Stuff we learned
Fictional Geography
The Before Times
The 2020-21 School Year
Before the Class of '21
200

What new type of weapon was used against Japan in 1945 ushering in a new era in world history

What is the atomic bomb?

200

The home country of T'challa and Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

What is Wakanda?

200

Places where people would gather to watch new feature films while eating overpriced popcorn and candy

What are movie theaters?

200

The first of these, approved in December 2020 were produced by Pfizer and Moderna

What are COVID vaccines?

200

Before DSL and Cable internet there was this kind of internet connection

What is dial-up or 26k/56k?

400

Arguably the most frustrating new tech tool that every class had to learn how to use at the beginning of the school year

What is Canvas?

400

Johnathan and Martha Kent raised Superman in this fictional Kansas farming town.

What is Smallville?

400
People would gather to watche live performances of musical acts

What are concerts?

400

The first day of school was postponed because of it.

What is a power outage?

400

The class of 2021 was born after the United States had invaded this country to find weapons of mass destruction, that turned out not to have existed.

What is Iraq?

600

In 1953 the CIA overthrew its first foreign government in this country

What is Iran?

600

Based on Madagascar, this island is the primary setting of the Attack on Titan series

What is Paradis Island?

600

Before UberEats and Doordash people would enter these to get food made by professionals

What are restaurants?

600

The first woman, and the first woman of color, she was sworn in as the Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2021

Who is Kamala Harris?

600

It was the dominant source of mp3 files for teenagers before iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music made it legal to stream music

What is Napster?

800

The country where Mao led a successful communist revolution in 1949

What is China?

800

You begin Monster Hunter Rise in this village

What is Kamura Village?

800

The locattion of classrooms before zoom

What is a school?

800

The final episode of this show hosted by Alex Trebek aired on January 8, 2021

What is Jeopardy?

800

Facebook replaced this social media website where high schoolers ranked their top 8 friends

What is MySpace?

1000

A policy of apartness and discrimination practiced in South Africa until 1994

What is apartheid?

1000

There is no war in this city from Avatar the Last Airbender

What is Ba Sing Se?

1000

The last in-person project of the 20-21 school year

What is STEM Expo?

1000

He is the billionaire who dressed up as Wario on Saturday Night Live

Who is Elon Musk?

1000

We used to get driving directions from websites like this before smartphones were invented with easy access to Google Maps

What is MapQuest?