01/11/21 Grif.Net - Monday to Remember: the 2010's

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[Final decade to test your knowledge of more recent history]

 

1. 2010 – An explosion and fire on the _____________________ oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico sends millions of gallons of oil into the sea.

 

2. 2011 – For the first time in its history, the U.S. ________________ was lowered, showing weakness and risk in the nation’s economy.

 

3. 2012 – Pentagon announced _________ will now be permanently assigned to infantry battalions.

 

4. 2013 – Multiple homemade bombs explode near the finish line of the ___________________ spraying shrapnel that injures 170 and kills 3

 

5. 2014 – Declaring itself a caliphate, __________________ known as ISIS emerged from the Middle Eastern combat zones as the newest enemy to be opposed for its brutality and destruction.

 

6. 2015 – Europe hardly looked capable of handling its own problems as it emerged from a deep economic recession, but was inundated by a wave of political and economic ___________.

 

7. 2016 – 53% of Britons voted to leave the European Union, a movement dubbed _______ .

 

8. 2017 – Running on a platform of “America First”, the populist 45th President ________________ upset all polls and wishful-thinking of the Leftist media.

 

9. 2018 – A bipartisan congressional vote passed ________________________, acknowledging that “in some cases rehabilitation and training are preferable to long-term human warehousing.”

 

10. 2019 – A Paris fire started in a construction area of the ____________________ iconic and quickly spread throughout the structure.

 

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Dr Bob Griffin

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