21st Century Tech
This tech CEO became one of the world's richest people after founding a electric car and aerospace company.
Who is Elon Musk?
This dystopian novel by George Orwell features the famous phrase "Big Brother is watching you."
What is 1984?
This global pandemic, caused by a coronavirus, led to worldwide lockdowns in 2020.
What is COVID-19?
This wall was a symbolic division between communist East and democratic West Germany during the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This 2023 film about nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Oppenheimer?
This "next iteration of the internet," based on blockchain and virtual worlds, was a major buzzword of the early 2020s.
What is the Metaverse?
The main character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" delivers a famous soliloquy that begins with this line.
What is "To be, or not to be"?
In 2022, this European country was invaded by Russia, starting a major ongoing war.
What is Ukraine?
This ancient civilization, known for its pyramids and pharaohs, developed along the Nile River.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This singer's "The Eras Tour" became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time in 2023-2024.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Unlike a VR headset, this type of headset overlays digital images onto the real world you can see through the lenses.
What is Augmented Reality (AR)? (e.g., Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest Pro)
This literary device is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is Hyperbole?
This environmental activist from Sweden famously started the "Fridays for Future" school strike movement.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This term describes the period of renewed interest in art and learning in Europe from the 14th to 17th centuries.
What is the Renaissance?
This streaming service became famous for its unique "choose your own adventure" style interactive episodes, like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.
What is Netflix?
This "finance" trend, involving decentralized digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, saw a massive boom and bust in the early 2020s.
What is Cryptocurrency?
This author of The Hate U Give wrote a powerful novel exploring racism and police violence.
Who is Angie Thomas?
This king of the United Kingdom, formerly Prince Charles, ascended to the throne in 2022 after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Who is King Charles III?
This is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
This social media app, known for its short-form vertical videos, exploded in popularity during the pandemic.
What is TikTok?
This controversial technology, often using AI, allows for the creation of convincing fake videos or audio of real people saying or doing things they never did.
What is a Deepfake?
This type of poem has 14 lines, often with a specific rhyme scheme, like those written by Shakespeare.
What is a Sonnet?
This 2024 or 2025 event, happening in either Paris or Milan, is a major international multi-sport competition.
What are the Summer Olympics? (Accept either 2024 Paris or upcoming host).
This empire, which collapsed after World War I, was once ruled by Sultans from its capital in Constantinople (Istanbul).
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This 2019 Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho won the Oscar for Best Picture, popularizing international cinema.
What is Parasite?