CHROKNOWLEDGEY

Ranging from the year 2001 to 2010, can you place the following ten events into the correct year? There is one event per year.

A

A 26-YEAR civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers draws to a sombre end in which the massacre of resistance fighters is controversially authorised by the government. B

ASH emitted from volcanoes in Iceland causes substantial disruption to northern and western European air traffic for six days. C

Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes is misidentified as a possible terrorist by the Met Police and shot seven times in the head at a London Tube station.

D A MAN dressed in a Batman costume scales Buckingham Palace protesting for greater custodial rights for separated fathers. E AS PART of a crushing defeat of the ruling party Fatah, Hamas secure a victory in the Palestinian parliamentary election. F TWO bombs are detonated in popular nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people — mainly foreign tourists. G

DESPITE a campaign marred by suggestions he had used anabolic steroids when he was a bodybuilder, and allegations of sexual misconduct, Arnold

Schwarzenegger (pictured) is elected governor of California. H

ELISABETH FRITZL is rescued from a basement in which she had been held captive by her father for 24 years and given birth to seven children by him. I

SOUTH Africa defeat England in the Rugby World Cup final at the Stade de France in Paris, making them the second country to win twice. J

ENRON Corporation goes bankrupt due to a monumental audit failure. This leads to the SarbanesOxley Act, with penalties for the manipulation of financial records.