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2006 to 2015
Quiz: How well do you know the last ten years?
10 years. 10 questions.
TIME IS FLYING by. Ten years ago no one had heard of Barack Obama and Donald Trump was still best known as a reality TV host.
How well do you know the last ten years?
2006 - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was in the news in November, but for what reason?
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He was captured by the US army near Tikrit in Iraq
He was sentenced to death
He testified in Baghdad at his trial for crimes against humanity
He disappeared from sight in northern Iraq
2007 - Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday with her family in May. In what country did it happen?
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France
Spain
Germany
Portugal
2008 - Which giant financial institution collapsed in March as the worst global economic crisis in generations began to unfold?
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Lehman Brothers
Société Générale
Bear Stearns
Credit Suisse
2009 - Which of these Irish events occurred in November?
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Brian Cowen was interviewed in a dishevelled state at a Fianna Fáil think in
The Progressive Democrats was officially dissolved as a political party
Mary Robinson received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom
Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop was sentenced to two years in prison for corruption
2010 - Which country finished in fourth place in this summer's soccer World Cup?
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Argentina
Germany
Uruguay
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2011 - Which country's government was the first to fall in January as the Arab Spring began to take hold?
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Libya
Tunisia
Egypt
Morocco
2012 - What did Austrian Felix Baumgartner achieve in October?
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He scores the winner in the Europa League Final for Atlético Madrid
He performs a parachute jump from a height of 24 miles
He runs successfully for election to the Austrian parliament
He is mistakenly named as Best Actor at the Oscars
2013 - In what country does American agent Edward Snowden seek asylum after leaking details of US government surveillance programmes to the media
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Ecuador
Cuba
Canada
Russia
2014 - The King of which European country abdicated in June?
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Sweden
Denmark
Spain
Norway
2015 - On what date in May did Ireland vote in favour of same-sex marriage?
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The 19th
The 20th
The 21st
The 22nd
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