NYT Special End of Year 2021 News Quiz

Question 1

At the Academy Awards on April 25, Chloé Zhao won best director for ___, she's the first woman of color to win the award

Accepted Answer

Nomadland

Question 2

Georgia Republicans passed new election rules, making it harder to vote in the state’s urban areas, a move that prompted

Accepted Answer

Major League Baseball to move it's All Star game

Question 3

Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the murder of George Floyd, was

Accepted Answer

found guilty

Question 4

Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another in Kenosha, Wis., at a protest was________ of homicide

Accepted Answer

acquitted

Question 5

Ten people were killed and dozens more were injured at a ____________concert in Houston after a large crowd surge

Accepted Answer

Travis Scott

Question 6

University of California schools agreed to not take _________ into account in admissions or scholarship decisions.

Accepted Answer

SAT and ACT scores

Question 7

Quarterback _______ won his seventh Super Bowl on Feb. 7, leading the Buccaneers to a 31-9 win over the Chiefs.

Accepted Answer

Tom Brady

Question 8

The remains of as many as 751 mainly Indigenous children, were discovered at the site of a former boarding school in

Accepted Answer

Saskatchewan, Canada

Question 9

Facebook said on Sept. 27 that it had paused development of an Instagram service tailored for _________.

Accepted Answer

children 13 years old and younger

Question 10

Myanmar’s military launched a coup on Feb. 1, detaining the country’s civilian leader, which country is Myanmar?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 11

Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because of their use of ________________.

Accepted Answer

offensive images

Question 12

On Jan. 20, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Which is NOT true of the inauguration?

Accepted Answer

all former living American presidents were in attendance

Question 13

NASA safely landed a new robotic rover, on Mars on Feb. 18, beginning its most ambitious effort in decades to _________.

Accepted Answer

see if there was ever life on the red planet

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT one the reasons for the global supply chain disruption?

Accepted Answer

a series of ransonware attacks

Question 15

The founders of 2 corporations launched into space, heralding the beginning of space tourism. Which DID NOT go to space?

Accepted Answer

Elon Musk

Question 16

The United States hit a grim milestone in Covid deaths this week- how many?

Accepted Answer

800,000

Question 17

The music industry’s first runaway hit single of 2021, _______ by Olivia Rodrigo, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 100

Accepted Answer

Driver's License

Question 18

This quiz is hard

Accepted Answer

TRUE, FALSE

Question 19

Three white men were ___ for the pursuit and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25 y.o. Black man, in southeast Georgia.

Accepted Answer

found guilty

Question 20

On July 26, 39-year-old pop star Britney Spears petitioned a court to _______________________ .

Accepted Answer

remove her father from conservatorship

Question 21

A gunman’s rampage on March 16 that killed eight people, including 6 Asian women, happened near the city of __________

Accepted Answer

Atlanta

Question 22

The World Health Organization endorsed on Oct. 6, 2021 the first ___________vaccine shown to help prevent the disease.

Accepted Answer

malaria

Question 23

Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, enshrining June 19 as the national day to commemorate

Accepted Answer

the end of slavery in the US

Question 24

After more than 10 days of fighting that had taken more than 200 lives, __________ and Hamas declared ceasefire (5/21)

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 25

The catastrophic partial collapse of a __________ in Surfside, Fla., on June 24 led to the deaths of 98 people.

Accepted Answer

condominium tower

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT true of the new Texas abortion law?

Accepted Answer

the law calls for patiets who get abortions to be jailed

Question 27

Which country is HAITI?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 28

The biggest story of the 2020 Olympics was when Simone Biles, one of the most decorated________ didn't compete.

Accepted Answer

gymnasts

Question 29

By the end of 2021, though, more than___________ Americans will have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Accepted Answer

230 million

Question 30

The NFT is a blockchain-based collectible that has upended the cryptocurrency and art worlds this year. What is an NFT?

Accepted Answer

nonfungible token

Question 31

The disappearance of Gabrielle Petito, 22, who had been _________ was a national sensation in September and October.

Accepted Answer

traveling to national parks in a van with her fiance

Question 32

Andrew Cuomo, the __________ of _____________ resigned due to sexual harrassment allegations.

Accepted Answer

governor, New York

Question 33

On July 8, Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from Louisiana, became the first Black American to win the Scripps National

Accepted Answer

spelling bee

Question 34

Following months of false claims by President Trump that the election had been stolen, a mob stormed____ the on Jan. 6

Accepted Answer

the Capital

Question 35

Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania school had violated the 1st Amendment by punishing a student for _________

Accepted Answer

sending a vulgar social media message (not on school grounds)

Question 36

Three survivors of the 1921 ______ appeared before a congressional committee on May 19, arguing that justice was overdue

Accepted Answer

race massacre in Tulsa, OK

Question 37

The U.S. military departed Afghanistan on Aug. 30, a day ahead of schedule, ending a ________year occupation.

Accepted Answer

20

Question 38

Amateur investors banded together to squeeze Wall Street by sending ______’s stock value up by more than $10 billion

Accepted Answer

GameStop

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