This Year in Review – 50 Global GK Questions You Need to Know
This 50 Current Year General Knowledge Quiz covers recent global events, politics, sports, entertainment, science, technology, economics, environment, international awards, and major world happenings. Each question includes four answer choices with the correct answer provided for self-checking.
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#1. Who won the 2024 Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship?
#2. Who won the 2024 Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor?
#3. Who won the 2024 Indianapolis 500?
#4. Which country held a general election in July 2024 that resulted in a Labour Party landslide?
#5. Who was re-elected as President of South Africa after the May 2024 general election?
#6. Who won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Actress?
#7. Which country experienced a major coup d’état in Niger in July 2023?
#8. Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2024?
#9. Which country won the 2024 Rugby World Cup?
#10. Who won the 2024 Masters Golf Tournament (men’s)?
#11. Who is the current President of Ukraine (as of 2025)?
#12. Which country hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics?
#13. Who won the 2024 Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
#14. Who is the current President of the United States (as of 2025)?
#15. Which country was admitted as a permanent member of BRICS in 2024?
#16. Who won the Ballon d’Or for men in 2024?
#17. Which country launched its first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, which successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole in August 2023?
#18. Who won the 2024 US Open (men’s singles tennis)?
#19. Which NASA mission launched in 2024 to study Jupiter’s moon Europa?
#20. Who won the 2024 US Open (women’s singles tennis)?
#21. Which country launched the World’s first AI-powered weather forecasting system in 2024?
#22. Which country won the 2024 Six Nations Rugby Championship?
#23. Which NASA astronaut holds the record for the longest continuous time spent in space (371 days) as of 2024?
#24. Which country experienced a major earthquake on September 8, 2023, resulting in thousands of deaths?
#25. Who won the 2024 Tour de France?
#26. Which country won the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup?
#27. Which Hollywood actor died in September 2024 at age 86?
#28. Who won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series?
#29. Which country hosted the 2024 G7 Summit?
#30. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (as of 2025)?
#31. Who became the Prime Minister of France in January 2024?
#32. Who won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize?
#33. Which European country joined NATO in 2024?
#34. Who is the current President of Russia (as of 2025)?
#35. Which country won the 2024 Copa América (men’s soccer)?
#36. Which country won the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023?
#37. Which country officially became a member of the European Union in 2025?
#38. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany (as of 2025)?
#39. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations (as of 2025)?
#40. Which company’s AI product, ChatGPT-5, was released in late 2024?
#41. Which country won the 2024 Davis Cup (men’s tennis)?
#42. Who is the current Prime Minister of India (as of 2025)?
#43. Which country withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement in 2025?
#44. Which country recently became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2024?
#45. Which team won the UEFA Champions League in 2024?
#46. Who is the current Pope of the Catholic Church (as of 2025)?
#47. Which country experienced catastrophic flooding in Libya in September 2023, destroying much of the city of Derna?
#48. Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?
#49. Which country launched the Chang’e-6 mission to collect samples from the far side of the Moon in 2024?
#50. Which country won the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) soccer tournament?
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