Year in Review 2021: News
Ring in the New Year right with this trivia game that looks back on the newsworthy events of 2021!
15 questions · Published December 14, 2021
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. At 3:24 AM following the January 6th U.S. Capital Building riots, Congress approved the 270 out of _____ electoral college votes.
As of 2021, there are currently 538 electors in the union. A candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors, the majority, to win the presidential election.
Refusing to be run out of Washington, at 3:24 AM Mike Pence and Congress reconvened following the January 6th Capital Building riots and certified Joe Biden's victory as the next President of the United States of America.
- Fill In The Blank
2. In January, Joe Biden became the ___th President of the United States.
In January of 2021 took the oath of office to become the 46th President of the United States of America.
- Multiple Choice
3. In January, traders from which website caused a short squeeze on Gamestop's stock, causing it to skyrocket, forcing a pause in trading?
Members of r/WallStreetBets on Reddit decided to upend the stock market by driving up prices of "nostalgia" stocks, with some of them making massive gains in a very short time.
- Multiple Choice
4. In February, NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars, carrying with it a helicopter drone that goes by what name?
The Perseverance rover was equipped with microphones, HD cameras, and a helicopter drone name Ingenuity that could take pictures from a whole new vantage point on the red planet.
- Multiple Choice
5. In March, global shipping stalled for six days as the Suez Canal was blocked by a massive container ship named _______ ________.
The Ever Given ran aground on March 23rd and was finally freed, after massive effort, on March 29th.
It is estimated that the cost to global trade was nearly $4 Billion.
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