, opened on October 1, 2001? Answer: Japan. Source: Wikipedia: 3G
  • The word 'podcast' was coined in 2004 by blending the name of a portable music player with which word? Answer: Broadcast. Source: Wikipedia: Podcast
  • The word 'wiki', used for a website that its readers can edit, comes from a Hawaiian word meaning what? Answer: Quick. Source: Wikipedia: Wiki

Sports, 2000 to 2009 20

  • The 2008 Beijing Olympics opened at 8:00 pm on the eighth day of the eighth month. What is the number eight linked with in Chinese culture? Answer: Prosperity. Source: Wikipedia: 2008 Summer Olympics
  • At the 2008 Olympics one swimmer won more gold medals than anyone had at a single Games up to that time. How many? Answer: Eight. Source: Wikipedia: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • From 2004, figure skating dropped the scoring system whose perfect mark was what? Answer: 6.0. Source: Wikipedia: ISU Judging System
  • In 2002, which country won its first Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey for 50 years? Answer: Canada. Source: Wikipedia: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
  • In 2003, which country became the first from the northern hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup? Answer: England. Source: Wikipedia: 2003 Rugby World Cup
  • In 2003, which country became the first to have won both the men's and the women's soccer World Cup? Answer: Germany. Source: Wikipedia: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • In July 2005, Olympic officials voted two sports out of the 2012 Games, the first dropped since polo in 1936. Which two? Answer: Baseball and softball. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball at the Summer Olympics
  • In July 2005, which city won the vote to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, beating Paris by four votes? Answer: London. Source: Wikipedia: Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • What nickname did Beijing's National Stadium, built for the 2008 Olympics, earn from its woven steel frame? Answer: The Bird's Nest. Source: Wikipedia: Beijing National Stadium
  • What was new about Formula One's Singapore Grand Prix when it was first run in 2008? Answer: It was held at night. Source: Wikipedia: 2008 Singapore Grand Prix
  • When the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, how long had it been since their last title? Answer: 86 years. Source: Wikipedia: 2004 World Series
  • Which city hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics, 108 years after it held the first modern Games? Answer: Athens. Source: Wikipedia: 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Which country won its first Olympic gold medal in men's basketball at Athens in 2004? Answer: Argentina. Source: Wikipedia: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Which country won the 2006 men's soccer World Cup final in Berlin on penalty kicks? Answer: Italy. Source: Wikipedia: 2006 FIFA World Cup final
  • Which country won the first World Twenty20 cricket tournament, held in South Africa in 2007? Answer: India. Source: Wikipedia: 2007 World Twenty20
  • Which country won the men's soccer World Cup of 2002, becoming the first with five titles? Answer: Brazil. Source: Wikipedia: 2002 FIFA World Cup
  • Which country won the most gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics? Answer: China. Source: Wikipedia: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table
  • Which endurance sport made its Olympic debut at Sydney in 2000? Answer: Triathlon. Source: Wikipedia: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Which sport held its first Olympic events for women at Athens in 2004? Answer: Wrestling. Source: Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Which sport's top North American league lost its whole 2004-05 season to a labor dispute? Answer: Ice hockey. Source: Wikipedia: 2004–05 NHL lockout

Everyday life, fads and prices 20

  • About how many people did the United States census of 2000 count? Answer: 281 million. Source: Wikipedia: 2000 United States census
  • The American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2006 was 'plutoed'. What did it mean? Answer: Demoted or devalued. Source: Wikipedia: Pluto
  • Century years are usually not leap years, but 2000 was one. What made it an exception? Answer: It divides evenly by 400. Source: Wikipedia: Leap year
  • Earth Hour, when people switch off their lights for an hour, began in 2007 in which city? Answer: Sydney. Source: Wikipedia: Earth Hour
  • The first flash mobs gathered in 2003. In which city? Answer: New York. Source: Wikipedia: Flash mob
  • The first United States 'Forever' stamp went on sale in April 2007. What did it picture? Answer: The Liberty Bell. Source: Wikipedia: Non-denominated postage
  • From 1999 to 2008 the United States Mint changed the back of which coin five times a year, once for each state? Answer: The quarter. Source: Wikipedia: 50 State quarters
  • From 2004, millions of people wore a stretchy colored band on the wrist to show support for a cause. What was it made of? Answer: Silicone. Source: Wikipedia: Gel bracelet
  • From June 2003, people in the United States could add their phone number to a national registry to stop what? Answer: Telemarketing calls. Source: Wikipedia: National Do Not Call Registry
  • Geocaching began in Oregon in May 2000. What do players use to find a hidden container? Answer: GPS coordinates. Source: Wikipedia: Geocaching
  • In July 2008 the price of a barrel of oil reached a record up to that time. About how high did it go? Answer: $147. Source: Wikipedia: 2000s energy crisis
  • International Talk Like a Pirate Day took off in 2002 after a newspaper humor column mentioned it. On which date does it fall? Answer: September 19. Source: Wikipedia: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
  • Millennium Island, renamed to draw visitors for the first sunrise of 2000, belongs to which Pacific country? Answer: Kiribati. Source: Wikipedia: Caroline Island
  • On March 29, 2004, which country brought in a ban on smoking in every workplace nationwide? Answer: Ireland. Source: Wikipedia: Smoking ban
  • Purists said the third millennium began on January 1, 2001, not 2000. What was their reason? Answer: The calendar has no year zero. Source: Wikipedia: Millennium
  • 'Staycation' caught on in the United States in 2008. What does it mean? Answer: A vacation spent at home or close by. Source: Wikipedia: Staycation
  • Sudoku puzzles became a daily habit in the 2000s. In which year did one first appear in a newspaper outside Japan? Answer: 2004. Source: Wikipedia: Sudoku
  • The United States federal minimum wage stayed at one hourly rate from 1997 until July 2007. What was it? Answer: $5.15. Source: Wikipedia: Minimum wage in the United States
  • When London began charging drivers to enter the city center in February 2003, what was the daily fee? Answer: £5. Source: Wikipedia: London congestion charge
  • Which woman appears, carrying her infant son, on the 'golden dollar' coin introduced in the United States in 2000? Answer: Sacagawea. Source: Wikipedia: Sacagawea dollar

Arts and culture 20

  • A new Academy Award category was handed out for the first time in 2002. What was it for? Answer: Best animated feature. Source: Wikipedia: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
  • A rounded glass tower that opened in London in 2004 is nicknamed after which pickled vegetable? Answer: The gherkin. Source: Wikipedia: The Gherkin
  • Berlin's Neues Museum reopened in October 2009 after a ten-year restoration. Which ancient Egyptian work is its best-known exhibit? Answer: The bust of Nefertiti. Source: Wikipedia: Neues Museum
  • The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a new library recalling a lost ancient one, opened in 2002 in which country? Answer: Egypt. Source: Wikipedia: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Cloud Gate, a mirrored steel sculpture finished in Chicago in 2006, is better known by which nickname? Answer: The Bean. Source: Wikipedia: Cloud Gate
  • In 2004 Zaha Hadid became the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. Which field does it honor? Answer: Architecture. Source: Wikipedia: Pritzker Architecture Prize
  • In 2007 Doris Lessing became the oldest winner up to that time of the Nobel Prize in which field? Answer: Literature. Source: Wikipedia: Doris Lessing
  • In 2009 a British royal post that dates from 1668 went to a woman for the first time. Which post? Answer: Poet Laureate. Source: Wikipedia: Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
  • In February 2005, 'The Gates' lined 23 miles of paths in New York's Central Park with fabric of which color? Answer: Saffron orange. Source: Wikipedia: The Gates
  • In June 2009 the Academy said its Best Picture field would grow from five films to how many? Answer: Ten. Source: Wikipedia: 82nd Academy Awards
  • In May 2004 a painting sold at auction for $104 million, a record up to that time. Who painted it? Answer: Pablo Picasso. Source: Wikipedia: Garçon à la pipe
  • In October 2003 UNESCO adopted a convention to protect 'intangible' heritage. Which of these does it cover? Answer: Traditional dances and crafts. Source: Wikipedia: Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • La Fenice, which reopened in December 2003 after being rebuilt, is an opera house in which city? Answer: Venice. Source: Wikipedia: La Fenice
  • The Live 8 concerts of July 2, 2005, were timed to come just before which meeting? Answer: The G8 summit in Scotland. Source: Wikipedia: Live 8
  • London's Tate Modern gallery opened in May 2000 inside what kind of former building? Answer: A power station. Source: Wikipedia: Tate Modern
  • The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest find of Anglo-Saxon gold up to that time, turned up in an English field in July 2009. How was it found? Answer: With a metal detector. Source: Wikipedia: Staffordshire Hoard
  • What can visitors do on the sloping roof of the Oslo Opera House, which opened in 2008? Answer: Walk up it from the ground. Source: Wikipedia: Oslo Opera House
  • Which Australian building with sail-shaped roofs was made a World Heritage Site in 2007? Answer: Sydney Opera House. Source: Wikipedia: Sydney Opera House
  • Which city in England was a European Capital of Culture for 2008? Answer: Liverpool. Source: Wikipedia: Liverpool
  • Who went on strike in Hollywood from November 2007 to February 2008, halting many productions? Answer: Screenwriters. Source: Wikipedia: 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike

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These 2000 trivia questions and answers cover the decade, 2000 to 2009, not two thousand questions: 120 multiple-choice questions in six rounds of 20, from a leap day that bent the century rule to the long eclipse of 2009.

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World news, 2000 to 2009 runs from a recount settled by 537 votes to a vault inside an Arctic mountain. New at home: tech of the 2000s covers flash drives, flat televisions and a format war. The other four take in space, sports, the arts and what a barrel of oil cost.

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Only as dated facts: no question asks you to name a film, a song or a show. The arts round asks who went on strike in Hollywood in late 2007 and what the big concerts of July 2005 were timed to come before.

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