Time Magazine Flashcards
Who is the Time Magazine Person of the Year 2021?
Elon Musk
Net worth of Elon Musk
300 billion dollars
Elon Musk surpassed which individual to become the wealthiest person in the world?
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Name the Space company of Elon Musk?
SpaceX
SpaceX headquarters and founded in which year
Hawthorne, California, USA
6 May 2002
Recent NASA launch service program utilised which capsule and booster from SpaceX
Dragon Capsule and Falcon9 Booster
Time Magazine’s entertainer of the year 2021
Olivia Rodrigo
Time Magazine Athlete of the Year 2021
Gymnast Simone biles
Time Magazine Heroes of the Year 2021
Vaccine scientists
When was Time Magazine person of the year started?
1927
This title is awarded to?
The title is awarded to a person who has emerged as an influential personality throughout the year.
Presented annually.
Who is Elon Musk?
Richest person on Earth presently.
CEO of SpaceX (aerospace company) and Tesla (electronic car company)
Tesla’s market value has exceeded 1 trillion dollars in 2021.
First person to be named Time Magazine Person of the year.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh
He completed the first solo transatlantic flight in May 1927 by piloting his monoplane from New York to Paris.
Who was the only Indian to become Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’?
Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 for his contribution in India’s independence by leading salt satyagraha against British raj.
First ever woman to be named Time Magazine’s Person of the year.
Wallis Simpson in 1936 for her relationship with king Edward VIII of the UK, led the king to abdicate his throne in order to marry her.
When was Adolf Hitler the Time Magazine’s Person of the Year?
1938 on becoming German Chancellor
When was Winston Churchill the Time Magazine’s Person of the Year?
1940 on becoming PM of UK
Who is the only Prominent individual to feature in this category 3 times?
Franklin D. Roosevelt to have received the title three times, first as president-elect (1932) and later as incumbent President in 1934 and 1941
Who are the only 2 Prominent individuals to feature in this category twice?
Stalin (russia) and Winston Churchill (UK) as the then world leaders.
Time magazine’s Person of the Century
Physicist Albert Einstein
Who is named the “Man of the Half-Century”?
Winston Churchill in 1949
Who is named the “Man of the Decade”?
Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989
Who were featured as Time Magazine People of the year in 2020?
From USA
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
In which year was Angela Merkel featured on the magazine?
2015
In which year was Donald Trump featured on the magazine?
2016
In which year was Barack Obama featured on the magazine?
2012
In which year was Francis Pope featured on the magazine?
2013
In which year was Greta Thunberg featured on the magazine?
2019
