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Decade - 2000s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 2000s.
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Alexander Popov (Swimming)
Evgeny Plushenko (Figure Skating)
Pavel Bure (Ice Hockey)
Maria Sharapova (tennis)
Anna Kournikova (tennis)
What were some major events in 2003?
- Russia uses her natural gas to become a world power again.
- An earthquake kills more than 6,000, injuring at least 36,000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless in Indonesia.
- Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- North Korea conducts its first-ever nuclear test.
- Google buys YouTube.
- War in Iraq
- War in Lebanon
- War in Somalia
- winter Olympics
Who were the sports heroes in 2001?
You should know a lot of them like MICHEL JORDAN and JERRY RICE you cant forget DWAYNE WADE or SEQUEL ONEAL. DON'T FORGET THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DN'T YOU DARE FORGET!!!!!!
What happen in the world in the year 2000?
A) 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island causing a tsunami that kills 3,000
B) Clinton formally resigned the Arkansas governorship on December 12, 1992. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jim Guy Tucker
When did the 2000's decade end?
December 31, 2009. The 2000s ran from the 1st of January 2000 to the 31st of December 2009.
What hospital was Michele Obama born in?
In Chicago Illinois, that's as much as you'll know until you talk to the first lady in person
What is the best website to find true information on New Mexico?
You can look to the related link below for facts about New Mexico from their own official website .
What happened on April 18 2000?
Nothing terribly exciting, please see the Related Link for a list of news stories.
What nations have set up a democratic government in the 1900s or 2000s?
some possible nations are ireland, india, algeria, singapore, and nepal
no more than its face value
good luck!
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What were the secret groups in the south that frightened the blacks?
The Ku Klux Klan,
The Knights of the White Camelia,
And The White Brotherhood.
Was the twin towers in the bible?
No, the twin towers are not mentioned in the Bible. The term "twin towers" typically refers to the World Trade Center towers in New York City, which were destroyed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
What airlines had planes hijacked on 9 -11-01?
Three of the planes were American Airlines flights and one was from United Airlines,
Who is the real frank barnes engineer?
Engine 8888 ln the stable of CSX Railroad was in Walbridge, Ohio. A long-time engineer in a single-man crew got out of the cab and 8888 ran away on a freight haul in May 2001, four months prior to 9/11. It traveled on its own at up to 47 mph for almost 2 hours from near Toledo to 55 miles northwest of Columbus, with a chemically hazardous load in two cars. It was stopped by the efforts of three train men. The case of the runaway train in Ohio became known as theCrazy Eights Incident. In fact, 8888 derailed in 2005 to provide a second Incident. Engineer Jesse Knowlton (lives a few miles from me) and Conductor Terry Forson (lives a few more miles away) stopped Crazy Eights in '01 and acted as consultants on the film Unstoppable(2010), also contributing some dialogue.
What big events have happened between 1998-2010?
September 11, 2001 : Terrorists Crashed into the world trade center ... Many were killed.
August 2005 : Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans, Louisiana ; destroyed homes, & killed a few people . New Orleans had to be practically reconstructed
November 4th, 2008 : Barrack Obama was elected president ;
January 20, 2009 : Barrack Obama became the first African American President .
June 25, 2009 : Famous "king or pop" Michael Jackson dies
January 12, 2010 : Earthquake in Haiti
