What did the WHO officially declare a pandemic on 11 March 2020?
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Covid-19
Until then the WHO had only spoken of an "epidemic".
💡 Did you know? The name stands for "Coronavirus Disease 2019".
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Which unprecedented measure did countries worldwide impose from March 2020?
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lockdown
Contact restrictions came to define daily life.
💡 Did you know? "Lockdown" became Collins Dictionary's word of the year.
Which Mainz-based company announced the first highly effective Covid vaccine in November 2020?
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BioNTech
Founding couple Şahin and Türeci became world-famous.
💡 Did you know? mRNA technology had never before been used in an approved vaccine.
Which everyday product became the symbol of panic buying in spring 2020?
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toilet paper
Pasta, flour and yeast sold out constantly too.
💡 Did you know? Factories ran extra shifts: there was never a real paper shortage.
Which state officially left the European Union on 31 January 2020?
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United Kingdom
The trade deal was only struck on Christmas Eve 2020.
💡 Did you know? A transition period meant little changed until year's end.
The death of which African American during a police arrest sparked worldwide protests in May 2020?
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George Floyd
Black Lives Matter marched in thousands of cities worldwide.
💡 Did you know? The officer responsible was sentenced to over 22 years in 2021.
Who won the US presidential election in November 2020?
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Joe Biden
Kamala Harris became the first female vice president.
💡 Did you know? The mail-ballot flood meant counting took days.
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In which city's port did 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate explode in August 2020?
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Beirut
The material had sat unsecured in the port for years.
💡 Did you know? The blast wave was felt as far away as Cyprus.
Which basketball legend died in a helicopter crash in January 2020?
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Kobe Bryant
The Lakers star had won five NBA titles.
💡 Did you know? The NBA named its All-Star MVP trophy after him.
Which Argentine football icon died in November 2020?
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Diego Maradona
Argentina declared three days of national mourning.
💡 Did you know? Napoli named its stadium after him.
Which continent-country fought unprecedented bushfires around the turn of 2019/20?
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Australia
About three billion animals died or lost their habitat.
💡 Did you know? Images of rescued koalas went around the world.
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Which private company flew astronauts to the ISS for the first time in May 2020?
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SpaceX
It was the first crewed US launch since the Shuttle era ended in 2011.
💡 Did you know? The astronauts rode to the pad in a Tesla.
Which German DAX company collapsed in 2020 when 1.9 billion euros turned out not to exist?
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Wirecard
Executive Jan Marsalek remains a fugitive to this day.
💡 Did you know? Wirecard was once worth more on the stock market than Deutsche Bank.
What happened to the Olympic Games in 2020 for the first time in peacetime?
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postponement
The name "Tokyo 2020" stayed nonetheless.
💡 Did you know? Previously, Games had only been cancelled for the world wars.
Which video-call app became the byword for work and school from home in 2020?
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Zoom
At peak, over 300 million meeting participants joined daily.
💡 Did you know? "You're on mute!" became the sentence of the year.
By what historic score did Bayern Munich demolish Barcelona in the August 2020 Champions League quarter-final?
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8-2
Bayern then beat PSG in the final.
💡 Did you know? Bayern won all eleven CL games that season: a first.
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Which Berlin airport opened in October 2020 (nine years behind schedule)?
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BER
Costs had tripled to around six billion euros.
💡 Did you know? The first planned opening in 2012 was scrapped four weeks beforehand.
Which Netflix documentary about a bizarre big-cat zoo became a lockdown phenomenon?
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Tiger King
For weeks it was the most-watched show in the world.
💡 Did you know? Joe Exotic was already in prison during the hype.
Which musical mega-event was cancelled in 2020 for the first time in its 64-year history?
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Eurovision Song Contest
A non-competitive show aired instead.
💡 Did you know? Iceland's entry "Think About Things" became an internet hit anyway.
Which Scottish James Bond actor died in October 2020?
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Sean Connery
He was 90 years old.
💡 Did you know? He won an Oscar for "The Untouchables".
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