The 2021 Big News Quiz

2021 Year-End Round-Up Trivia: 21 questions (and answers) from our daily and weekly news quizzes about the tremendous news stories of 2021. What is sedition? How long has Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany? What was the United State’s longest war? And what’s the Havana Syndrome? Take the 2021 Big News Quiz, and find out!

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2021 Big News Round-Up Quiz

2021 Quizzes: 21 general knowledge multiple-choice questions about politics, leaders, and other big news topics in 2021. Click "start quiz."

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1. In his first address to congress as a president, President Joe Biden said some words, “No president has ever said.” Which were they?

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2. What is sedition?

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3. Which Prime Minister had a wealthy donor pay for the redecoration of his official residence in what became 2021’s “cash for curtains” scandal?

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4. Which world leader, apart from Donald Trump, benefited from large donations made by Billionaire Sheldon Adelson?

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5. Who was Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister?

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6. How long has Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany?

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7. Singer Rihanna took to Twitter to ask why aren’t we talking about India’s farmers' protests. What were they protesting?

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8. What’s the capital of Myanmar?

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9. Where was “Apple Daily” a newspaper?

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10. Which of these is right next to Iran's southern port city of Bushehr?

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11. Portland International Airport in Oregon hit the highest temperature ever recorded there since historical records began in 1940. What was it?

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12. What is REvil?

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13. What is the Pegasus software?

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14. What do the British refer to as Freedom Day?

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

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16. What is the Havana Syndrome?

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17. Which country had one of its athletes defect during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

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18. What was the United State's longest war?

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19. The neighboring Texas and Mexico both had significant changes to their abortion laws. What were the changes?

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20. What is Insulate Britain?

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21. What was the message printed on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dress at the 2021 Met Gala?

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Our 2021 Big News Quiz Questions List

  • In his first address to congress as a president, President Joe Biden said some words, “No president has ever said.” Which were they?

    Screenshot: CNBC
    “When I was vice president.”
    “Madam House Speaker.”
    “Madam Vice President.”
    "Gun violence has become an epidemic in America."

    What is sedition?

    Photo: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The action of alluring someone.
    The administering of a drug to produce a state of calm or sleep.
    The crime of betraying one's country.
    A conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state.

    Which Prime Minister had a wealthy donor pay for the redecoration of his official residence in what became 2021’s “cash for curtains” scandal?

    Photo: Адміністрація Президента України, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Israeli former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
    Estonia’s former Prime Minister Juri Ratas.
    Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib Razak.

    Which world leader, apart from Donald Trump, benefited from large donations made by Billionaire Sheldon Adelson?

    Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Benjamin Netanyahu.
    Viktor Orbán.
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
    Vladimir Putin.

    Who was Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister?

    Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    David Ben Gurion.
    Yitzhak Rabin.
    Shimon Peres.
    Benjamin Netanyahu.

    How long has Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany?

    Photo: Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation), CC BY 2.5 AR, via Wikimedia Commons
    20 years.
    16 years.
    12 years.
    8 years.

    Singer Rihanna took to Twitter to ask why aren’t we talking about India’s farmers' protests. What were they protesting?

    Screenshot: Rihanna on YouTube
    New agricultural laws to modernize Indian farming.
    New agricultural laws protecting animal rights.
    Foreign individuals meddling in Indian politics.
    The government’s “undemocratic behavior”.

    What’s the capital of Myanmar?

    Photo: OneNews, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Naypyidaw
    Burma
    Phnom Penh
    Kuala Lumpur

    Where was “Apple Daily” a newspaper?

    Silicon Valley.
    Austria.
    China.
    Hong Kong.

    Which of these is right next to Iran's southern port city of Bushehr?

    Image: Flag_of_Iran: VariousBlankMap-FlatWorld6: Frank Bennett, derivative work: Beao, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Iran’s parliament.
    Iran’s nuclear power plant.
    The ruined city Persepolis.
    The 17th-century Shah Mosque.

    Portland International Airport in Oregon hit the highest temperature ever recorded there since historical records began in 1940. What was it?

    Photo: flypdx.com
    115°F (46°C)
    104°F (40°C)
    96°F (36°C)
    88°F (31°C)

    What is REvil?

    Image: Eliphas Levi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    A virtual systems/server administrator.
    A Turkish Marxist-Leninist computer hacker group.
    A Chinese large-scale cyber spying operation.
    A private Russian ransomware-as-service operation.

    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 do the British refer to as Freedom Day?

    Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    The end of Covid-19 restrictions.
    South African end of Apartheid.
    It’s the British Independence Day.
    The end of the British colonial era.

    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.

    What is the Havana Syndrome?

    Photo: Alberto Korda, via Wikimedia Commons
    A virus infection hurting the immune system.
    A mysterious attack on U.S. diplomats.
    It’s when hostages bond with their captors.
    It’s when people visiting Cuba start believing they’re Che Guevara.

    Which country had one of its athletes defect during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

    Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube
    Belarus.
    Russia.
    China.
    Hungary.

    What was the United State's longest war?

    Photo: English: Cpl. Reece Lodder, U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    The Vietnam war.
    The Afghanistan war.
    The Gulf war.
    The civil war.

    The neighboring Texas and Mexico both had significant changes to their abortion laws. What were the changes?

    Both prohibit abortions.
    Both decriminalized abortions.
    Texas prohibits abortions; Mexico decriminalized abortions.
    Mexico prohibits abortions; Texas decriminalized abortions.

    What is Insulate Britain?

    Photo: Insulate Britain
    A separatists protest group.
    An anticolonial protest group.
    A male-chauvinist protest group.
    An environmentalist protest group.

    What was the message printed on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dress at the 2021 Met Gala?

    Screenshot: NBC New York  on YouTube
    Equal Rights for Women.
    In Gay We Trust.
    Peg the Patriarchy.
    Tax the Rich.