Politics
In April, which country became the 31st country to join NATO?
Finland
Global temperatures shatter records in 2023. COP28 was this year's global climate conference to stock progress on the Paris Agreement. In which country was it held?
United Arab Emirates
One of our most loved icons passed away on 28 of October 2023, namely the actor playing Chandler Bing in the beloved series Friends. What was the actors real name?
Matthew Perry :'(
Every year, the American news magazine Time select a "Person of the Year". This year, a famous musician was named the title. Who?
Taylor Swift
In May 2023, WHO established that Covid-19 no longer is a global pandemic. However, it is still an ongoing health issue. True or False: you can sneeze in your sleep?
False. While in deep sleep, your muscles are much too relaxed to even allow a sneeze.
On the 1st of January Brazil's new president was sworn in. What's the name of the president?
Lula da Silva
For the last century, China has had the world's largest population. That ended 2023. Which country overtook China's position of the world's largest population?
India (1.43 billion people)
Greta Thunberg was charged in October 2023 after demonstration against oil and gas industry conference in London. What was she charged for?
Public order offence
For the 66th Annual Grammy Awards (that will be held on February 4th), three new categories will be added. Which of the following is NOT a new category 2023?
i) Best African Music Performance
ii) Best Pop Dance Record
iii) Best AI Generated Album
Best AI Generated Album
Our planet Earth has taken another lap around the sun. What do the people of the conspiracy theory-group who believe the Earth's shape is plane/disk call themselves?
Flat Earthers
Silvio Berlusconi died on the 12th och June 2023. What is the name of the political party he founded in 1994?
Forza Italia
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 20 July to 20 August. Two countries jointly hosted the Cup. Which countries?
+ 50 points if you can name the winning team.
Australia and New Zeeland.
The winning team was Spain (Sweden on a 3rd place)
The CEO of OpenAI was fired on November 17 (and later brought back on the post) because of, according to some online news, the CEO and the management had different opinions on AI security. What is the name of the fired/re-hired CEO of OpenAI?
Sam Altman
A recent popular action of famous musicians is to release movies about themselves. In 2023, Beyoncé did so, what's the name of the movie? Hint: the name of the movie origin from the same name as her album and tour from 2022.
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Statistics is too funny. Which colour appears on 78% of all national flags in one way or another?
Red
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh
Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania
The most searched-for male person on google 2023 (rank 2) was Messi. Messi is an Argentine footballer, widely regarded as one of the greatest player of all time. To which city (in another country) did he relocate at the age of 13 to continue/develop his football career?
Barcelona
Sinéad O'Connor died on the 26 July. Throughout her musical career, she openly discussed her spiritual journey, activism, socio-political viewpoints and her struggles with mental health. In 2018, she converted to, which religion?
Islam
What was the top search on Google (globally) 2023? (as of December 2023)
YouTube
The "Yaroslav Hunk scandal": On 22 September 2023, Yaroslav Hunka , a Ukrainian/Canadian, was invited to the House of Commons of Canada to be praised and recognized. Why did it become a scandal?
Yaroslav Hunk is a war veteran from the Second World War. He was recognized for fighting for Ukrainian independence and praised both by Trudeau and Zelenskyy. However, it turned out he was a former Waffen-SS member.
In July, the Cambodian general election is held, with the dominant Cambodian People's Party retaining control of every seat in the National Assembly. What symbol appears on the Cambodian flag?
Angkor Wat. The flag is divided into three horisontal stripes, blue - red - blue, with the main building of Angkor Wat in the middle.
This year's Nobel Prize winner in literature was the Norwegian poet/author Jon Fosse. Name three out of, in total, the seventeen women who have received the price throughout time.
Selma Lagerlöf (SE, 1909); Grazia Deledda (IT 1926); Sigrid Undset (NO 1928); Pearl Buck (CH/US 1938); Gabriela Mistral (CL 1945); Nelly Sachs (GE/SE 1966); Nadime Gordimer (SA 1991); Toni Morrison (US 1993); Wislawa Szymborska (PL 1996); Elfriede Jelinek (AT 2004); Doris Lessing (GB 2007); Herta Müller (GE 2009); Alice Munro (CA 2013); Svetlana Alexievich (BLR, 2015); Olga Tokarczuk (PL, 2018); Louise Glück (US, 2020); Annie Ernaux (FR, 2022)
In 2022, ABBA Voyage premiered in London. ABBA Voyage is a concert which feature virtual avatars, hence it does not require the presence of ABBA members as the concert is performed by digital versions. In 2023, another well-known band revealed that they will follow ABBA and use avatars of themselves on their "End of the Road" show. Which band?
Kiss
The year of 2023 was long. How many minutes are in a full week?
10,080