Which building did a mob of Trump supporters storm on 6 January 2021?
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Capitol
Five people died in connection with the storming.
💡 Did you know? Congress certified Biden's win later that same night.
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In which German river valley did the July 2021 flood disaster kill over 130 people?
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Ahr valley
North Rhine-Westphalia and Belgium were also hit hard.
💡 Did you know? Reconstruction was budgeted at 30 billion euros.
Who became German chancellor after the 2021 federal election?
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Olaf Scholz
SPD, Greens and FDP governed together for the first time.
💡 Did you know? The SPD had long trailed third in the polls.
After how many years as chancellor did Angela Merkel hand over in December 2021?
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16 years
For her military farewell she requested an East German punk-era pop song.
💡 Did you know? Merkel left voluntarily: unbeaten in federal elections.
Which militia retook power in Afghanistan within days in August 2021?
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Taliban
Chaotic evacuation flights from Kabul went around the world.
💡 Did you know? President Ghani fled abroad before they even entered the city.
Foto: NASA JSC ISS image library · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Which container ship blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March 2021?
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Ever Given
Hundreds of ships queued as world trade stalled.
💡 Did you know? The tiny excavator beside the giant ship became a meme.
Foto: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS · gemeinfrei · Wikimedia Commons
Which NASA rover landed in Mars' Jezero crater in February 2021?
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Perseverance
In April, Ingenuity made the first powered flight on another planet.
💡 Did you know? Planned for five flights, the little chopper managed 72.
Which two billionaires flew to the edge of space days apart in July 2021 aboard their own craft?
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Branson and Bezos
September's Inspiration4 followed as the first all-civilian orbital flight.
💡 Did you know? Bezos took 82-year-old Wally Funk: an astronaut 60 years late.
Which South Korean Netflix series about deadly children's contests broke all records in 2021?
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Squid Game
Over 100 million households watched in the first month.
💡 Did you know? Its tracksuits became the Halloween costume of the year.
Who won Euro 2020, played in 2021, at Wembley?
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Italy
The tournament had been postponed a year because of Covid.
💡 Did you know? England fans had breached the barriers before the final.
Under which unusual condition were the postponed Tokyo Olympics held in 2021?
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without spectators
Athletes hung their medals around their own necks.
💡 Did you know? Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles put mental health centre stage.
On which Canary Island did a volcano erupt in September 2021, burying more than a thousand homes?
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La Palma
The lava created new land in the Atlantic.
💡 Did you know? It was the longest eruption in the island's recorded history.
What new corporate name did Facebook adopt in October 2021?
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Meta
The Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp apps kept their names.
💡 Did you know? Zuckerberg sank billions into the metaverse: before the AI wave hit.
For how much was Beeple's NFT collage "Everydays" auctioned in March 2021?
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69 million dollars
Christie's accepted cryptocurrency for the first time.
💡 Did you know? A few years later the NFT market had largely collapsed.
Which US video-gaming retailer's stock did small investors send soaring in January 2021, squeezing hedge funds?
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GameStop
Some hedge funds lost billions.
💡 Did you know? The stock rose over 1,500 percent at its peak.
Which husband of Queen Elizabeth II died in April 2021 at 99?
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Prince Philip
Covid rules meant the Queen mourned alone in her pew.
💡 Did you know? Philip was the longest-serving royal consort in British history.
Which telescope launched on 25 December 2021 as Hubble's successor?
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James Webb Space Telescope
It unfolded flawlessly en route to the L2 Lagrange point.
💡 Did you know? 344 single points of failure all had to work and did.
Which global effort defined 2021 more than anything else, jab by jab?
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vaccination campaign
By year's end, billions of doses had been administered worldwide.
💡 Did you know? "Vax" became Oxford's word of the year.
Which project by twelve top clubs collapsed in April 2021 after 48 hours of fan fury?
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Super League
Fans, leagues and politicians rose up against the closed league.
💡 Did you know? No German club had joined.
Who was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States in January 2021?
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Joe Biden
The ceremony took place under massive military protection.
💡 Did you know? Young poet Amanda Gorman stole the show with "The Hill We Climb".
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