___ of the year
Time magazine's person of the year
Who is Taylor swift?
Location where the deadliest US wildfire in the last 100 years occurred in August.
What is the island of Maui, in Hawaii?
The L.A. Laker player who beat Kareem Abdul Jabbar's record for all time leading NBA scorer.
Who is LeBron James?
This British singer-songwriter completed his international farewell tour at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
Who is Elton John?
("Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour")
This director must have been very excited when the Barbie movie became the highest grossing movie at the box office.
Who is Greta Gerwig?
The author of Barnes & Noble's book of the year, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store", he also penned "The Color of Water", his autobiography and tribute to his mother.
Who is James McBride?
The new social media app introduced by Meta.
What is Threads?
He suffered a cardiac arrest on the field while playing for the Buffalo Bills against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Who is Damar Hamlin?
According to Spotify, this Miley Cyrus top streamed song of the year, had more than 1.6 billion streams globally.
HINT: "I can buy myself _____"
What is “Flowers”?
Hollywood actors and writers went on strike, bringing most film and TV productions to a standstill. This person is the current president of the SAG-AFTRA union for actors.
Who is Fran Drescher?
Pantone's 2023 color of the year, described as a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Brave and fearless, a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative. It is also a fond Crayola memory from childhood.
What is viva magenta?
The 2024 Color of the Year is Peach Fuzz
Kevin McCarthy was ousted 9 months after it took 15 rounds of voting to elect him speaker of the house. The new speaker of the house is this republican representative from Louisiana.
Who is Mike Johnson?
He beat Novak Djokovic (the all-time leader in men’s grand slam titles) to win the men's singles at Wimbledon.
Who is Carlos Alcaraz?, won a five-set thriller against Novak Djokovic, 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4, to win the men’s singles at Wimbledon.
The co-founder of this magazine was removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board of directors after disparaging remarks about female and Black musicians.
What is Rolling Stone?
She officially took the record for most Grammy award wins at 32. She's been nominated 88-times.
Who is Beyonce?
Not 2023, but McCormick's spice of the year for 2024. The plump, pod-like fruit lends its acidic, tangy-sweet flavor to Latin, Caribbean, and Mexican cuisines.
What is tamarind?
This crypto currency guru was convicted of fraud and conspiracy. His company, FTX, went bankrupt and other executives were also convicted.
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried?
This year's super bowl marked the 1st time 2 brothers, Jason and Travis Kelce, playing for these two NFL teams, faced off against each other in the big game.
What are the Philadelphia Eagles (Jason) and the Kansas City Chiefs (Travis)?
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII.
A fun fact: the brothers graduated from CHHS. Go Tigers!
Feb 5 marked the 50th anniversary of this type of music, celebrated at the Grammy's in a performance curated by Questlove and featuring legends such as Grandmaster Flash, Run-D.M.C., Ice-T, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, Nelly, and GloRilla.
What is hip-hop?
Cast and crew members took a final bow as confetti was released after the final performance of this musical, which closed after 35 years on Broadway, in New York, April 16, 2023
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
It means "charisma" or "having game", and it is Oxford University's word of the year for 2023.
What is RIZZ, as in, "I rizzed her up and now she'll go out with me."
Name of the deep sea submersible that went missing in the N. Atlantic and was found to have suffered a catastrophic implosion that killed all 5 on board.
What is The Titan?
The country whose soccer team claimed the Women's World Cup championship hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
What is Spain?
More than 70,000 music fans were stranded in this state's desert when torrential rains flooded the campgrounds with mud at the Burning Man festival.
What is Nevada?
The number of academy awards won by Everything Everywhere All At Once, after receiving eleven nominations, topping all other movies this year.
What is seven?