This artist became the first ever African American woman to headline Coachella this year.
Beyonce <3
Disney decided that for some reason it was going to release live action versions of all of its classics. (??) The two that came out this year were...
Aladdin and the Lion King.
After circulating for a few years, Youtube made this challenge very popular. Turns out it could kill you. It caused the brand producing this item to have to publicly state to 'please not eat their products'...
The Tide Pod Challenge
I guess the challenge part is to survive the poisoning????
Miley Cyrus and....
Liam Hemsworth
Name the artist...
"I just took a DNA test..."
Lizzo.
(Sorry to report that 23 and Me doesn't test for that.)
After a soccer team became trapped in flooded cave in ___, all 12 boys and their coach were rescued.
Thailand.
David Benioff and D. B. Weiss became the world's most hated people after writing the final season of this hugely popular show.
Game of Thrones
(and yes, I did sign the petition)
People were (rightfully) very confused this year when IHOP announced that they were going to start selling...
Burgers???
For some reason...
Prince Harry and ...
Megan Markle
This artist currently has 12 songs on the Billboard Top 100. Right now his most popular song is "Circles."
Post Malone
This 16 year old girl started a world-wide protest against climate change. She recently sued multiple countries for infringing upon her rights as a child because of lack of action against climate change.
Greta Thunberg
Ryan Reynolds starred in this movie based on a cartoon we probably all watched as kids.
Detective Pikachu
Called the new "Dress", the internet fought a brutal battle over whether this word was heard as___ or __
Yanny or Laurel
Y'all who hear Yanny are crazy.
Ariana Grande and....
Pete Davidson
This popular band played the Superbowl Halftime show this year. Like many halftime shows before it, it was not received well by the internet. Perhaps this is due to the very brief appearance by Spongebob Squarepants.
Maroon 5
This rapper made history when his album won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He became the first rapper to ever do so.
Kendrick Lamar.
This former actor directed the creepy-as-heck- doppelganger movie "Us"
Jordan Peele.
Peele won an Oscar for screenwriting for this movie- making him the first black screenwriter to do so.
This year an 11 year boy became instantly famous after he was recorded ___ in a Illinois Walmart.
Yodeling...
Strange, but it is Illinois...
Justin Bieber and
Hailey Baldwin
This artist has exploded in popularity the past few months for her dark and sometimes creepy music. She is only 17 and is known for writing songs with her brother.
Billy Eilish
"Duh."
This year, more women of color were elected to Congress than ever before. Four prominent ones started a group that they called "The Squad." Name at least 1 of them.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
Name AT LEAST 13 people who appeared in Avengers Endgame (i.e had at least a good amount of screen time.)
Robert Downy Junior
Chris Evans
Mark Ruffalo
Chris Hemsworth
Scarlett Johansson
Jeremy Renner
Paul Rudd
Chadwick Boseman
Bennedict Cumberbatch
Brie Larson
Tom Holland
Don Cheadle
Zoe Sasldana
Karen Gillian
Tessa Thompson
Anthony Mackie
Sebastian Stan
Tom Hiddleston
Josh Brolin
AND A LOT MORE, OH MY GOSH THERE ARE SO MANY.
The popular store ___ was found to have illegally smuggled in 5,500 ancient artifacts into the country.
Hobby Lobby.
It's always the ones you least expect...
Nick Jonas and
Priyanka Chopra
This 90s artist made history this year when she became the first ever female black hip hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame
Hints:
She guest starred on Ciarra's hit "1, 2 Step" . She also sang "Work it" and "Hot Boyz"
Missy Elliott.