2021 Sports
MISC
2021 World News
2021 Notable Deaths
2021 Weird and Wacky
100
The delayed 2020 Summer Olympic Games were held in this country.
What is Japan?
100
What anniversary is the Harry Potter film franchise celebrating in 2021?
What is 20th
100
This politician was a mood in his mittens and parka at the Presidential inauguration, sparking countless memes.
Who is Bernie Sanders?
During the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, a photograph of Vermont senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was taken by Agence France-Presse photographer Brendan Smialowski. It depicts a masked Sanders sitting on a folding chair, spaced apart from other attendees. He is wearing winter clothing, most noticeably a large, fluffy pair of mittens, which were made by Vermont elementary school teacher Jen Ellis.
100
This man who passed this week, was an American football coach and sportscaster. He was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons (1969–1978), and guided them to a championship in Super Bowl XI (1977). He also created a series of successful video games.
Who is John Madden
He passed away on December 28th
100
TRUE OR FALSE:
A Hiker lost for 24 Hours Ignored Rescuer Phone Calls Because 'Didn't Recognize the Number'
TRUE
The hiker told the authorities they had lost the trail around nightfall and had spent the subsequent hours searching for it before finally reaching their car.
They had no idea a search and rescue operation had been launched to try and locate them.
"One notable take-away is that the subject ignored repeated phone calls from us because they didn't recognize the number," Lake County Search and Rescue said.
"If you're overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone; it may be a search and rescue team trying to confirm you're safe!"
200
This Formula One racer lost the last the race of the season (in the last lap!), narrowly missing the record for the greatest number of F1 Championship wins ever.
Who is Lewis Hamilton?
200
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
200
A cargo ship blocked this canal for 6 days, costing international trade ~$9 billion dollars per day.
What is the Suez Canal?
200
This South African Archbishop was a champion for equality and racial justice. He rose to prominence as a leader of the anti-apartheid movement. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 after working to end apartheid while giving sermons calling for non-violent action.
Desmond Tutu
Tutu died in Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 26. He was 90.
200
In August of this year, these animals infiltrated a rich gated community in Argentina, destroying manicured lawns, biting dogs and causing traffic accidents.
Were they horses, prairie dogs, capybaras or pythons
Capybaras!
The gated community, Nordelta, was built on the wetlands of the Paraná, the second most important river in South America after the Amazon and the capybaras habitats
300
What team, led by a reunited Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, went on to win the 2021 Superbowl?
Buccaneers
300
How many of Snow White’s seven dwarfs have names ending in the letter Y?
Five: Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy
300
The 47th G7 summit was held in June 2021, hosted by this nation.
What is the UK?
300
This Motown songstress was a member and sometime lead singer of the girl group The Marvelettes. She and the other members of The Marvelettes were teenagers when they recorded “Please Mr. Postman” in 1961. The song became Motown's first No. 1 pop hit.
Wanda Young
The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on two occasions in 2013 and 2015. Young died in suburban Detroit on Dec. 15. She was 78
300
On December 3rd, an Italian man tried to dodge a Covid jab using a fake body part. What was the body part?
His leg, hand, arm or foot
His arm
The man, in his 50s, arrived for his shot with a silicone mould covering his real arm, hoping it would go unnoticed.
But a nurse was not fooled and the man has now been reported to the police.
The nurse told local media that when she had rolled up his sleeve, she found the skin "rubbery and cold" and the pigment "too light".
400
She withdrew from 4 events in the 2021 Olympics, bringing an important focus to mental health for athletes (and all of us, really).
Who is Simone Biles?
400
Americans Do What 22 Times A Day?
Open a fridge
400
This country became the first in the world to accept Bitcoin as an official currency.
Was it the United States, El Salvador, Peru or China
What is El Salvador?
400
This man was a former Senator of Kansas, serving as a congressman and then senator from 1961 to 1996. A veteran of World War II, he ran for vice president with Gerald Ford and for the Republican nomination for president twice; winning the nomination in 1996, but lost the election to Bill Clinton.
Bob Dole
He passed on December 5th at the age of 98
400
In August, headlines said you could own a slice of this royal's wedding cake!
Was it Queen Elizabeth's, Meghan Markle's, Princess Diana or Kate Middleton's?
Princess Diana
On August 11, Dominic Winter Auctioneers sold a 40-year-old piece of cake baked to celebrate Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ wedding in 1981.
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Slice of Princess Diana's wedding cake sold for over $2500
500
Pat Maroon, who played for the Stanley Cup-winning St. Louis Blues in 2019, became the first player to win three straight titles in almost 40 years by being on this back to back Stanley Cup winning team in 2020 & 2021?
Who are: The Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs or the Pittsburgh Penguins
The Tampa Bay Lightning!
500
What Is The Collective Noun For A Group Of Unicorns?
A Blessing
500
On November 30, this island nation became a republic, on its 55th anniversary of independence while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
What is Barbados?
500
This man was a prolific character actor whose career spanned decades. He is most known for his role as Lou Grant, a newspaper editor on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which earned him several Emmys and a spinoff show, “Lou Grant.”
Who is Ed Asner?
500
In September a Florida man trapped and released this animal using only a trashcan.
Eugene Bozzi was armed with nothing more than a trash can when he trapped the six-foot alligator. Once the gator was in the trash can, Bozzi quickly got the trapped animal down an embankment near a retention pond, and he himself took off back up the hill.
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