2024 Recap
Which European capital city had to cancel four concerts of Taylor Swift after a man called in a bomb threat?
Vienna
What was the first Berlin border crossing that opened on November 9, 1989?
Bornholmer Straße
What country is the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature from?
South Korea (Republic of Korea)
How many people currently on this party travelled here from Brussels (possibly with stops on the way)?
3 (Jean, Nico, Ben)
What is the name of the baby hippopotamus from a Thailand zoo that caused a social media craze this year?
Moo Deng
What is the oldest surviving techno club in Berlin? Although it changed locations, its name stayed the same since opening in 1991.
Tresor
What's the topic of the exhibition that's currently showing in the photography museum c/o in Berlin?
Berlin (in the 1990s)
What team is currently leading the table of the European Champions League in men's soccer?
FC Liverpool
Which famous global personality recently penned an opinion piece for German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag", leading to the resignation of an editor?
Elon Musk
Kai Wegner is the first CDU mayor of Berlin in quite a while. How many SPD mayors come between him and the previous CDU mayor?
3 (Giffey, Müller, Wowereit)
What two films do you have to see to keep up with the "Glicked" craze, 2024's version of "Barbenheimer"?
Wicked, Gladiator II
Which of these activities is NOT illegal in Germany?
A) tossing a midget
B) escaping from prison
C) marrying your half sibling
D) firing a rocket from your balcony at 23:45 on December 31st
B) escaping from prison
According to Spotify, what's the most-streamed song off Charli XCX's brat albums?
Guess (featuring Billie Eilish)
Order these three European capitals from least to most populous within their city limits: Berlin, Madrid, Paris.
Paris, Madrid, Berlin
At this year's Art Biennale in Venice, which country's national pavilion won the festival's highest award, the Golden Lion?
Australia
Yikes! On Saturday, Russian president Vladimir Putin apologized for an airplane crash that occured in Kazakh airspace. Who did he apologize to (name or description accepted)?
Ilham Aliyev (President of Azerbaijan)
Donald Trump is only the second US president to win non-consecutive terms. Who was the first, doing so in 1884 and 1892?
Grover Cleveland
Of the 40 companies in Germany's top stock index DAX, only two are headquartered in Berlin. Name any one of them.
Siemens, Zalando
Name any of the last five dishes that Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder posted on his Instagram with the hashtag #söderisst.
shish kebab (Schaschlick), duck with dumpling (Ente mit Kloß), fish sticks and potato salad, deer goulash with bread dumplings, baked chicken (Backhendl)
Lit! By winning gold at the women's 100 meter dash at this year's Paris Olympics, Julien Alfred became the first Olympic medalist from which small nation?
St. Lucia