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2021-2022: LXI
"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a
memory."
-Dr. Seuss
THE DAILY ASTRONOMER
Friday, January 7, 2022
Quiz # 14: 2021
2021 is over and done.
2022 has just begun.
So, now, let's have a bit of fun
with a quiz about the year 2021.
[It's a shame to know that I'll have to wait a whole decade before being
able to write such a stunning poem again.]
How much do you remember about yesteryear?
Well, as is typical in modern day, quite a lot happened in 2021. This quiz
will test your memory of the year that ended less than one week ago.
*1. First things first. How do you write 2021 in Roman numerals?*
a. MMXXI
b. MMCXXI
c. MMCDXXVI
d. MMXXII
*2. _______________ is the first place on Earth that celebrates the new
year.*
a. New Zealand
b. Vanuatu
c. Kiribati
d. Australia
*3. ______________ is the last place on Earth that celebrates the new year.*
a. American Samoa
b. Baker and Howard Islands
c. Tonga
d. Solomon Islands
*4. Which ONE of the following celebrities did not die in 2021?*
a. Michael Collins (of Apollo 11 fame)
b. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
c. Steven Weinberg (Nobel prize winning physicist)
d. Prince Philip
e. Betty White
f. Sean Connery
*5. In October 2021, NASA launched the Lucy spacecraft, which is designed
to study _______________.*
a. the Kuiper Belt
b. Trojan asteroids
c. the solar corona
d. the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
*6. In September 2021, _______________ became the first country to accept
Bitcoin as official currency.*
a. Belarus
b. Singapore
c. El Salvador
d. Belgium
*7. COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, was held in
which city?*
a. Paris
b. Tokyo
c. Copenhagen
d. Glasgow
*8. The horrific surfside condo building collapse occurred in early 2021
in which city?*
a. Miami
b. Boston
c. Atlanta
d. Los Angeles
*9. The world population at the end of 2021 was approximately ________.*
a. 7.78 billion
b. 7.81 billion
c. 7.87 billion
d. 7.93 billion
*10. Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 and became the _________
president of the United States.*
a. 44th
b. 45th
c. 46th
d. 47th
ANSWERS
*1. First things first. How do you write 2021 in Roman numerals?*
a. MMXXI
*2. _______________ is the first place on Earth that celebrates the new
year.*
c. Kiribati
*3. ______________ is/are the last place(s) on Earth that celebrate(s) the
new year.*
b. Baker and Howard Islands
These islands are US territories that, being uninhabited, are not exactly
notorious for their unbridled new year's celebrations.
*4. Which ONE of the following celebrities did not die in 2021?*
f. Sean Connery
007 died on October 31, 2020
*5. In October 2021, NASA launched the Lucy spacecraft, which is designed
to study _______________.*
b. Trojan asteroids
Trojan asteroids refer to the two asteroidal regions within Jupiter's
orbit. One region is centered sixty degrees ahead of Jupiter, the other
sixty degrees behind.
[image: trojan-asteroids.png]
Lucy is scheduled to fly by its first Trojan asteroid -3548 Eurybates in
the "Greek camp"- in August, 2027.
*6. In September 2021, _______________ became the first country to accept
Bitcoin as official currency.*
c. El Salvador
*7. COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, was held in
which city?*
d. Glasgow
*8. The horrific surfside condo building collapse occurred in early 2021
in which city?*
a. Miami
*9. The world population at the end of 2021 was approximately ________.*
c. 7.87 billion
According to the most recent UN estimates, the world population is expected
to reach 8 billion by 2023.
*10. Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 and became the _________
president of the United States.*
c. 46th
So, how did you do?
Are you really ready for 2022?
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