2000's
What Apple device, released in 2001, revolutionized how people listened to music?
The iPod
What game app became a worldwide craze in 2016, getting people to walk around catching creatures with their phones?
Pokémon GO
Who won the U.S. Presidential election in 2020?
Joe Biden
What are the two houses of the United States Congress?
The Senate and the House of Representatives
In the equation y = mx + b, what does the letter 'm' represent?
The slope
What social media platform launched in 2004 and became the world's largest?
What music streaming service, launched in 2008 but was dominant in the 2010s, lets users stream millions of songs?
Spotify
What massive generative AI tool released by Google in 2023 competes with ChatGPT?
Google Gemini
What pair of things does a simile always use to make a comparison?
'Like' or 'as'
What does 2³ × 2⁴ equal, using exponent rules?
Work it out the way out!
2⁷ = 128
What devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
What photo-sharing social media app, launched in 2010, was later bought by Facebook?
What country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
Qatar
What two oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
In scientific notation, how would you write 0.00045?
4.5 × 10⁻⁴
Who was elected president in 2008?
Barack Obama
In the early 2010s, what were the two smartphone apps that allowed users to hail rides, mostly replacing taxis?
Uber and Lyft
Who became King of the United Kingdom after Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022?
King Charles III
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party
What is an irrational number? Give one example.
A number that cannot be written as a fraction; its decimal never ends or repeats.
What country did the U.S. invade in 2003, looking for weapons of mass destruction?
Iraq
What disease outbreak was declared a global health emergency in 2014?
Ebola
What major space telescope, launched in December 2021, began sending back stunning images of deep space?
The James Webb Space Telescope
Name the two countries that make up the island of Hispaniola.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
What is the volume formula for a cylinder?
V = πr²h