What was Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2021? Answer with one word only, in lowercase.

Which New York nurse was the first person in the US vaccinated outside a trial, on 14 December 2020? Answer with the surname only.

What is the Pango lineage designation of the Alpha variant? Answer with the lineage code only, e.g. 'A.1.2'.

The 2020 Glastonbury Festival, its 50th anniversary year, was cancelled. Answer true or false.

Who was director of the US CDC when the pandemic began? Answer with the surname only.

Which NIH scientist was a lead designer of the Moderna vaccine's spike antigen? Answer with the surname only.

In what year did the WHO introduce Greek-letter names for SARS-CoV-2 variants? Answer with the four-digit year only.

Which team won the 2020 NBA championship in the bubble? Answer with the team nickname only, e.g. 'Celtics'.

What was the name of the global initiative for equitable COVID-19 vaccine access co-led by the WHO, Gavi and CEPI? Answer with the name only, in capital letters.

Of which US institute was Anthony Fauci director? Answer with the institute's abbreviation only.

In which small Lombardy town was Italy's first locally transmitted COVID-19 case identified in February 2020? Answer with the city or town name only.

In what year was 'On the Origin of Species' first published? Answer with the four-digit year only.

In which country is the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector located? Answer with the country name only.

In which ocean is the Mariana Trench? Answer with the name only.

Who developed the first successful rabies vaccine in 1885? Answer with the surname only.

Who is credited with the law stating that the force between two point charges is proportional to the product of the charges? Answer with the surname only.

What is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way? Answer with the name only.

Who discovered X-rays in 1895? Answer with the surname only, in plain letters without diacritics.

How many standard amino acids are encoded by the universal genetic code? Answer with the whole number only.

In what year was the Higgs boson's discovery announced at CERN? Answer with the four-digit year only.

Which era followed the Mesozoic? Answer with the era name only.

What is the chemical symbol of silver? Answer with the chemical symbol only.

Which element was named after Marie Curie's homeland of Poland? Answer with the element name only, in English.

What is the largest internal organ in the human body? Answer with the organ name only, in lowercase.

How many moons of Jupiter did Galileo discover in 1610? Answer with the whole number only.