Stuff we learned
What new type of weapon was used against Japan in 1945 ushering in a new era in world history
What is the atomic bomb?
The home country of T'challa and Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
What is Wakanda?
Places where people would gather to watch new feature films while eating overpriced popcorn and candy
What are movie theaters?
The first of these, approved in December 2020 were produced by Pfizer and Moderna
What are COVID vaccines?
Before DSL and Cable internet there was this kind of internet connection
What is dial-up or 26k/56k?
Arguably the most frustrating new tech tool that every class had to learn how to use at the beginning of the school year
What is Canvas?
Johnathan and Martha Kent raised Superman in this fictional Kansas farming town.
What is Smallville?
What are concerts?
The first day of school was postponed because of it.
What is a power outage?
The class of 2021 was born after the United States had invaded this country to find weapons of mass destruction, that turned out not to have existed.
What is Iraq?
In 1953 the CIA overthrew its first foreign government in this country
What is Iran?
Based on Madagascar, this island is the primary setting of the Attack on Titan series
What is Paradis Island?
Before UberEats and Doordash people would enter these to get food made by professionals
What are restaurants?
The first woman, and the first woman of color, she was sworn in as the Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2021
Who is Kamala Harris?
It was the dominant source of mp3 files for teenagers before iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music made it legal to stream music
What is Napster?
The country where Mao led a successful communist revolution in 1949
What is China?
You begin Monster Hunter Rise in this village
What is Kamura Village?
The locattion of classrooms before zoom
What is a school?
The final episode of this show hosted by Alex Trebek aired on January 8, 2021
What is Jeopardy?
Facebook replaced this social media website where high schoolers ranked their top 8 friends
What is MySpace?
A policy of apartness and discrimination practiced in South Africa until 1994
What is apartheid?
There is no war in this city from Avatar the Last Airbender
What is Ba Sing Se?
The last in-person project of the 20-21 school year
What is STEM Expo?
He is the billionaire who dressed up as Wario on Saturday Night Live
Who is Elon Musk?
We used to get driving directions from websites like this before smartphones were invented with easy access to Google Maps
What is MapQuest?