Do you remember in 2020 when everyone talked about how it was one of the worst years of all time? Talk of that started to lessen when we all realized that 2021 wasn’t exactly shaping up to be too great of a year either. It’s been a strange year, filled with odd and often upsetting things. It’s also been a tremendous year for technological developments, space travel, and many other fields, however. It hasn’t been all bad, in other words.
2021 has seen major events in both serious world events and also pop culture. It’s a year where we’ve flown a helicopter on Mars and also rallied around Britney Spears. We’ve seen progress on the ongoing pandemic, and we also had a Friends reunion that got a little awkward at times. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that 2022 is going to be any less weird than 2020 or 2021 was either. This quiz will test your knowledge on the biggest events that we paid attention to this year, both the important and the not-so-important alike. By the end of this quiz, we will be able to tell you if you are terrifyingly in the know or hilariously not so.
Enjoy Quizly? Upgrade to Premium for an ad-free experience and exclusive features.
Get PremiumPlay More Quizzes
How Well Do You Know the Year 2021? Quiz Questions
On what date in early 2021 did supporters of former US president Donald Trump storm the US Capitol and disrupt the certification of the 2020 US Presidential Election?
January 7
January 5
January 4
January 6
Shares of what popular video game store "went to the moon" in early 2021?
Nintendo
GameStop
GAME Shack
Epic Games
What famous singer won her 28th Grammy award in 2021, making her the most awarded woman in the history of the event?
Aretha Franklin
Dolly Parton
Beyoncé
Adele
What age was Prince Philip when he died on April 9, 2021?
98
100
99
101
What was the name of the NASA helicopter that performed the first powered flight on another planet in history when it did so on Mars on April 19?
Ingenuity
Brilliance
SpaceX
Nighthawk
In September, Britney Spears' father was removed as her conservator. What is his name?
Steven Spears
Kevin Federline
Billie Jo Spears
Jamie Spears
What was the first Marvel series released on Disney+ in 2021 that featured Scarlet Witch holding a town captive in a series of television sitcom spoofs?
WandaVision
Loki
What If...?
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
What US state declared a state of emergency on February 12 due to severe winter weather?
California
New Mexico
Florida
Texas
On May 23, what country forced Ryanair Flight 4978 to land within its borders so they could arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich?
Belarus
Latvia
Russia
China
In what Florida city did the Champlain Towers South collapse on June 24, resulting in the deaths of 98 people?
Surfside
Miami Lakes
North Bay Village
Sunny Isles Beach
In April, US president Joe Biden announced that all US troops would be pulled out of Afghanistan by what date?
October 1
August 30
September 11
April 30
In August, what is the name of the person who resigned as the new host of Jeopardy! after past offensive remarks he made came to light?
Bob Barker
Pat Sajak
Levar Burton
Mike Richards
In mid-June, what country became the first to top more than 600,000 deaths from COVID-19?
India
USA
Brazil
China
What movie passed Avengers: Endgame to retake the position of the highest-grossing film of all time after it was re-released in China in 2021?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Avatar
Jurassic World
Titanic
What is the name of the hurricane that formed on August 23 that became the second-most damaging hurricane to hit Louisiana behind Hurricane Katrina?
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Ida
6 Comments
I got 5 out of 15! 27 / 3 / 25
You are hilariously not in the know! Maybe check out the news sometime?
I`m from Australia.
4//15 terrible score, worst ever had, but then it wasn’t a good year for me, Fell down the stairs top to bottom and ended up in hospital with damaged kidney, cuts and bruises and pneumonia. long recovery, not much time for the news.
10/15
100%!
4 / 15
Hi!! New to the website. Hope everyone is having a great day!