2020s Quiz: Trivia, Pop Culture And History Questions
Lockdowns, video calls, the Platinum Jubilee and AI.
Below are 13 2020s questions with the answers underneath each one, sorted into pop culture, history and news, and art and design.
Every fact is real and dateable. Print it, read it out, or play the same questions against the clock in our decade trivia game.
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Years covered in the 2020s
- 2020 - Lockdown, clapping on doorsteps and a year nobody needs reminding of. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2020
- 2021 - Another lockdown, then a summer of football and reopening. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2021
- 2022 - The Platinum Jubilee, the death of the Queen and three Prime Ministers. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2022
- 2023 - The coronation, Barbenheimer and 'Last Christmas' finally getting to number one. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2023
- 2024 - A July general election, the Olympics in Paris and Gavin & Stacey signing off. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2024
- 2025 - The Lionesses retained the Euros and the Oasis reunion filled the stadiums. Full year: /blogs/news/look-back-to-2025
- That is every 2020s year we have written up so far: 2020 to 2025.
2020s pop culture round
- The Eurovision Song Contest was held in Liverpool in which year? Answer: 2023. Hosted on behalf of Ukraine.
2020s history and news round
- The first UK national lockdown was announced in which month? Answer: March 2020. Announced on 23 March 2020.
- Who was the first person in the world to receive an approved Covid vaccine outside a trial? Answer: Margaret Keenan, in Coventry. 8 December 2020, aged 90.
- The Queen's Platinum Jubilee was celebrated in which year? Answer: 2022. Seventy years on the throne, marked with a four-day weekend.
- England's women won the European Championship in which year? Answer: 2022. The Lionesses beat Germany at Wembley.
- ChatGPT was launched in which year? Answer: 2022. Released at the end of November 2022.
- The coronation of King Charles III took place in which year? Answer: 2023. Westminster Abbey, May 2023.
- Which phrase became the most-repeated line of the video call era? Answer: You're on mute. Said several million times a day in 2020 alone.
- The Tokyo Olympics, delayed by the pandemic, were actually held in which year? Answer: 2021. Still branded Tokyo 2020.
- What was the popular name for the 2021 UK summer holiday boom? Answer: The staycation summer. Cottages and campsites were booked out for months.
2020s art and design round
- Beeple's digital collage sold as an NFT in March 2021 for roughly how much? Answer: $69m. Everydays: The First 5000 Days, sold at Christie's.
- Thomas J Price's 2020 sculpture Reaching Out, of an ordinary young woman on her phone, stands where? Answer: Brixton, London. It is a portrait of nobody in particular, which is the point.
- AI image generators became widely available to the public in which year? Answer: 2022. DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion all opened up in 2022.
How to run it
- Read the question and hold back the answer - the note after it makes a good follow-up fact.
- Ten questions is one round; split the pop culture and history sections for two shorter rounds.
- For a birthday party, use the decade the guest of honour was born in and finish on their birth year page.
- In a care home session, stop wherever the conversation starts rather than finishing the list.
Found your words? Now find the card
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How to write it so it lands
- Mix two decades in one round if the room spans a wide age range.
- The notes under each answer are the bits people actually enjoy - read them out.
- Pair the quiz with that decade's party playlist for a themed night.
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Frequently asked questions
What are some good 2020s quiz questions?
The first UK national lockdown was announced in which month? The answer is March 2020. There are 13 more above, with answers, across pop culture, history and art.
How many questions are in the 2020s quiz?
13, split into a pop culture round, a history and news round and an art and design round.
Can I use these for a quiz night or care home session?
Yes, freely. Print them, read them out, copy them - no permission needed.
Is there a version I can play online?
Yes. The decade quiz gives instant feedback and a score, and the decade trivia game is timed with points for speed and streaks. Both use these same questions.