Around the World
This country elected its first female president in 2024.
Mexico.
This was the highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing animated movie of all time of 2024 in the U.S.
Inside Out 2
This country hosted the 2024 Olympics.
France.
A gigantic IT outage in July created chaos at airports, hospitals and businesses around the world. What company or software caused it?
Crowdstrike
This iconic device was released by Apple in 2007, changing the way people communicated and interacted with technology.
The iPhone
An extravagant wedding, held in this country, was estimated to cost $600 million and had a guest list including Kim Kardashian, David Beckham, and Boris Johnson.
India
This Sabrina Carpenter song was the most popular song globally on Spotify this year.
Espresso
A piece of fruit duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an art auction in November. What was it?
Banana
This company completed the first commercial spacewalk in 2024.
Space X
This controversial event in the 2000 U.S. presidential election led to a Supreme Court decision that ultimately decided the winner.
The Florida recount
Locals in this European city were fed up with tourists and fired water guns at visitors in July.
Barcelona
The Oxford English Dictionary named this the 2024 word/phrase of the year.
brain rot
In March, the cargo ship Dali left the Port of Baltimore, lost power, and struck a bridge, killing six construction workers and destroying a route that was used by about 30,000 people daily.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge
This former FTX CEO was sentenced to 25 years in prison for massive fraud.
Sam Bankman-Fried
In 2008, this senator from Illinois was elected as the 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the office.
Barack Obama
In this U.S. city, an infamous nuclear plant will be revived to provide energy to Microsoft.
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant in southern Pennsylvania.
This song, "Good Luck, Babe,’’ released in April, has more than one billion streams on Spotify. Who is the artist?
Chappell Roan
In January, a door plug flew off what type of vehicle?
Boeing 737 Max plane
Bitcoin (BTC) made history in 2024, crossing what financial mark for the first time?
$100,000
This social media platform, originally launched in 2004, surpassed 500 million active users in 2010, cementing its place as one of the biggest social networks in the world.
In November, this country became the first to ban social media for kids under 16.
Australia
The 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture went to this film.
Oppenheimer
In 2024, which popular streaming service launched its first live sports broadcasting event?
Netflix
What college did Bill Gates graduate from?
None
What is the name of the robotic vacuum cleaner sold by iRobot?
Roomba