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2021 Quiz


Quiz: What's happening in 2021?

  1. On what day of the week does 2021 start in the UK?
  2. Can you express the year 2021 in roman numerals?
  3. On January 20, Joe Biden is scheduled to be inaugurated as President of the United States, who will be his Vice President?
  4. What is happening in Tampa Bay, Florida on February 7th?
  5. In which country will the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest be held?




  6. Which country are the British and Irish Lions touring in July?
  7. The Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan - when was the last time the Summer Olympics were held in a non-leap year?
  8. What age birthday will Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, be celebrating in June?
  9. NASA will launch the James Webb Space Telescope, which is a successor to which telescope?
  10. The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference is scheduled to take place in which British city?
  11. What day of the week will Christmas Day fall on this year?
  12. Name the James Bond film due for release in April?
  13. What sort of race will take place in Olney, Buckinghamshire, in February?
  14. In which month of 2021 will the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race take place?
  15. What takes place in London from the 18th to 22nd of May?
  16. Which former BBC journalist and broadcaster is chairman of GB News, the news channel set to launch in early 2021?
  17. Which famous London building will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2021?

Answers:

  1. Friday
  2. MMXXI
  3. Kamala Harris
  4. Super Bowl (Super Bowl LV)
  5. Netherlands (in Rotterdam)
  6. South Africa
  7. 1900 (on any year ending in 00, it is only a leap year if the year is divisible by 400)
  8. 100-years
  9. Hubble Space Telescope



  10. Glasgow
  11. Saturday
  12. No Time To Die
  13. Pancake race
  14. April
  15. Chelsea Flower Show
  16. Andrew Neil
  17. Royal Albert Hall