Monthly Review with Ivan Jurić: November 8th - December 31st, 2021

Most important world events that occurred from November 8th to December 31st, 2021 that may become quiz questions

SPORT

Stephen Curry became the player with most made three pointers in the history of the NBA leagues, surpassing Ray Allen.
Staples Centre, legendary multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, home to NBA teams Lakers and Clippers, WNBA team Sparks, NHL team Kings changed its name to Crypto.com Arena in a 700 Million dollar deal with namesake company from Singapore.
Guanyu Zhou, test driver for Renault and Alpine will drive for Alfa Romeo next season, thus becoming the first Chinese driver in Formula 1.
In a season which saw WRC coming to Zagreb, Frenchman Sebastien Ogier won his eight World Rally Championship title.
Barcelona midfielder Pedri won the Golden Boy Award whcih is awarded to the best U-21 footballer.
Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter became American citizen and legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom after his Turkish citizenship was taken away for criticizing Turkish politics and president Erdogan.
Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and became Formula 1 championship after an epic and controversial finish which saw him overpassing Lewis Hamilton in the last lap of the season.
Julianna Peña became UFC bantamweight champion after she surprisingly beat Amanda Nunes thus ending her 12 win streak.

POLITICS

Gabriel Boric (35), whose family origins can be traced to Croatian island Ugljan, became the youngest president in the history of Chile.
Five days after resigning her position due to the break of the coalition with Swedish Green Party, Magdalena Andersson was re-elected as Swedish prime minister.
American senator and vice presidential (1976) and presidential (1996) candidate Bob Dole, who lost the elections to Walter Mondale (Jimmy Carter's vice president) and Bill Clinton respectively passed away.
After less than two months in office, Karl Nehammer succeeded Alexander Schallenberg as chancellor of Austria.
Xiomara Castro won the elections in Honduras thus becoming the first female president in the history of the country..
Malta became the first European country to legalize the limited cultivation and possession of marijuana for personal use. Luxembourg announced their plans for the same legislation, but their parliament hasn't voted on it yet.

LIFESTYLE

Paul Rudd was voted the sexiest man in the world by the People magazine.
Indian model Harnaaz Sandhu won the Miss Universe 2021 beauty pageant.
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh, know for beaing the first African American creative designer for Louis Vuitton has died.
Parag Agrawal became CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey who remained the CEO of Square, financial company which was then renamed Block, Inc. because of its focus on blokchain technology and broadening the scope of of their business.
Google announced the list of the most searched terms in 2021.

SCIENCE

Named after NASA administrator who played the key part in Apollo project, James Webb Telescope, the most advanced and the most expensive space telescope in history which is set to replace Hubble telescope, was launched on Christmas.
Solar probe Parker, first NASA aircraft named after a living person, became the first probe to enter the atmosphere of the Sun.

MUSIC & SCENE

Spending the most time in Top 100, Top 40, Top 10 and Top 5, the song Blinding Lights by The Weeknd replaced the song The Twist by Chubby Checker as the best song in the history of the Billboard list.
Ten minute long version of the song All Too Well by Taylor Swift became the longest song to top the Billboard Hot 100 list.
Vicente Fernández, Mexican icon and one of the best selling Mexican artist, know for tradition music, has died.
Davorka Ručević, known as Kasandra, one of the biggest stars of Croatian dance scene in the 90's known for her hits Nisi ti jedini na svijetu, I've got a feelin' and Sladoled has died.
Ariana Grande will play Glinda, and Cynthia Erivo will play Elphaba in the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit musical Wicked.
Legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the author of popular musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George, as well as lyricists for the West Side Story and Oscar winner for the best song for Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) from the movie Dick Tracy, has died.

WORLD

At least 34 people have been killed in the eruption of the volcano Semeru, the highest peak on the island of Java. Volcano was named after Mount Meru, holy mountain in hinduism, budism and jainism.

VIDEO GAMES

Cooperative gamea It Takes Two made by indie studio Hazelight won the Game of the Year award in The Game Awards ceremony.

MOVIES AND TV

South Korean Netfilx TV series Hellbound directed by Yeon Sang-ho who gained recognition with movie Train to Busan, surpassed Squid Game as the most watch TV series on Netflix.
Italian director Lina Wertmüller, first female with an Oscar nomination for the best director for the movie Pasqualino Settebellezze, has died.
Famous Spanish actress Verónica Forqué, record holder for the number of Goya Awards alongside Carmen Mauru has died.
Just 18 days before her 100th birthday, television legend Betty White passed away. Known for her role in The Golden Girls, in 2014 White earned her place in the Guiness Book of World Records as Longest TV Career for a Female Entertainer, which had at that point lasted for 74 years. Her career in the end lasted 80 years, surpassing the record for a Male Entertainer held by Sir Bruce Forysth with 76 years.

ARCHITECTURE

Renowned British architect Richard Rogers, whose most important works include Georges Pompidou Center, Lloyd's building, Millenium Dome and European Court of Human Rights building has died.

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