2023 Current Events

In April, South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus was credited with saving the lives of his passengers and crew from

Which country resumed diplomatic ties with Iran in March?

What US bank failed in February, the largest since 2008?

Which music festival got stuck in the mud?

Where was the COP28 climate summit held in December?

Who resigned as prime minister of New Zealand in January?

Which country made a successful lunar landing in August this year?

In February, a fire started after a train crash released poisonous smoke for days in which US state?

What was destroyed in Nova Khakovka in June?

In September, the Trudeau government accused what country of plotting the assassination of a Canadian citizen in BC?

The European Union agreed to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles after

South Africa hosted the BRICS summit in August. Who attended virtually?

What major global UN treaty was signed in March?

Who won the 2023 World Baseball Classic?

 Dendrobium fuscifaucium is one of hundreds of new species discovered this year. What is it?

What is the approximate population of West Vancouver?

What major step did world leaders at the COP 28 climate summit agree to?

In February, a series of unidentified ________ were shot down over North America

Which boy band performed at the coronation of King Charles?

In December, Google lost an antitrust court battle with Epic Games, the makers of

NASA sent the first streamed video from deep space this year. What was on it?

Which city hosted the Pan American Games in October?

Who achieved an EGOT in 2023?

Which country joined NATO in April?

In March, China's National People's conference voted unanimously to give President Xi Jinping what?

Who had the most followed TikTok account in 2023?

In November, founder Sam Altman was fired as CEO of

In December, a volcanic eruption began on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, near the town of

What is 2023 in Roman numerals?

Which European nation adopted the Euro and joined the Schengen zone in January of 2023?

Who had the most weeks at the top of the Billboard charts this year?

Who won the 2023 World Cup?

In September, archeologists found the world's oldest wooden structure in what country?

Which US state declared Donald Trump unqualified to hold office?

What substance turned out not to be a room-temperature superconductor, after it went viral online?

Which #1 all-time international soccer goal scorer retired in 2023?

Who was inaugurated president of Brazil in January 2023?

Which city had the world's worst air quality in June, thanks to wildfires in Quebec and Ontario?

The top selling book of 2023 was Spare, the autobiography of

What is the most-played Youtube video as of December 2023?

What animals were successfully relocated from Granville Island?

What disturbing discovery did scientists make in November about seastars?

In December, the EU began formal joining talks with what country?

Which film won Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars?

Which candy brand retired its mascots after a year of controversy over their appearance?

What was the name of the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever, formed over the Indian Ocean in February?

Which Canadian city was completely evacuated due to wildfire risk?

What is the Oxford University Press word of the year for 2023?

What movie had the highest global earnings in 2023?

What is the most-watched Netflix series as of October 2023?