NEWS
The country that elected its 1st female (and Jewish) president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
What is Mexico?
The duo who released the song "Die with a Smile" this year.
Who are Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga?
Bonus: Lady Gaga sometimes attend the Met Gala. What was the theme of the Met Gala in 2024?
10,714 athletes from 204 nations competed in these events in this city.
Summer Olympics in Paris
Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday, December 29, at the age of 100. Known for living a life with meaning and purpose, the Nobel winning Carter was which number in presidential order?
What is 39th?
A 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar.
What is Inside Out 2?
The company whose CEO was gunned down outside a NYC hotel. The suspect was captured at a McDonald'd restaurant.
What is United Healthcare?
The most streamed song of the year on both Spotify and Apple. You might not be able to sleep thinking about the answer.
What is Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter?
Music Bonus: What singer made "Brat Summer" a thing?
I heard there was a football game played before and after this guy's concert at the Super Bowl.
Who is Usher?
James Earl Jones overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become an icon of stage and screen. His deep commanding voice could be heard in either of these two most famous roles.
What is Mufasa in The Lion King and/or Darth Vader in Star Wars?
Deadpool's peaceful existence comes crashing down when this Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat.
What is the Time Variance Authority?
The name of the bridge in Baltimore that collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it.
What is the Francis Scott Key Bridge?
People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024.
Who is John Krasinski?
They are the first father-son duo in the NBA and they plays for this team.
Who are LeBron & Bronny James?
The man behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "We Are the World", he won 28 Grammy Awards before his death at 91 yrs old.
Who was Quincy Jones?
The actor Ariana Grande requested to play Pfannee. When she realized he was not allowed to shoot a movie during a Saturday Night Live season, Grande personally called Lorne Michaels to beg, and they worked out a schedule where he could fly in and out of the country once a week.
Who is Bowen Yang?
Bonus: Where was Wicked filmed?
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in a swift and stunning rebellion. He was granted asylum here.
What is Russia?
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour stands as the highest grossing concert tour in history. This band had the previous record.
What is Coldplay's Music of the Spheres tour?
Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour was #3.
They 8th team to win back to back Super Bowl titles, the one in 2024 being only the 2nd game in Super Bowl history.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
The former One Direction singer who died outside a hotel in Buenos Aires after falling from the balcony.
Who was Liam Payne?
Bonus: Name any One Direction song
Still haunted by this guy, Lydia's life gets turned upside down when her daughter discovers a portal to the afterlife. When someone says his name three times, the mischievous demon soon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
What is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?
Bonus: Who directed the movie?
The margin (percentage) by which Donald Trump won the popular vote over Kamala Harris.
What is 1.5%? (
49.8% vs. 48.3%)
Oxford dictionary's word of the year for 2024. It means, "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material, particularly online content, considered trivial or unchallenging".
What is Brain Rot?
Dictionary.com named "demure" as its 2024 word of the year. The word means shy, modest, or reserved. It became popular on TikTok after influencer Jools Lebron posted a video describing her makeup and dress as "very demure, very mindful".
Manifest: The Cambridge Dictionary named "manifest" as its 2024 word of the year.
Polarization: Merriam-Webster named "polarization" as its 2024 word of the year.
Brat: Collins Dictionary named "brat" as its 2024 word of the year. The word was chosen because of its new definition, which includes "characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude".
The 6 ft tall guard for the Indiana Fever. She was 1st overall draft pick for the WNBA. In college she played for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Who is Caitlin Clark?
A comedy actress who starred in "Tootsie" and "Young Frankenstein". She died at age 79 after a long battle with MS.
Who was Teri Garr?
Four (4) of the 2024 Nominees for Best Picture at the 96th Academy awards.
What are Oppenheimer, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest, Past Lives?
Bonus: Which TV show swept the Emmy's this year?