Music
This female artist grossed $2 billion by December of 2024 from her Eras Tour.
Taylor Swift
This movie - based on a Broadway musical - was released in November and starred Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
Wicked
The two teams in the 2024 Super Bowl and who won with 25-22 in overtime.
Chiefs - 49ers
This war hit the 1,000 day mark on November 19th.
Russia-Ukraine
>30,000 Ukrainians have been killed and >700,000 Russians
There are 2,781 billionaires in the world. This female music artist became one of them in April.
Taylor Swift
This is the first Black female artist to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart with a single.
Beyonce ("Texas Hold Em")
This movie one the Oscar for Best Picture at the 2024 Academy Awards.
Oppenheimer
This basketball point guard is now the highest all-time NCAA scorer.
Caitlin Clark
This former U.S. president turned 100 in October and passed away in December.
Jimmy Carter
People had about 4 minutes to observe this rare phenomenon in the skies in April.
Total solar eclipse
This artist was the headliner for the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Usher
This artist had a record-breaking crowd of over 100,000 at Lollapalooza this past summer.
Chappell Roan
This team won a record-setting 18th NBA title in June. Name the team and who they beat in the final.
Celtics - Mavericks
This extreme weather event struck Florida in September, and parts of North Carolina were horribly damaged.
100 POINT BONUS if you can name the European country with this same problem in October.
Hurricane Helene
(Spain)
This actor was named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.
John Krasinski
This long-time composer and producer died in November. He is probably best known for his making of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album.
Quincy Jones
This artist won the Grammy for Record of the Year. Name the artist and the title of the record.
Miley Cyrus (Flowers)
After the summer's Olympic Games, this Olympian is the "most-decorated" female swimmer on record (has won the most medals).
Katie Ledecky (with 14 Olympic medals) - she's the 5th person with the most medals in history (Michael Phelps won 28)
SC: Name the 2024 presidential election candidates and both of their vice presidential running mates.
NC: What was significant about Mexico's presidential election result?
SC: Donald Trump and JD Vance; Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
NC: Mexico elected its first female president in its 200-year history (Claudia Sheinbaum - a climate scientist)
This U.S. state became the 3rd most populous in the country in April with 2.3 million residents.
Florida
This artist performed a concert on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was free, and set the record for the largest audience ever for a stand-alone concert by any artist in history.
Madonna (1.6 million fans)
This artist won the Grammy for Best Song. Name the artist and the song.
Billie Eilish ("What I Was Made For")
This 21-year old beat 7-time winner Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon.
Oscar Alcaraz
Sarah McBride made history with her successful election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Why?
She is the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history.
New additions to the Oxford Dictionary include all but one of the following:
- forever chemical
- vibe check
- screen-share
- swear box
Vibe Check
forever chemical, screen-share and swear box all got added
"bussin" was added in 2023