2020 Miscellaneous
The first nest within the United States of these invasive, predatory insects was found in Washington State in October.
What are Murder Hornets?
The name of the Netflix documentary about Joe Exotic.
What is Tiger King?
The city and country of the 2020 summer Olympics that have been postponed.
Where is Tokyo, Japan?
In 2014, Guinness World Records announced that this person had broken the record for the most game show episodes hosted by the same person on the same program.
Who is Alex Trebek?
After this holiday, BC schools transitioned to online learning
What is Spring Break?
This artist, whose name is synonymous with the days Saturday and Sunday, released an album in March of 2020
Who is The Weeknd?
The worst part of 2020
What is Quarantine (or COVID)?
This Broadway show debuted on DisneyPlus on July 3, 2020.
What is Hamilton?
For the four-week period ending April 11, sales of this baking ingredient jumped 410% year over year, causing nationwide shortages.
What is yeast?
An American professional basketball player & shooting guard. He spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
This man was elected President of the United States in November
Who is Joe Biden?
This Cat asked the question "why don't you say so?" in her song
Who is Doja Cat?
LeBron James led the Lakers to the NBA championship, adding to his previous titles with these two teams.
Who are the Heat and Cavaliers?
This movie was the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for best picture on Feb 9, 2020
What is Parasite?
The United States Department of Defense officially released three short videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena", otherwise known as this short 3 letter acronym.
What is UFO?
DAILY DOUBLE
The first James Bond to be on film, this actor starred in the hits Goldfinger and The Untouchables.
Who is Sean Connery?
This Supreme Court justice's dying wish was to "not be replaced until a new president is installed."
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This artist made history in 2020 as the youngest winner of the Grammys’ four main categories
Who is Billie Eilish?
In August, Forbes reported this man had a net worth exceeding $200 billion.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
Name of a popular Netflix show where a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
What is Queen's Gambit?
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, this deadly virus resurfaced in Africa.
What is Ebola?
This city experienced a devastating explosion in August, killing over 200 people and leaving 300,000 homeless.
What is Beirut?
This was the reason that Cole Dunn gave me for being late to class on February 24th
What is a VI?
With the help of this app, songs such as "Roxanne", "Say So" and "Savage" made big waves on the music charts in 2020
What is TikTok?
The city George Floyd died in after being subdued by police officers.
What is Minneapolis?
This international comedian petitioned his fans/followers to boycott him after finding out his content was being streamed without his permission on a major cable network.
Who is Dave Chappelle?
Devastating Fires affected these two regions of the world this year.
What are the Australian Bushfires and the West Coast Wildfires in the US?
This charismatic actor who died in August at age 43, built his career playing historic Black icons, including barrier-breaking baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42, music icon James Brown in "Get on Up", and Thurgood Marshall in "Marshall" and King T'Challa in the "Black Panther" franchise.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
DAILY DOUBLE
This Canadian city was the host for the NHL bubble
What is Edmonton?
TikTok users helped to revive this Taylor Swift song that says "Marry me Juliet, you'll never have to be alone"
What is Love Story?