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1. Though he passed away on December 31, 2022, at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, the funeral for which religious figure took place at St. Peter's Square in January 2023?
2. In 2023, which country exceeded the wildfire seasons of both 1995 and 2014, making it the year with the largest recorded land area burned in its history?
3. Newly able to analyze photos, the multimodal large language model known as "Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4" was released by which developer in March 2023?
4. Crews from numerous countries scoured the seas for a missing vessel named the Titan, which met a grim fate brought about by the implosion of its pressure chamber. What kind of vessel was it?
5. In response to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, which country successfully became the 31st member of NATO?
6. Spotted by various individuals, a high-altitude balloon bumbled its way across U.S. airspace before finally being shot down off the coast of South Carolina. To which country did the balloon belong?
7. Due to social media-instigated bank runs (mass customer withdrawals) and extensive liquidity issues, both First Republic Bank and which other U.S. financial institution utterly collapsed in 2023?
8. After having acceded to the throne upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, the official coronation of King Charles took place at Westminster Abbey in May 2023. What regnal number (ordinal) was given to Charles?
9. He led a one-day mutiny against Russian forces in 2023, capturing a city of over one million people and threatening order within the country. He later died in a plane crash under suspicious circumstances. Who was this leader of the vicious Wagner Group?
10. For the first time in U.S. history, 2023 saw the leader of which U.S. governmental body ousted from their post?
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