Question 1

Which 2011 Adele album, named after her age at the time of writing, became the best-selling album of the decade in the US?

Accepted Answer

21. Released in January 2011, 21 spent 24 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and produced hits including "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You". It has sold over 31 million copies worldwide.

Question 2

Which 2014 Taylor Swift album, named for her year of birth, marked her full transition from country to pop?

Accepted Answer

1989. 1989 produced the singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood". It won the 2016 Grammy for Album of the Year and was Swifts first album to debut with over a million US sales in its first week.

Question 3

Which 2016 Beyonce visual album was released alongside an hour-long HBO film?

Accepted Answer

Lemonade. Lemonade explored themes of infidelity and Black womanhood across genres from country to reggae. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and received nine Grammy nominations.

Question 4

Which Ed Sheeran song from the 2017 album "Divide" became one of the most streamed songs of the decade?

Accepted Answer

Shape of You. Shape of You spent 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the most streamed song in Spotify history at the time. It won the 2018 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.

Question 5

Which 2014 Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson collaboration topped charts worldwide with a funk revival sound?

Accepted Answer

Uptown Funk. Uptown Funk spent 14 weeks at number one in the US in 2015. The song won the 2016 Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo or Group Performance.

Question 6

Which 2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee song, later remixed with Justin Bieber, became a global summer hit?

Accepted Answer

Despacito. Despacito was the first mostly Spanish-language song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Macarena in 1996. The music video was the first to reach 5 billion views on YouTube.

Question 7

Which South Korean boy band rose to global prominence in the late 2010s with albums like "Love Yourself: Tear"?

Accepted Answer

BTS. BTS debuted in 2013 but reached global stardom in 2017 to 2018. Love Yourself: Tear became the first Korean-language album to top the Billboard 200 in May 2018.

Question 8

Which young pop artist released her debut studio album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Billie Eilish. Released in March 2019, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. At the 2020 Grammys, Eilish became the youngest artist ever to sweep the four main categories.

Question 9

Which 2019 Marvel film became the highest-grossing movie of all time at its release, overtaking Avatar?

Accepted Answer

Avengers: Endgame. Released in April 2019, Avengers: Endgame grossed over 2.79 billion dollars worldwide. It capped the Infinity Saga that began with Iron Man in 2008 and held the all-time record until Avatar reclaimed it in a 2021 China re-release.

Question 10

Which 2013 Disney animated film featured the chart-topping song "Let It Go"?

Accepted Answer

Frozen. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersens The Snow Queen, Frozen grossed over 1.28 billion dollars worldwide. It won two Oscars including Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

Question 11

Which 2010 Christopher Nolan film centers on extracting and planting ideas inside dreams?

Accepted Answer

Inception. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception grossed over 836 million dollars worldwide. Its ambiguous spinning-top final shot became one of the most debated film endings of the decade.

Question 12

Which 2012 Joss Whedon film brought together Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Hulk for the first time?

Accepted Answer

The Avengers. The Avengers became the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to gross over a billion dollars worldwide. It set the template for the team-up superhero blockbuster and launched the MCU into the stratosphere.

Question 13

Which 2018 Marvel film directed by Ryan Coogler became the first superhero movie nominated for Best Picture?

Accepted Answer

Black Panther. Black Panther grossed over 1.3 billion dollars worldwide and won three Academy Awards in technical categories. It was a cultural milestone and a major step for representation in big-budget filmmaking.

Question 14

Which 2017 Jordan Peele horror film about a young Black man visiting his girlfriends family won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay?

Accepted Answer

Get Out. Made on a 4.5 million dollar budget, Get Out grossed over 255 million dollars worldwide and earned four Academy Award nominations. Peele won Best Original Screenplay at the 2018 Oscars.

Question 15

Which 2016 film won Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars after the famous on-stage mix-up with La La Land?

Accepted Answer

Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, Moonlight was incorrectly announced after Warren Beatty was handed the wrong envelope. It became the first film with an all-Black cast and the first LGBTQ-themed film to win Best Picture.

Question 16

Which 2015 George Miller film, a desert chase epic, won six Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture?

Accepted Answer

Mad Max: Fury Road. Starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road was widely praised for its practical stunts and editing. It won six Academy Awards, more than any other film at the 2016 ceremony.

Question 17

Which HBO fantasy series, based on George R. R. Martins novels, ran from 2011 to 2019?

Accepted Answer

Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones ran for eight seasons and became HBOs most-watched series, with the finale drawing over 19 million US viewers. Its divisive final season prompted intense debate among fans.

Question 18

Which Netflix sci-fi series, set in the 1980s town of Hawkins, debuted in 2016?

Accepted Answer

Stranger Things. Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things drew heavy inspiration from Stephen King and Spielberg-era cinema. It became one of Netflixs flagship hits and revived interest in 80s aesthetics.

Question 19

In which year did "Breaking Bad" air its final episode on AMC?

Accepted Answer

2013. The Breaking Bad finale "Felina" aired on September 29, 2013 and was watched by over 10 million US viewers. It is consistently ranked among the greatest TV finales of all time.

Question 20

Which AMC zombie-apocalypse drama, based on a comic-book series, debuted in 2010?

Accepted Answer

The Walking Dead. Based on Robert Kirkmans comic series, The Walking Dead premiered in October 2010 and quickly became a ratings juggernaut. At its peak it was the most-watched scripted drama in cable history.

Question 21

Which ITV period drama set at a fictional Yorkshire estate ran from 2010 to 2015?

Accepted Answer

Downton Abbey. Created by Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey followed the Crawley family and their servants from 1912 through 1925. The show won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes and spawned two feature films.

Question 22

In which year did Netflix release "House of Cards", its first major original drama series?

Accepted Answer

2013. House of Cards premiered on February 1, 2013 with all 13 episodes released at once. It was Netflixs first original drama to win a major Emmy and helped popularize the binge-watching model.

Question 23

Which Netflix drama, debuting in 2016, charts the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s onward?

Accepted Answer

The Crown. Created by Peter Morgan, The Crown has been praised for its production design and lead performances. The role of Queen Elizabeth has been played by Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton across multiple seasons.

Question 24

Which BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch reimagined the famous detective in modern-day London?

Accepted Answer

Sherlock. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock premiered in 2010 and ran for four short seasons. It made Cumberbatch and co-star Martin Freeman international stars.

Question 25

In which year was Instagram launched on the App Store by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger?

Accepted Answer

2010. Instagram launched on October 6, 2010 as an iPhone-only photo-sharing app. It reached one million users in two months and was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for about one billion dollars.

Question 26

In which year did Apple release the original iPad?

Accepted Answer

2010. Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad on January 27, 2010 and it went on sale on April 3, 2010. It sold over 300,000 units on its first day and created the modern tablet computing category.

Question 27

Which disappearing-message app was launched in 2011 by Stanford students Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy?

Accepted Answer

Snapchat. Originally called Picaboo, Snapchat launched in 2011 with photos that vanished after a few seconds. The Stories feature, introduced in 2013, was widely copied by Instagram, Facebook and others.

Question 28

Which short-video app, owned by ByteDance, expanded internationally from 2017 and exploded globally by 2018?

Accepted Answer

TikTok. ByteDance launched Douyin in China in 2016 and the international version, TikTok, in 2017. After merging with Musical.ly in August 2018, TikTok became one of the most-downloaded apps in the world.

Question 29

In which year did Apple release the first Apple Watch?

Accepted Answer

2015. The original Apple Watch launched on April 24, 2015. It quickly became the best-selling smartwatch in the world and helped drive Apples wearables business into a major revenue source.

Question 30

Which 2016 augmented-reality mobile game from Niantic had players catching creatures in real-world locations?

Accepted Answer

Pokemon GO. Pokemon GO launched in July 2016 and was downloaded over 500 million times by the end of the year. Crowds gathered in parks and public squares to catch Pikachu, Charmander and other Pokemon.

Question 31

In which year did Twitter double its character limit from 140 to 280?

Accepted Answer

2017. Twitter began rolling out the 280-character limit on November 7, 2017. The change was framed as a way to reduce the "tetris" effect of rewording tweets to fit, and applied to all languages except Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Question 32

Which 2014 viral social-media challenge raised awareness for ALS research?

Accepted Answer

The Ice Bucket Challenge. Participants poured a bucket of ice water over their heads and nominated others to do the same. The campaign raised over 220 million dollars for ALS research worldwide and went viral on Facebook and Twitter.

Question 33

Which wave of protests, beginning in late 2010, swept across the Arab world?

Accepted Answer

The Arab Spring. Triggered by a Tunisian street vendors self-immolation in December 2010, the Arab Spring spread to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain. It led to the toppling of multiple long-standing regimes.

Question 34

In which year did Prince William marry Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey?

Accepted Answer

2011. The wedding took place on April 29, 2011 and was watched by an estimated 2 billion people worldwide. Catherine, now the Princess of Wales, became one of the most photographed women in the world.

Question 35

In which year did the United Kingdom vote in a referendum to leave the European Union?

Accepted Answer

2016. The Brexit referendum was held on June 23, 2016, with 51.9 percent voting to leave the EU. The UK formally left the EU on January 31, 2020 after years of negotiations.

Question 36

Which Republican candidate won the 2016 US presidential election against Hillary Clinton?

Accepted Answer

Donald Trump. Donald Trump won the Electoral College on November 8, 2016 despite losing the popular vote by nearly 3 million ballots. He was inaugurated as the 45th president on January 20, 2017.

Question 37

In which year did a catastrophic fire damage the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris?

Accepted Answer

2019. The fire broke out on April 15, 2019, destroying the cathedrals oak roof structure and toppling the central spire. Pledges for reconstruction quickly reached over one billion euros.

Question 38

Which 2012 Korean pop song became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views?

Accepted Answer

Gangnam Style. Psys Gangnam Style, released in July 2012, crossed one billion views on December 21, 2012. It briefly became so popular that YouTube had to upgrade its view counter from a 32-bit integer.

Question 39

Which NASA rover landed inside Gale Crater on Mars in August 2012?

Accepted Answer

Curiosity. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, named Curiosity, landed on August 6, 2012 using the Sky Crane system. It has since traveled kilometers across Mars and confirmed that the planet once had habitable conditions.

Question 40

In which year did LIGO announce the first direct detection of gravitational waves?

Accepted Answer

2016. On February 11, 2016, LIGO announced it had detected gravitational waves from a black hole merger 1.3 billion light years away. The discovery, made in September 2015, confirmed a major prediction of Einsteins general relativity.

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