2020
2020 is nicknamed The Year from Hell.
What is True? No more words can describe it.
This is the largest country in the Western hemisphere.
What is Canada?!
The snowiest cities on Earth are here.
What is Japan?
The Chinese New Year 2021 starts on February 26, 2021.
What is False? The Chinese New Year falls on February 12, 2021. The Lantern Festival is celebrated on February 26, 2021.
The Earth is closest to the sun during the winter.
What is True? Every January, the Earth reaches the point in its orbit that's nearest to the Sun.
Alex Trebek passed away on New Year's Day 2020.
What is False? Our beloved Jeopardy host did pass away on November 8, 2020, following his battle with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. RIP.
This is the longest highway in the world.
What is the Trans-Canada Highway? (which covers 4860 miles).
There is a McDonalds on every continent except this one.
What is Antarctica?
The Chinese New Year is celebrated for 16 days.
What is True? The first 7 days are considered public holiday. Wow, an entire week off.
Alaska receives more than 500 inches of snow per year.
What is False? While Alaska receives a considerable amount of snow annually, the most recorded was 325 inches in Valdez, Alaska, which is still pretty impressive.
The Dow Jones industrial average suffered its worst single day point drop ever on March 9, 2020.
What is True?
What three countries make up North America?
What are Canada, Mexico & U.S.?
Everyone who lives in this European country, even foreigners, can attend college tuition-free.
What is Germany?
The Chinese marks 2021 as the Year of the Ox. 2020 is marked as the Year of the Rat.
What is True? (glad to see the rat go!)
The top 3 snowiest cities on Earth are in Pennsylvania.
What is False? While Erie, PA comes in at number 8 with an average of 100" of snow per year, the top 3 snowiest cities are in Alaska, Japan & Canada.
What is False? 1616, 1717, 1818, 1919, 2020 - happens once in a century, every 100 years.
This is Canada's national Winter Sport.
What is Ice Hockey?
Sunsets on this planet are blue.
What is Mars? No, they are not red.
2022 will be marked as The Year of the Tiger. This band recorded a song called the Eye of the Tiger.
What is the band Survivor? Eye of the Tiger was released in 1982.
What is caused by the axis of the Earth in that hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun.
WINTER!
Tiger King was released in 2020.
What is True? Tiger King was released on Netflix on March 20, 2020. (Just in time for a pandemic binge watch).
This U.S. state was once part of Russia.
What is Alaska?
This European nation is the most visited country in the world with 89 million annual tourists.
What is France? Bon jour.
SNOW!