Q 01/05

Which video-call app's daily meeting participants jumped from 10 million to over 300 million in early 2020?

A) Skype

B) Webex

C) Zoom

D) FaceTime

Answer · why

C) Zoom

Zoom went from 10 million daily meeting participants in December 2019 to over 300 million by April 2020; amid 'Zoombombing' intrusions it froze new fe...

Q 02/05

Which US presidential candidate won the 2020 election?

A) Donald Trump

B) Bernie Sanders

C) Joe Biden

D) Kamala Harris

Answer · why

C) Joe Biden

Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to 232; Georgia, decided by about 12,000 votes, recounted all five million of its ballots by hand and the result sto...

Q 03/05

Which app became the world's most downloaded in 2020, passing two billion installs that April?

A) Instagram

B) Snapchat

C) YouTube

D) TikTok

Answer · why

D) TikTok

TikTok crossed two billion downloads in April 2020 after the best quarter any app had recorded; that June India, its biggest market by installs, banne...

Q 04/05

Which streaming service released the hit series "Tiger King" in March 2020?

A) Hulu

B) Netflix

C) HBO Max

D) Disney+

Answer · why

B) Netflix

Netflix released Tiger King on March 20, 2020 and Nielsen counted 34 million viewers in ten days; its star Joe Exotic was already serving 22 years ove...

Q 05/05

Which city hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 due to the pandemic?

A) Paris

B) Rio de Janeiro

C) Tokyo

D) Los Angeles

Answer · why

C) Tokyo

Tokyo's Games were postponed in March 2020, the only postponement in Olympic history, yet kept the Tokyo 2020 name and went ahead a year later with al...