Current Events - November 2022
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15 questions · Published December 5, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What buzzword did Merriam-Webster select as their "2022 Word of the Year" in late November?
FUN FACT
Online searches for "gaslighting" on the Merriam-Webster dictionary site rose by 1,740% in 2022.
- Multiple Choice
2. The world population surpassed _______ billion people on November 15, 2022.
The United Nations designated November 15, 2022, as the Day of Eight Billion.
- Multiple Choice
3. What country faced off against host nation Qatar in the opening match of the 2022 World Cup on November 20?
FUN FACT
Qatar is the first host country in the history of the World Cup to lose their opening match, a 2-0 shutout against Ecuador.
- Multiple Choice
4. What Billboard smash topped Apple Music's global song chart for 2022?
Although it was released in summer 2021, Justin Bieber and the Kid Laroi's "Stay" topped Apple's global songs charts for 2022; the song hit No. 1 in nearly seventy countries worldwide.
- Multiple Choice
5. On Tuesday, November 22, thieves absconded with hundreds of ancient gold coins from a museum in southern ___________.
Hundreds of gold coins, some dating back to 100 B.C., were stolen in the middle of the night from the Celtic and Roman Museum in southern Germany. The thieves broke into the museum and took the coins in just under nine minutes without triggering any alarms.
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