It’s finally December, the last month of 2023! As the year wraps up, what have you been paying attention to? Take our news quiz and find out how in-the-know you are on current events–all of which tie back to TechnoServe’s mission to end global poverty.

Test your Knowledge: December News Quiz

“Coffee Cherry” is Pantone’s color of the year for 2024. Pantone announced a rich shade of ripe coffee berry as its 2024 color of the year. The Chief Color Director of the Pantone Color Institute described the shade as both energizing and earthy. With years of working supporting smallholder coffee farmers around the world, TechnoServe welcomes this color choice!

Real

Unreal

Climate change helped put 200 more species on the Red List of Threatened Species. A global tracker of biodiversity maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added 200 more species to its list of endangered species, pointing to the impacts of climate change on ecosystems. The announcement was made at the UN Climate Change conference.

Accurate

Inaccurate

Is it the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era? The global negotiations on climate change concluded in Dubai with what UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. Nearly 200 nations agreed to transition away from fossil fuels–the biggest contributor to climate change–for the first time in the history of these global climate negotiations.

Yes

No

Barbie was sidelined for major awards. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” was a global phenomenon this year but has been largely snubbed by critics. Barbie is conspicuously absent from nominations as film awards season begins.

True

False

Lost in space. It was an astronomical (pun intended) feat to grow a small crop of tomatoes on the International Space Station this year. Unfortunately, astronaut Frank Rubio lost his share of the precious fruit during the “off-Earth harvest” in March. Rumors that Rubio ate the tomato were laid to rest when it was found in early December, a little less fresh but all still there.

That never happened

That sounds right

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