Quiz-2021 Year Ender

1) Global M&A volumes hit a record high in 2021 topping $5 trillion. Which 2 media companies announced the largest deal valued at $43 billion in May 2021?

2) Name the Australian swimmer who won the most medals (7) by an individual athlete at Tokyo Olympics in July / August 2021?

3) With 328 million hours of viewership, what is the most watched movie of all time on Netflix? It debuted only in November 2021.

4) 2021 was an extraordinary year for space exploration with more than 130 successful missions. 3 of them were to Mars and they all arrived within days of each other in February 2021. 2 of them were by USA and China. Which country sent the third mission to Mars and what is its name?

5) Auctions of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) was one of the biggest trends in 2021. What is the name of the piece by the mysterious digital artist called PAK that set a NFT sale record of $91.8 million in December?

6) Name the American artist who created this awe inspiring public art installation in Washington DC from September 17 to October 3 2021. At the end there were 701,133 white flags, each flag standing for one American life lost to COVID-19.

7) Each year, The Economist magazine picks a “Country of the Year”, choosing the one which improved the most in that year. Last year’s choice was Malawi. Whom did the magazine pick this year?

8) 33 Indian start-ups attained the Unicorn status in 2021, taking the tally to 54, the third most after USA and China. Which is India’s most valued start-up at $21 billion?

9) At the age of 83, Anthony Hopkins became the oldest actor to win an Oscar this year. For which film did he get this award?

10) What record did the insanely popular videogame Minecraft establish this year?

11) In which province of South Africa was the now rapidly spreading Omicron variant first detected in November?

12) How many people were airlifted from Afghanistan following the takeover by Taliban in August?