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The Best 2021 Science and Technology Quiz | Year-End Trivia

The Best 2021 Science and Technology Quiz

2021 Year-End Round-Up Trivia: 21 Carefully picked science and tech questions from our daily and weekly news quizzes in 2021. Are AirTags dangerous? What is the Ingenuity helicopter? And which COVID-19 vaccine got the FDA’s full approval? Take the 2021 science and technology Quiz, and find out!

2021 Science and Technology Trivia Quiz

2021 Quizzes: 21 general knowledge multiple-choice questions about science and technology in 2021. Click "start quiz."

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1. Who is this lively lady?

Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube

 

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2. What are AirTags?

Image: Apple

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3. Why were Apple-AirTags pulled from sale by Australian office supply store chain Officeworks?

Image: Apple.com

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4. What is Apple’s ProMotion?

Image: Apple

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5. Who are Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi?

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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6. Who was the first person in history to take off in his own spaceship?

Photo: 2021 (c) Virgin Galactic

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7. How long did the Virgin Galactic July 2021 space flight take?

Photo: Jason Vancil for Virgin Galactic, 2021 (c) Virgin Galactic

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8. What is the Ingenuity helicopter?

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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9. Where is Utopia Planitia?

Photo: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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10. What is Ganymede?

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

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11. According to Barack Obama, is there a lab where the US is keeping alien specimens and spaceships?

Screenshot: The Late Late Show with James Corden

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12. Which Windows version did Microsoft dub "the last version of Windows"?

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13. Which changes can you expect from the new Windows 11 OS?

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14. Who is Sarah Gilbert, who has a new Barbie doll made in her figure?

Image: mattel.com

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15. Which COVID-19 vaccine got the FDA’s full approval (as opposed to emergency approval) first?

Photo: Lawrence Jackson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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16. What is Sinovac?

Photo: Governo do Estado de São Paulo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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17. What is graphene?

Image: Nothingserious, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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18. What is the Pegasus software?

Image: Johannes Hevelius, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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19. What is Nifty?

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20. Which of these crypto coins DOESN’T Paypal’s Checkout with Crypto allow?

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21. What’s unique about this Amsterdam canal bridge?

Screenshot: The Independent on YouTube

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  • Who is this lively lady?

    Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube

     

    A CGI TV host.
    A ‘Real Doll’.
    A robot.
    A new Disney princess in the making.

    What are AirTags?

    Image: Apple
    Bluetooth headphones.
    A file sharing app.
    A personal location device.
    An air purifying technique.

    Why were Apple-AirTags pulled from sale by Australian office supply store chain Officeworks?

    Image: Apple.com
    Due to privacy concerns.
    Due to environmental concerns.
    Due to child safety concerns.
    Because the product malfunctions.

    What is Apple’s ProMotion?

    Image: Apple
    Apple’s new ad service.
    iPhone 13’s new motion detector.
    A new feature that allows the display to change its refresh rate.
    Apple TV’s 1-year free subscription.

    Who are Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi?

    Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The first astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon.
    The first astronauts on the International Space Station.
    The first astronauts to reach Mars.
    The first astronauts to perform a pre-dawn splashdown.

    Who was the first person in history to take off in his own spaceship?

    Photo: 2021 (c) Virgin Galactic
    Elon Musk.
    Jeff Bezos.
    Richard Branson.
    Alan Shepard.

    How long did the Virgin Galactic July 2021 space flight take?

    Photo: Jason Vancil for Virgin Galactic, 2021 (c) Virgin Galactic
    15 Seconds.
    15 Minutes.
    15 Hours.
    15 Days.

    What is the Ingenuity helicopter?

    Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    A Chinese satellite.
    The Israeli Unmanned space vehicle.
    The Amazon drone service.
    The first helicopter on Mars.

    Where is Utopia Planitia?

    Photo: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    In the after life.
    On Jupiter.
    On Mars.
    On Venus.

    What is Ganymede?

    Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
    Jupiter's smallest moon.
    Jupiter's largest moon.
    One of Mars’s two moons.
    Saturn’s largest moon.

    According to Barack Obama, is there a lab where the US is keeping alien specimens and spaceships?

    Screenshot: The Late Late Show with James Corden
    Yes!
    No.
    When asked about it, he refuses to answer.

    Which Windows version did Microsoft dub "the last version of Windows"?

    Windows 11.
    Windows 10.
    Windows Me.
    Windows Vista.

    Which changes can you expect from the new Windows 11 OS?

    A new start-up sound.
    A new logo.
    A new "Widgets" feature.
    All of the above, and more.

    Who is Sarah Gilbert, who has a new Barbie doll made in her figure?

    Image: mattel.com
    Former Roseanne and Big Bang Theory actress.
    Historic Olympic champion.
    First woman on the moon.
    Co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

    Which COVID-19 vaccine got the FDA’s full approval (as opposed to emergency approval) first?

    Photo: Lawrence Jackson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Moderna’s.
    Pfizer’s.
    Oxford/AstraZeneca’s.
    Johnson & Johnson’s.

    What is Sinovac?

    Photo: Governo do Estado de São Paulo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer.
    China's public health authority.
    Traditional Chinese medicine schools.
    A Chinese Coronavirus research facility.

    What is graphene?

    Image: Nothingserious, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    A type of nanomaterial.
    A type of mineral.
    A type of vinegar.
    A font type.

    What is the Pegasus software?

    Image: Johannes Hevelius, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Government quality spyware.
    Privately operated ransomware.
    Malware protection software.
    A VPN service.

    What is Nifty?

    A Chinese prenatal DNA test of women and fetuses.
    The Indian stock market index.
    A Japanese internet service provider.
    All of the above.

    Which of these crypto coins DOESN’T Paypal’s Checkout with Crypto allow?

    Dogecoin.
    Bitcoin.
    Litecoin.
    Ethereum.

    What’s unique about this Amsterdam canal bridge?

    Screenshot: The Independent on YouTube
    It’s the oldest pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam.
    It was designed by Rembrandt.
    It’s a present from France.
    It’s a 3D-printed pedestrian bridge.