(Mostly) 2020 Trivia

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  1. 4. social media platform used by Duke and Duchess and of Sussex to step back from royal family
  2. 5. first commercial spacecraft that sent astronauts into orbit is from this company
  3. 7. these furry friends started roaming streets of Wales when people were in lockdown
  4. 12. Famous Iowa Alum who starred in a movie of sweet treats
  5. 13. in 2020 became first country to make all public trains, trams, and buses fare-free
  6. 14. in 2020 the U.S. price of this good dropped negative
  7. 16. Trump became third pres. in history to face this type of trial
  8. 17. started "Some Good News" YouTube videos to spread positive stories during pandemic
Down
  1. 1. in 2020 became the first non-English-language movie to win Oscar Best Picture
  2. 2. Iowa City is the world's 3rd _ City of Literature
  3. 3. the two leading COVID-19 vaccines use this piece of genetic material instead of a dead or weakened virus to elicit an immune response
  4. 6. location of major wildfires that burned 47 million acres
  5. 8. 2020 Netflix binge-worthy documentary popular at the start of the pandemic
  6. 9. First company to complete Stage 3 clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine
  7. 10. celeb that donated $1 million to Moderna vaccine research
  8. 11. City of first reported COVID-19 case.
  9. 15. month in 2020 that the UK formally withdrew from the EU