XXI CENTURY
Spotify
Outstanding Mexicans
World Cup
Nobel
100
What is the name of the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, located in Jordan?
Zaatari Refugee Camp.
100
Which Drake album is currently the most streamed album on Spotify with over 8 billion streams?
Scorpion
100
In what year Carlos Santana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
1998
100
This player won the Golden Boot award for the top scorer of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Harry Kane of England
100
Who is the author who won for their "magnificent and uncompromising" exploration of colonialism and its lasting effects?
Abdulrazak Gurnah.
200
What is the name of the group that emerged from the 2011 Egyptian revolution and won the country's first free and fair elections, only to be ousted by a military coup two years later?
The Muslim Brotherhood.
200
Which Spotify most-streamed artist has released music in the most languages?
Bad Bunny (he has released songs in Spanish, English, and Portuguese)
200
In what year Guillermo del Toro won the Academy Award for best director?
2018
200
This nation became the first team to win fice FIFA World Cups in the 2022 tournament
Brazil
200
Was awarded to this journalist and human rights activist from the Philippines for their "courageous work on the frontlines of the struggle against authoritarianism."
Maria Ressa
300
What is the name of the Syrian president who has been in power since 2000 and whose government has been accused of using chemical weapons against civilians?
Bashar al-Assad.
300
Which Spotify most-streamed artist has collaborated with the most other artists on their tracks?
David Guetta (he has collaborated with over 70 different artists)
300
How many goals did Javier Hernandez score during his first season with Manchester United in the English Premier League?
20
300
In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, this South Korean player scored the golden goal to send his team to the semi-finals
Ahn Jung-hwan
300
What technology did Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan pioneer, earning them the 2021 Nobel Prize?
Asymmetric organocatalysis.
400
Which countries are receiving the highest number of Ukranian refugess, due to the conflict between russia and ukraine
Poland and Germany have received the most refugees—over one million each
400
What is the name of the Dua Lipa song that won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2021?
The song is called "Future Nostalgia," and it is also the title track of Dua Lipa's second studio album.
400
In what essay, Octavio Paz CRiticezes the government's use of the Aztec civilization to promote a unified Mexican identity?
The Other Mexico
400
In which world cup did Germany scored a last-minute goal to defeat the Netherlands 1-0?
2014 FIFA World Cup
400
When and where, were the Nobel Prizes of 2021 celebrated?
Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
500
What is the name of the Syrian boy who was photographed lying face down on a beach after drowning while trying to reach Greece?
Alan Kurdi.
500
How many times has Drake been the most streamed artist on Spotify in a single year?
Drake has been the most streamed artist on Spotify in a single year four times, in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
500
Which painting by Diego Rivera depicts the history of Mexico from the Conquest to the Revolution?
The Epic of the Mexican People (La epopeya del pueblo mexicano)
500
In 2006, this nation's captain was sent off for headbutting an opponent in the chest.
France
500
Who are the two scientists who were awarded for the development of a molecular tool that can be used to construct new chemicals with specific properties?
Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan