Quiz Bowl: 2019 Trivia vol. 1

Question 1

In October 2019, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the first all-female what?

Accepted Answer

Spacewalk

Question 2

In March a gunman killed 51 people in a mosque in which country?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 3

Who was People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2019?

Accepted Answer

John Legend

Question 4

Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in February 2019?

Accepted Answer

Green Book

Question 5

Who headlined the Super Bowl halftime show?

Accepted Answer

Maroon 5

Question 6

Operation Varsity Blues was an investigation of what?

Accepted Answer

Illegal influence of college admissions

Question 7

Which news event happened in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Scientists unveiled the first ever image of a black hole

Question 8

In December 2019, Donald Trump became only which president to be impeached?

Accepted Answer

the third

Question 9

Which TV show didn't end in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Schitt's Creek

Question 10

Who did the US team beat in the FIFA Women’s World Cup?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands

Question 11

In March 2019, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a baby named what?

Accepted Answer

Archie

Question 12

Who is Volodymyr Zelensky?

Accepted Answer

The President of the Ukraine

Question 13

In April 2019, fire engulfed which Paris landmark?

Accepted Answer

Notre Dame Cathedral

Question 14

Which couple did NOT get married in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra

Question 15

Which winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 died in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 16

Who was Time's 2019 Person of the Year?

Accepted Answer

Greta Thunberg

Question 17

Which song won the Grammy for Record of the Year?

Accepted Answer

"This is America" by Childish Gambino

Question 18

What was the name of the Japanese emperor who stepped down in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Akihito

Question 19

Which company agreed to pay a $5 billion fine for violating user privacy rights?

Accepted Answer

Facebook

Question 20

Which country in 2019 became the first to land a probe on the dark side of the moon?

Accepted Answer

China

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