| Hint | Event |
| Libyan ruler killed in Sirte on Oct 20 | |
| Independent country which moved from east to west of the International Date Line on Dec 29 | |
| Island where Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people on July 22 | |
| Bosnian Serb general arrested in Serbia on May 26 | |
| Former Turkish Prime Minister who died on Feb 27 | |
| Brazilian state worst affected by flooding and mudslides in January | |
| Protest movement that began in Zuccotti Park, NYC, on Sep 17 | |
| Became independent on July 9 after a referendum held in January | |
| Pakistani city where Osama bin Laden was shot dead in May | |
| Cape Verdean singer who died on Dec 17 | |
| Moscow's busiest airport, site of a suicide bombing attack that killed 37 on Jan 24 | |
| Italian tennis player defeated by Li Na in the French Open's final | |