Good Things
J-Lo and Shakira both performed at this annual sporting event at the start of the year. The Kansas City Chiefs won over the San Francisco 49ers 31-20.
What is the Super Bowl?
In an unfortunate helicopter accident, this former award-winning, legendary, Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard passed away in late January of the year. His player number was #24 and he went by Mamba.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
This sung-and-rapped-through American musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda was premiered on Disney Plus in July.
What is Hamilton?
In a leak of his tax returns, Donald Trump allegedly paid this much in income tax during his first year in the White House.
What is $750?
This household item was almost impossible to find earlier in the year.
What is toilet paper?
The ______ pandemic drove a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020. Global greenhouse gas emissions fell by roughly 2.4 billion tons this year, a 7% drop from 2019.
What is COVID-19?
Best known for his starting role as T'Challa in the Marvel Universe's Wakanda. He also paved the way for increased black representation in the media through his roles as Jackie Robinson and James Brown.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Who are Meghan and Harry?
This pancake brand will get a new name and character after its company acknowledged that its origins were based on a racial stereotype.
What is Aunt Jemima's?
The distance people have had to maintain to delay the spread of the virus.
What is 6 feet?
This popular social media platform used to make a variety of short-form videos was almost banned for all American users but wasn't. Charli is currently the most followed influencer on the app.
What is Tiktok?
At the age of 87, this Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States passed away from her long-standing battle with pancreatic cancer. She spent her career advocating for women and marginalized groups.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG)?
This platform was one that truly kept people connected during the pandemic. We use it to host everything from meetings and classes to weddings and reunions. We are actually using it right now.
What is Zoom?
This man's untimely death at the hands of a Minneapolis Police Officer lead to weeks of protests across the globe in attempts to bring further awareness of police brutality and black rights in general.
Who is George Floyd?
Found in the state of Arizona, this large national park reveals years of geological history through layered bands of red rock. It was the most visited spot in the U.S. during this pandemic.
What is the Grand Canyon?
During the summer of 2020, this multimillion-dollar aerospace company owned by Elon Musk launched it's first set of astronauts (Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken) into orbit from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the first rocket ship of its kind manufactured by the company.
What is SpaceX?
This former Canadian-American game show host passed away in early November of 2020. He actually hosted this game (Jeopardy) for 37 seasons!
Who is Alex Trebek?
After 14 years and 20 seasons, the famous family announced that the upcoming season of one of the longest run reality tv shows in America announced its unfortunate end. This reality show stars Kim, Khloe, Kris, shall I go on...
What is Keeping Up with the Kardashians?
President-Elect, Joe Biden, earned this number of electoral college votes ...
This company developed the first COVID-19 vaccine found to be 94% effective in preventing infection in older adults aged over 65.
What is Pfizer?
The World Health Organization announced that Africa is now free from this fatal and preventable disease. It destroys nerve cells in the spinal cord and causes muscle wasting and paralysis.
What is Polio?
This African American politician, statesman, and civil rights activist and leader served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district. He passed during the summer of 2020.
Who is John Lewis?
This social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo's main objective is to upgrade your house and pay off your debt for each upgrade. It quickly gained popularity early in the lockdown period of the year and eventually was used by Joe Biden to advertise for his campaign.
What is Animal Crossing?
This country's top security and intelligence commander was killed early Jan 3, 2020, in a drone strike authorized by Trump at Baghdad International Airport.
What is Iran?
This was the first country to administer vaccines after battling with over 50,000 cases and a recently enforced lockdown order.