Worksheets2021-Trivia-Game
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 3mins
On 1 February, aerobics instructor Khing Hnin Wai became briefly world famous. Why?
She broke the world sit-ups record, completing 45,005 in 58.5hrs
She was arrested for a social media post comparing Chinese Premier Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh
She recorded a fitness video for Instagram in the Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw that inadvertently broke the news that there had been a military coup in the country
Due to a computer error, she was mistakenly listed as No 1 on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives list
In March, Christies sold Everydays by artist Mike Winkelmann for $69m. What was notable about this sale?
The artwork was created by AI (artificial intelligence)
It was a Picasso painting he’d bought and added his own signature to
It was a non-fungible token or NFT, the highest such price ever garnered for one
It was an microscopic engraving on a single human hair
2021 saw one of the world’s most popular games, Minecraft, surpass 140m users. Its gameworld is now estimated to be 3.6bn square kilometres. Approximately how many times could this contain the planet Earth?
3
4
7
25
The Omicron variant is the latest sortie in Covid’s ongoing war to teach us the Greek alphabet. Which of the following is not to be found within that ancient alphabetic script’s 24 letters?
Pi
Phi
Psi
Si
In a hopeful move, the United Nations designated 2021 “The Year of Peace and Trust”. It was also designated several other things. Which of the following was 2021 not officially declared as the year of by the UN?
The International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
The International Year of Fruit and Veg
The International Year of Nuts and Pulses
The International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
The men’s high jump at this year’s Tokyo Olympics was decided in an unusual fashion once Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi reached a stalemate in the final – in what way?
By doing a 100m sprint
By awarding both competitors gold
By tossing a coin
By making them do a quiz
Upon Barbados becoming a republic this November, Rihanna was inducted as a National Hero of Barbados. What is her new title?
The Right Honorable Robyn Rihanna Fenty
The Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty
The Right Reverend Robyn Rihanna Fenty
The Right Respectful Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Squid Game was the unexpected streaming hit of 2021. But what show did it replace as Netflix’s most streamed show ever?
Friends
Tiger King
Money Heist
Bridgerton
