2020s
These are insects that make a loud buzzing noise. They emerge in large numbers every 13 or 17 years.
Cicadas.
This movie series, featuring villain-turned-hero Gru, his yellow Minions, and his three adopted daughters, premiered in 2010.
Despicable Me.
This piece of technology, which allowed users to make calls, use a touch screen, and download applications, was created by Apple in 2007.
This movie company released films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King in the 1990s.
Disney.
This popular app, featuring music, dance trends, and more, merged with similar app musical.ly in 2016.
TikTok.
Name one person who has been President in the 2020s.
Donald Trump, Joe Biden.
These are small pictures, often used in text messages, that can be found on most phone or tablet keyboards, and can be anything from smiley faces to food.
Emojis.
This artist, who is now known for songs such as Flowers, released Party in the U.S.A in 2009.
Miley Cyrus.
This company now allows users to order almost any product, as well as stream movies, began in 1994 as a website to order books online.
Amazon.
Swimming.
This city in France is famous for having the Eiffel Tower, and will also be hosting the Olympics later this summer.
Paris.
This streaming service with an iconic red logo began producing its own original series in 2013.
Netflix.
This book series, about a British boy who discovers he is a wizard and must fight against evil, ends with its 7th book in 2007.
Harry Potter.
This movie, starring Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet, named after a cruise ship that sank after it hit an iceberg in 1914, made over a million dollars in 1997.
Titanic.
In 1999, this cartoon featuring a yellow sponge who lives underwater, lives in a pineapple, and works in a restaurant, premiered on Nickelodeon.
Spongebob Squarepants.
This event, which happened most recently in April of 2024, happens when the moon passes directly in front of the sun.
This dance, which involves swinging your arms side to side front of and behind your body, became popular in 2017.
Flossing.
This video game company, known now for its Switch console, released the original version of its handheld console known as the DS in 2004.
Nintendo.
This sports legend, known to many as the greatest basketball player of all time, won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998.
Michael Jordan
In 2022, the United Nations announced that the world population reached:
a) 6 billion, b) 7 billion, c) 8 billion, d) 9 billion
c, 8 billion.
This musical artist, who has albums including Midnights and the Tortured Poets Department, recently went on her tour called Eras.
Taylor Swift.
In 2016, which Chicago sports team finally won a championship after over 100 years?
The Cubs.
This website that anyone can edit, starts with the letter W, and is known as a "free online encyclopedia", was launched in 2001.
Wikipedia.
DVD.
In 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins made history by landing where?
The moon.