Current Events - April 2022
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15 questions · Published May 2, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What social media platform was purchased by Tesla founder Elon Musk for $44 billion in April 2022?
Tesla founder Elon Musk purchased social media platform Twitter for $44 billion in April 2022. Musk stated he wanted to establish Twitter as a place of free speech but many users claim they were blocked within hours of the purchase.
- Multiple Choice
2. What long suffering franchise set a new record by missing the NBA playoffs for the sixteenth straight season in April 2022?
The Sacramento Kings went through two head coaches during the 2021-2022 season on their way to setting a new NBA record for longest playoff drought in history.
- Multiple Choice
3. A Florida man set a new Guinness World Record in April by viewing _________________ 292 times in a theater.
It took Florida resident Ramiro Alanis four months and $3,400 in ticket sales to see "Spider-Man: No Way Home" a record 292 times in a movie theater. Alanis smashed the previous record held by a French man who'd watched "Kaamelot: The First Chapter" 204 times in 2021.
- Multiple Choice
4. In an unsurprising turn, host country _____________ banned LGBTQ symbols from being displayed during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
In April, 2022 World Cup host Qatar banned the display of LGBTQ symbols in all of the stadiums during World Cup play. Officials have stated that it is a move designed to help protect fans during the weeks long event.
- Multiple Choice
5. What southern U.S. city will host all regular season games of the newly revived United States Football League, which kicked off its inaugural season on April 16th?
Birmingham, Alabama will host all forty regular season games of the newly revived USFL. All eight 2022 USFL teams feature the names and colors of USFL teams that existed in 1984.
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