2021 Year in Review
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2021 Year in Review
Here is yet another year in review quiz. Answers and commentary can be found here. It’s always good to reflect on the past year. When you are done you may be wondering why I didn’t ask about something. Please do share. Next week I will post the answers.
1. On January 6 of last year an insurrection happened where?
2. Also in January, this president made history by being the only president to be impeached twice.
3. Finally in January, name the Independent Vermont Senator who twice ran for president and became a meme wearing a puffy coat and large knitted brown and white mittens.
4. In February, millions of people were left freezing and without light as well as difficulties getting water and food in this state that tends to despise and refuse government regulation of services - such as energy providers - and has a separate power grid from the rest of the nation.
5. In June, President Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill to create a new federal holiday named what?
7. America’s longest war ended in August when President Biden followed through on the deal President Trump made with the Taliban in what country?
8. The Democratic party took surprise control of the United States Senate in November by winning not one but two run-off seats in this deep south state.
9. A bipartisan bill was passed in November that deals with, among others, clean water, roads, airports, bridges and rail projects, and high speed internet access. The last time a major bill of this “type” was passed was in 2015 under President Obama. What is this type of bill commonly called?
10. More November! This young man was found not guilty after shooting and killing two men and injuring another during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
11. Another major case in November. Three men used pickups to chase down a jogging black man, Ahmaud Arbery, and then gunned him down. They were found guilty. Why did this justice almost not happen?
12. In December this woman was convicted for her part in helping Jeffrey Epstein’s take advantage of children and women.
13 and 14. Name the two states that have passed laws that may lead the Supreme Court to overturn Roe V. Wade.
15. For various reasons - mistreatment by employers, safety issues during the pandemic, and reflection upon what they want out of life being top concerns - a great number of people in the workforce left their jobs in something called what?
16. Several rich individuals did what last year while a number of people - including a former prince of England - pointed out that they might spend all that dough making life better here on Earth.
17. This pop star was released from an abusive conservatorship held by her father which raises questions about how we treat the ill and mentally ill in our society.
18. Of course the pandemic marched on. How many deaths total so far? You may provide either the world total within half a million or the U.S. total within ten thousand. In my experience, those that take the pandemic very serious tend to over guess and those that don’t respect the danger under guess. Do with that what you will.
19. What actor killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while making the movie Rust?
Desmond Tutu Stephen Sondheim Colin Powell
Betty White Anne Rice Ed Asner
Biz Markie Eric Carle Phil Spector
John Madden Norm MacDonald Dustin Diamond
20. ________________ Screech on the original Saved by the Bell
21. ________________This “Just a Friend” rapper
22. ________________Huge on the Mary Taylor Moore Show and younger people may know him as Sid Weinberg on Cobra Kai, the voice of Carl Fredrickson for Up, and Santa in Elf
23. ________________Famed Canadian comedian known for writing for the show Rosanne, the “Weekend Update” Anchor for Saturday Night Live, and the ferryman Mogens in the underappreciated Klaus
24. ________________Murderer and famed rock creator who worked with the Ronettes, the Ramones, Ike and Tina Turner, Beatles members, and many more
25. ________________Was the last remaining Golden Girl, Mary Taylor Moore Show alumnus, also played parts on the Carol Burnett Show, Boston Legal, Mama’s Family, and her last major show Hot in Cleveland
26. ________________Soldier, eventual General, and diplomat who served both Republican and Democratic presidents rising all the way to Secretary of State and, while he put forth faulty claims as Secretary of State to support the Iraq war, many of his actions and positions were moderate and seeking the best for all Americans
27._________________a musical theater great with West Side Story, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as some of the stories you may know him for
28. _________________An author who transformed both vampire and gothic fiction and known for her celebration of New Orleans and complex perspectives on morality
29. _________________The South African Nobel Peace Prize winning Anglican Bishop who helped defeat Aparthied
30. ________________A Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster he is likely going to be known most for adding his name to video game titles
31. ________________Beloved children's author known for books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, The Very Busy Spider, and The Very Quiet Cricket