PDC World No 1 Gerwyn “The Iceman” Prince recently retired from these two sports to concentrate on darts. A hint is that these two sports have a lot in common – you could say they run in the same league.
Do you know that the main distinction between Rugby Union and Rugby League is that Rugby League has long since abandoned several of its possession rules? In Rugby League, when the ball comes into contact, the action is restarted by a scrum. In Rugby Union, however, it is fought by a line-out.
It was no surprise to many when, on the 10th of January, 2021, it was announced that the North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jon-un was elected general secretary of the Workers Party of Korea. This position was previously held by whom?
Kim Jong-un became the heir apparent to the leadership of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the early 1980s, and he took on major positions in the party and army. Following the death of his father, DPRK founder Kim Il-sung, in 1994, Kim Jong-un took power. He served as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), Chairman of the WPK Presidium, Chairman of the North Korean National Defence Commission (NDC), and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the world's fourth-largest standing military.
If you are just as confused as we are about NFTs, then you might want to skip this question. However, if you are in the know about digital currency, then this will be a breeze. In March of 2021, Christie’s sold Everydays by artist Mike Winkelmann for $69M. There was something significant about this sale. What was it?
Beeple is a painter whose real name is Michael Winkelmann. He creates digital art, which consists of pixels on displays that show weird, amusing, frightening, and often gruesome pictures. He combines pop culture, technology, and post-apocalyptic dread to create scathing critiques of our current state of affairs. Not only was Beeple' "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" the third most expensive artwork sold by a living artist, but it was also the first wholly digital piece offered by a major auction house, selling for $69.34 million at a Christie's sale in March 2021.
New Zealand farmer Colin Craig-Brown will not be selling his property anytime soon because of what he unearthed in his backyard. The humble farmer was thrown into the headlines in November of 2021 when he found what in his back garden?
Did you know that a potato is made up of around 80% water and 20% solids? Only approximately 100 calories are included in an 8-ounce baked or boiled potato. In the United States, the average American consumes roughly 124 pounds of potatoes per year, whereas Germans consume almost twice that much. Fun potatoey fact: Eric Jenkins, an Englishman, cultivated 370 pounds of potatoes from a single plant in 1974.
2021 was a wild year for Khing Hnin Wai. The aerobics instructor briefly became famous on the 1st of February for what reason?
Khing Hnin Wai, a fitness teacher, had been recording herself doing aerobics on the streets of Myanmar for a while. She hadn’t gained much attention with her videos, but all that changed when she accidently filmed the country's military takeover.
Minecraft was the hit game of 2021, surpassing 140 million users. The game is about nothing, and you can create anything inside this virtual world which has now an estimated 3.6 billion square kilometers. This virtual Minecraft world can approximately fit how many planet Earths inside of it?
With over 238 million copies sold and about 140 million monthly active users as of 2021, Minecraft has been adapted to many more platforms and is the best-selling video game of all time. Mojang Studios, a Swedish video game developer, created Minecraft as a sandbox video game. Markus "Notch" Persson used the Java programming language to construct the game. It was originally made public in May 2009, followed by many early private testing versions, before being officially released in November 2011, with Jens Bergensten taking over development.
Real motorheads will know the answer to this question. Argentine racer Manuel Andujar won the 2021 Dakar rally in which discipline? A hint to this question’s answer is that you can take this vehicle over all kinds of terrain. That should be enough, right?
Manuel Andjar was crowned champion in the quad category at the 2021 Dakar. However, this mild-mannered racer's life does not appear to have altered as a result of his huge success. According to people who know him, being in the spotlight didn’t change him one bit. That’s a true champion.
No one expected this from Kevin Andre McKenzie of Guyana. He was caught at New York’s Kennedy Airport for possessing what strange cargo? If you need a clue, authorities found 35 of these things tucked away somewhere, and we give him an A+ for creativity!
Kevin Andre McKenzie was photographed leaving federal court in Brooklyn wearing the same clothing he was seen in at the airport after being freed on $25,000 bail. Photos from his court case revealed that the birds had been discovered inside hair curlers fastened to his legs and the lining of his jacket.
Adele’s much awaited and long-overdue album, 30, finally came out in 2021. The album was met warmly by fans and critics alike. It was already a bestseller just a week after its release. Just how well did it do, though?
According to MRC statistics cited by Billboard, the British singer's fourth studio album became the most popular album of the year in the United States just three days after it was released on November 19, 2021. "30" has already outsold the other big releases of 2021, selling more than 660,000 album copies, including audio and video streaming and individual track purchases.
The beautiful game of football was temporarily postponed due to the pandemic. The world missed out on Euro 2020, but when things kicked back off again in June 2021, we got to witness the highest-scoring game in the tournament's history. True fans of Ronaldo know why he was stripped of his top-scoring tally. It was because of:
Of course, life is generally good for Ronaldo. In 2020, the five-time FIFA player of the year became the first active team-sport athlete to earn more than $1 billion in a single season. He became the first individual in the world to surpass 500 million followers on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in February 2021.
Line of Duty season six aired its final episode, featuring yet another surprising plot twist for these police officers who care about fighting corruption. If you watched the final season, you should know how Ted Hastings explained to suspects he was an impossible man to fool. What was that saying again?
Jed Mercurio conceived and produced the British police procedural television series Line of Duty, which is produced by World Productions. The first season premiered on BBC Two on June 26, 2012, and it was the network's best-performing drama series in ten years, with a consolidated viewership of 4.1 million viewers. The BBC commissioned two further series after the second season premiered to significant public and critical acclaim on February 12, 2014.
We all know him as Salt Bae, from the popular meme, but the notorious restaurateur Nusret Gökçe is serious about his craft. He opened a restaurant in Knightsbridge in 2021, attracting the attention of fans and critics for the unforgivably high prices on the menu. Apart from wine, what was the most expensive item sold in the restaurant?
Nusret Gökçe – also known as Salt Bae – is a Turkish chef, culinary performer, and restaurateur whose method of seasoning meat became an internet sensation. Nusr-Et, a luxury steakhouse chain, is his business. If you have not seen a meme of this Turkish hottie, we have to ask: what planet have you been living on?
Many unsuspecting people experienced deja vu when an enterprising anti-vaxxer caused a commotion in Italy. He copied a scene from Father Ted, a British Sitcom, in December of 2021. Do you remember what he did?
Hat Trick Productions produced Father Ted, a sitcom written by Irish playwrights Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews. It ran for a total of 25 episodes across three seasons from April 21, 1995, to May 1, 1998, including a Christmas special. The anti-vaxxer took his inspiration from an episode titled “Escape from Victory” in which a character used a fake arm.
This pandemic has taught us many life lessons, one of which involves the Greek alphabet. The latest iteration of COVID is Omicron. Which of the following is not one of the 24 Greek letters?
The Greek alphabet has been in use since the late ninth or early eighth century BCE. In addition to vowels and consonants, it was the first alphabetic system to feature unique characters. It was developed from the older Phoenician alphabet. Here are the 24 letters spelled out in English: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega.
The collapse of the European Super League was revealed in April of 2021. There had been trouble between Uefa and the 12 founder clubs. However, much of the tension was attributed to Uefa President Alexander Ceferin and which other club leader?
A member of the European Club Association's Executive Committee and Chairman, Andrea Agnelli is an Italian businessman and chairman of the Italian football club Juventus FC. Agnelli was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee in 2015. He is a descendant of the Agnelli dynasty of industrialists.
In an act of astounding optimism, the United Nations dubbed 2021 “The Year of Peace and Trust.” We all personally gave 2021 many less flattering nicknames, but the UN kept on rolling with the more polite ones. Which of the following was not a title given to 2021 by the UN?
Who could forget the official year of nuts, legumes, pulses, and beans? Plants of the Fabaceae family are referred to as legumes, and this category includes their leaves, stems, and pods. The edible seeds of a legume are known as pulses. Beans, lentils, and peas are all pulses. Does that make sense of it all?
Matt Hancock resigned from government office in 2021, after being caught on CCTV breaching social distancing rules with Gina Colangelo. Apart from having been a non-executive director of the Department of Health and Social Care, Gina is also related to an Arsenal goalkeeper. Do you know who it is?
The former Scotland international football goalkeeper Robert Primrose "Bob" Wilson OBE (born 30 October 1941) was a broadcaster and goalkeeper. Wilson's 11-year playing career with Arsenal, during which he made over 300 appearances, was a significant contribution to the sport. Wilson also represented Scotland as a junior and senior international.
The last two years have been strong ones for the Chinese film industry, which was responsible for the world’s top-grossing film in both 2020 and 2021. Fans enjoyed The Battle at Lake Changin thoroughly. Indeed, it was the biggest box office hit of 2021. The film covered which famous conflict?
During the Korean War, at least 2.5 million people died in a fight between North and South Korea. When North Korea attacked the South in June 1950, they were aided and supported by the Soviet Union, and the conflict gained global interest. The United Nations joined the conflict on the side of the South Koreans, with the United States as the main player, while the People's Republic of China came to North Korea's help.
The Tokyo Olympics was temporarily delayed because they had to comply with unusual protocols for the safety of the athletes due to the pandemic. The fact that the 2020 Olympics took place in 2021 was unusual. However, the men’s high jump was even more unexpected. Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi reached a stalemate in the finals. How did officials resolve the situation?
This was the first time the games had seen joint winners by choice since 1912. After a 2.37m leap, Qatar's Mutaz Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi couldn’t break the tie, so they agreed to share the gold medal. This made Tamberi the second Italian to win gold in the high jump in the Olympic Games. The first was Sara Simeoni, who won the women's high jump in Moscow in 1980.
Some people used their spare time during the pandemic to work on improving themselves. Others engaged in plenty of self-care on a mission to “find themselves.” This Turkish man, Beyhan Mutulu, followed the trend in his own unique way. What did he do?
Beyhan Mutlu, a construction worker in his 50s, was drinking with friends in Bursa province in northern Turkey. Drunk and sleepy, he wandered into the nearby woodlands at around 2 am. He said that he was heading back to a friend's property where he was staying. However, Mutlu's whereabouts were a mystery to this friend, who reported him missing. Mutlu awoke in the woods at 5 am, after a few hours' sleep, to see people searching the area for something. He dutifully joined in only to realize it was him that they were looking for.
October was over, but Josiah Kenyon was still in the Halloween spirit when he was arrested for his alleged role in the January 6th Capitol Riot. He was wearing which animated character costume when he allegedly assaulted several police officers?
Jack Skellington is the protagonist of the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. In his magical, fictional world, he is also known as the Pumpkin King of HalloweenTown, a kingdom dedicated only to the Halloween celebration. Chris Sarandon provided the voice for Jack, and the film became a cult classic.
Superstar Nicki Minaj took to Twitter in a rage, complaining about the Met Gala’s policy of insisting that attendees get vaccinated. She was concerned for her health, but can you remember the anecdote she cited to back up her concerns?
Nicki claims her cousin's acquaintance in Trinidad was afflicted by testicular swelling after getting vaccinated. She added: “He was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.” Somehow, we don’t think this is an issue Nicki needs to be worried about.
The word of the year for 2021 is “vaccine.” This was made official by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, but from which Latin word does “vaccine” derive? College students who took up Latin should know the correct answer. What do you think it is?
Did you know cows have a strong sense of hearing, similar to that of dogs, which is why they can get agitated when exposed to loud noises? Their sense of smell is so well trained that they can detect odors up to eight kilometers away. They are exceptionally adept at detecting danger since each of their senses is so keen. Of course, they aren't flawless. Cows are red-green color-blind, seeing these colors in black and grey tones.
As a Grammy award-winning artist, entrepreneur, producer, songwriter, and all-around badass, Rihanna was named the national hero of Barbados in 2021. This coincided with Barbados becoming a republic in November of 2021. What was Rhianna’s official new title?
Barbados has conferred a national accolade for the first time in well over 20 years: the last person to get the title was former cricket player Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers. The island's parliament has recognized a total of 11 people since 1998, including a slave who led a rebellion and the island's first citizen of African origin.
In December 2021, the North Atlantic was hit by a storm called Barra. Over the last seven seasons, storms in the UK and Ireland have been named in advance by meteorologists, running from A-Z, and switching between male and female first names. Which of the following names is not on the list?
Did you know that red rain poured on Kerala, India, from July 25 to September 23, 2001, and it astonished the whole globe? People noticed a bright flash of light and a booming sound in the sky a few days before the blood rain began. Scientists discovered that crimson particles detected in the rain were really spores from lichen-forming algae.
Squid Game was the most-watched Netflix series of 2021. This was a Korean-language series about a dystopian and murderous televised competition. Unless you disappeared into the woods with the Turkish fellow from question 20, you’ve probably seen both the show and the many memes that circulated in the wake of its release. What show did it replace as Netflix’s most streamed show ever?
Bridgerton is a period drama series written by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes for streaming television. It is based on Julia Quinn's books, which are set during the season when debutantes are presented at court amid the competitive world of Regency-era London. People raised their eyebrows when the producers opted for a more racially diverse cast.