2021 Year-end News Quiz

California agreed on May 14 to not take _______ into account in admissions or scholarships for its system of 10 schools.

The NFT is a blockchain collectible that has upended the cryptocurrency and art worlds this year. What does NFT mean?

On Aug 10, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of ____ resigned from office, after numerous allegations of sexual harassment surfaced.

Amateur investors cooperated to squeeze Wall Street hedge funds by sending ’s stock value up by more than $10B on 1/27.

Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot two at a WI protest and the McMichaels, who shot Ahmad Arbery were found ___ and ___ in Nov.

In July, the founders of two major corporations launched into space as tourists. Which billionaire DID NOT go to space:

Which answer ISN'T a reason for the global supply chain disruption, which has raised costs and slowed deliveries?

On 10/1, the US passed ____ COVID deaths, making it more deadly than Spanish flu in 1918-19.

On July 26, pop star Britney Spears petitioned a court to _______.

A mob invaded this building on January 6th, motivated by false claims about election fraud by former president Trump.

By July, more than 20 states including NH, Michigan, Texas and South Carolina had proposed or passed laws restricting:

A record 1.7m migrants, many fleeing COVID, tried to enter the US illegally from in 2021, the most in at least __ years.

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

On 11/5, the US House passed a $1T bill as part of Pres Biden's ______ plan to rebuild roads, bridges, power grids, etc.

The SCOTUS ruled on 6/23 that a PA school had violated the 1st amend. by punishing a student for ___ off school grounds.

Ten people were killed and dozens more were injured at a concert in Houston on 11/5 during a performance by _____ _____

The rescheduled Olympics featured ______, all-time great gymnast, withdrawing from the final for mental health purposes.

President Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate:

The United States experienced its biggest one-year increase on record in _______ in 2020, according to the FBI.

Facebook, on Sept. 27, paused development of an Instagram service tailored for ____ over mental health concerns.

SCOTUS refused on Sept. 1 to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions. Which of the following ISN'T true of the law?

The US began the 2021 behind schedule in vaccine rollout. Still, by the end of 2021, how many ppl had at least one dose?

The U.S. military left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, ending a _____-year occupation, leaving the country in Taliban control.

The US experienced extreme weather as a likely result of climate change including heatwaves in the NW, rain in NYC, and:

The first hit single of 2021 was _______ by then-17-year-old Olivia Rodrigo, whoch broke records on Spotify and Amazon.

On April 20, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was ______ of the murder of George Floyd.