GEOGRAPHY
This capital city sits on the Swan River and is the most isolated major city in the world.
Perth
This blue video-game hedgehog got a live-action movie in February 2020
Hedgehog
Taylor Swift surprise-dropped this album in July with almost no warning.
folklore
This Netflix docuseries about big-cat owners and Joe Exotic took over early lockdown.
Tiger King
In 1969 these two men became the first humans to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Covering most of northern Africa, it is the largest hot desert on Earth.
Sahara
In this Pixar film, a jazz pianist's soul lands in the Great Before.
Soul
"Blinding Lights" came from this Weeknd album.
After Hours
This Nintendo Switch island life-sim became the escape of choice in March.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
This barrier dividing a European capital came down in November 1989.
Berlin Wall
This treeless plain straddles the WA–South Australia border; its name is Latin for "no trees."
Nullarbor
Sacha Baron Cohen revived this Kazakh journalist for a largely undercover sequel.
Borat
Dua Lipa's disco-flavoured second album, released just as lockdowns began.
Future Nostalgia
The name of this video-call app became a verb for every meeting.
Zoom
In 1901 six colonies united in this process to form the Commonwealth of Australia
Federation
The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of this Australian state.
Queensland
Two elf brothers go on a quest to bring back their dad in this Pixar film.
Onward
ason Derulo jumped on Jawsh 685's viral TikTok beat for this hit
Savage Love
This whipped coffee drink went viral on TikTok as the year's signature beverage.
dalgona coffee
This 1986 reactor disaster in Soviet Ukraine emptied the town of Pripyat.
Chernobyl
This strait separates Tasmania from mainland Australia.
Bass Strait
Christopher Nolan's time-inverting spy thriller starring John David Washington
Tenet
This Perth act released the album "The Slow Rush" in February.
Tame Impala
This Netflix chess miniseries sent board sales soaring late in the year.
The Queen's Gambit
Signed in 1919, this treaty formally ended World War I.
Treaty of Versailles