A 2025 Anniversary
Business & Finance
Sports: Off the Field
Music
(Blank) of the Year
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The 50th anniversary of this pop culture mainstay was celebrated with a primetime special and featured over 90 current and former cast members

What is Saturday Night Live?

400

This import tax was the economic buzzword of 2025 thanks to the Trump Administration upping them to the highest rates since 1927

What is a tarriff?

400

This Slovenian NBA star was traded to the Lakers in a surprising deal that was announced in February

Who is Luka Doncic?

400

2025 was another huge year for her, following up a legendary world tour with an engagement announcement and then a the highest grossing album of the year

Who is Taylor Swift? 

400

While no publication could be found to announce an official number of the year if you talk to any child in Gen Alpha this number which became a nonsensical slang term this would be their quick answer

What is 6-7? (67, six-seven, this is all so dumb)

800

First hitting bookstores in 1925, this Jazz Age classic introduced readers to a mysterious millionaire with an eye on the green light—and marked its centennial in 2025

What is The Great Gatsby

800
This famed investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway retired after more than 60 years in the role

Who is Warren Buffett? 

800

This longtime member of the College Football Game Day desk bid farewell to the show, making his retirement episode the most watched Game Day episode of all time

Who is Lee Corso?

800

Kendrick Lamar took home Grammys for Record and Album of the Year for this diss track which he performed at February's Super Bowl LIX

What is "Not Like Us"?

800

Meriam Webster proclaimed this messy word with a new digital-age definition the word of the year. Good luck avoiding it while scrolling your feeds

What is slop?

1200

After no candidate won the majority of the presidential electoral college votes the House of Representatives elected this man the sixth president of the United States in 1825, 200 years ago

Who is John Quincy Adams?

1200

Skydance Media merged with this broadcasting giant amid controversy with FCC regulators due to a settlement that was paid to President Trump

What is Paramount (or CBS)?

1200

Brimming with new, high-profile talent this league announces an expansion to 18 teams by 2030 with new teams in Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia

What is the WNBA?

1200

The recording studio was just the beginning for this artist in 2025 who held an historic residency in his homeland, featured in Happy Gilmore 2 and hosted SNL twice in 2025

Who is Bad Bunny?

1200

For the first time Pantone's color of the year was selected as a shade of this

What is white? (Cloud Dancer)

1600

It's been a full five centuries since Hernan Cortes defeated and executed Cuauhtémoc, the last emperor of this civilization

Who are the Aztecs?

1600

This teen-focused accessories store, famous for its ear-piercing kiosks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2025 after decades as a mall staple.

What is Claire's?

1600

A gambling scandal surrounded this baseball team with evidence that members of the bullpen were intentionally throwing balls to begin at bats

Who are the Cleveland Guardians?

1600

This fictional K-Pop trio found real world success with "Golden", a number one on the US Billboard charts for eight weeks

Who is Huntrix?

1600

The BBC named this golfer who completed the career Grand Slam and was key to a successful Ryder Cup campaign their Sportsman of the Year 

Who is Rory McIlroy?

2000

2025 marks 150 years since the prison escape of this New Yorker, famous for running the corrupt Tammany Hall political machine. It was short lived as he returned to jail 11 months later

Who is William "Boss" Tweed?

2000

The truck may be back, but the company will not be, after it was acquired by Chevron in July 2025.

What is the Hess Corporation?
2000

This American sports league voted to update their schedule to start in late summer and run through the spring, mirroring much of the rest of the world

What is the MLS? 

2000

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra honored the legendary composer John Williams by naming the main stage of this venue after him

What is the Hollywood Bowl?

2000

This German-made hatchback took home the title of Motortrend Car of the Year

What is the Volkswagen Golf?  (Golf GTI)

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