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This artist controversially performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, becoming the first to do so in a language other than English in February.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This NBA player won the MVP award in May.
Who is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?
This nation will turn 250 years old in July.
What is the United States?
This singer-songwriter died in a helicopter crash in Brazil in June.
Who is Oliver Tree?
This NASA mission in April became the first manned mission to leave LEO since 1972.
What is Artemis II?
This actor will play Telemachus in the Odyssey movie directed by Christoper Nolan in July.
Who is Tom Holland?
This European nation and former World Cup champion failed to qualify for the World Cup for the third straight tournament in March.
What is Italy?
This important waterway has been blockaded by the IRGC since February.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This Iranian Supreme Leader was assassinated by the IDF in February.
Who is Ali Khamenei?
This company accidentally leaked the code for its AI model, Claude Code, in March.
What is Anthropic?
This viral German song became popular on TikTok in June.
What is Gut Genug?
This player made the game winning tip-in to win Game 3 of the NBA Finals in June.
Who is OG Anunoby?
This country’s military bases on the island of Cyprus were bombed by Iran in March.
What is the United Kingdom?
This actress, known for her role in Home Alone, died of a pulmonary embolism in January.
Who is Catherine O’Hara?
This company’s IPO made Elon Musk become the first trillionaire in June.
What is SpaceX?
Aubrey Graham released these three albums in May.
What are Ice Man, Habibti, and Maid of Honor?
This small island nation off the coast of West Africa miraculously drew with Spain in a World Cup match in June.
What is Cabo Verde?
This city will host the FIFA World Cup Final in July.
What is East Rutherford?
This NASCAR driver died of pneumonia in May.
Who is Kyle Busch?
These particles were transported by road for the first time in March.
What is antimatter?
This urban legend was adopted into a movie in May.
What are the backrooms?
The New York Knicks won this number of consecutive playoff games, earning the second longest playoff win streak in NBA history.
What is 13?
A person born in this country became the first immigrant mayor of New York City in January.
What is Uganda?
This famous actor and martial artist died while in Hawaii in March.
Who is Chuck Norris?
Researchers at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile discovered over 11,000 of these in April.
What are asteroids?