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2021 Year End Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the cargo ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in March of 2021?

a)

Ever Given

b)

Never Given

c)

Given Needs

d)

Give Even

2.

What color hat and jacket did Amanda Gorman wear when she read her poem at Joseph Biden’s Presidential Inauguration?

a)

Blue hat and white jacket

b)

Green hat and orange jacket

c)

Red hat and yellow jacket

d)

Orange hat and blue jacket

3.

How many years did Angela Merkel serve as Chancellor of Germany, before stepping down in December of 2021?

a)

10

b)

14

c)

16

d)

20

4.

President Biden created the national holiday of Juneteenth to commemorate the end of slavery in America, based on Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. When did the Emanicipation Proclamation go into effect?

a)

January 1, 1863

b)

June 19, 1864

c)

June 1, 1865

d)

January 1, 1864

5.

What is the name of this swimmer, who won five gold medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games?

a)

Michael Phelps

b)

Bobby Finke

c)

Ryan Murphy

d)

Caleb Dressel

6.

On June 24, 2021, the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building partially collapsed, killing 98 people. What town and state was this building located in?

a)

Miami, Florida

b)

Palm Grove, Florida

c)

Surfside, Florida

d)

Beach Haven, Florida

7.

In November 2021, Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam were exonerated for the killing of Malcom X in 1965. Where was Malcom X killed?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

New York, NY

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Miami, FL

8.

In February of 2021, NASA successfully landed the rover Perseverance on Mars, which included a helicopter that made a total of 15 powered flights on the red planet. What is the name of the helicopter?

a)

Imagination

b)

Pioneer

c)

Messenger

d)

Ingenuity

9.

In September 2021, billionaire Jared Isaacman launched a new phase in space tourism when he chartered a SpaceX rocket into space without any trained astronauts. What was the name of the SpaceX ship?

a)

Crew Dragon

b)

Falcon

c)

Blue Origin

d)

Unity

10.

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 passed 400,000. As the year ends, what is the current US death toll from this disease?

a)

500,000

b)

600,000

c)

800,000

d)

1,000,000

11.

One of the images from President Biden’s inauguration that went viral was this picture of Senator Bernie Sanders. He later sold merchandise showing this image to raise money for various charities. How much money did these Bernie Sanders merchandise generate? 

a)

$44,000

b)

$570,000

c)

$1.8 million

d)

$4.7 million

12.

In February 2021 Jeff Bezos stepped down from running Amazon, a company that he had founded in 1994 as an online bookstore. Regardless of this change, according to Forbes, what was Jeff Bezos's net worth at the end of 2021?

a)

$77 million

b)

$177 million

c)

$77 billion

d)

$177 billion

13.

In May of 2021, the World Health Organization began using Greek letters to label COVID variants. In what country did the Delta variant originate?

a)

South Africa

b)

India

c)

Brazil

d)

Australia

14.

Following up on a deal initially set between President Trump and the Taliban, President Biden sped up the process of ending the 20-year war in Afghanistan. The withdrawal of US Troops was completed on August 30, enabling the Taliban to quickly regain power. The US spent roughly $300 million a day for twenty years on the conflict. How many US service members were killed in Afghanistan over those years?

a)

500

b)

2,500

c)

5,000

d)

15,000