2021 was another eventful year, the second year of the COVID pandemic, the second year of the 2020s, it was full of global events. As we prepare ourselves for the new year 2022, we'd like to stop and quiz you about the year we've just been through. Do you know what happened this year?
Which of these billionaires flew to space (or nearly so) in 2021?
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
Elon Musk and Richard Branson
Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos
Only Elon Musk
An earthquake measuring ______ on the Richter scale hit Haiti this August, killing over 2,000 people
7.2
9.5
6.1
4.8
The Russian Kremlin threatened invasion of this country in 2021...
Ukraine
Latvia
Mongolia
Georgia
The AUKUS deal of September 15th, 2021, was made between....
The deal gives Australia and Britain the only access to nuclear powered (but not armed) submarines
The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom
Scotland, Ireland and England
Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom
The USA, Russia and China
What date did Joe Biden set as the final date of pulling US forces from Afghanistan?
September 11th
December 31st
October 10th
August 30th
On _______, a mob stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
January 6th
February 12th
September 11th
March 3rd
True or False: China won the most medals in the Tokyo Olympics of 2021
It was actually the US with 113 medals. It also came in first in gold medals with 39.
True
False
On July 8th, 98 people were killed by a terrible condominium collapse in _______, USA
Florida
Washington
California
Michigan
On April 19th, NASA landed the first aircraft, a helicopter, on Mars. Its name is...
Part of the 'Mars 2020 mission'
Ingenuity
Endeavor
Enterprise
Phoenix
Which political leader retired from office in 2021?
After 16 years.
Angela Merkel
Justin Trudeau
Emmanuel Marcon
Boris Johnson
In June of 2021, _______ became the 2nd country to reach half a million deaths due to Covid
Brazil
India
Russia
Germany
In July of 2021, over 130 wildfires fueled by lightning strikes, burned through...
Canada
Egypt
France
Haiti
This Year Was a Blur
You don't seem to know a lot about what happened this year. Maybe that's for the best, it's been a difficult year. Still, knowledge is better than no knowledge, and knowing what is happening in the world can help put things in perspective. Why not try again or check our answers to see where you went wrong?
You definitely do pay attention to things happening, but you either don't catch them all or you don't care to remember that much. Maybe you just hear stuff along the way and are not that interested, or simply do not have the time to look up everything. That said, you still recalled quite a bit, so kudos!
You have NOT been asleep this year! You definitely know the major events, when they happened and why. You're one who pays attention to the things happening around them, with a healthy curiosity and a good memory to boot! Kudos on acing this quiz.
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