It goes in the basket
This player retired, unretired, retired again, came back to Washington, and then retired for real.
Who is Michael Jordan
A wardrobe malfunction made this singer the most talked-about person at Super Bowl XXXVIII. This singer's Eras Tour became one of the highest-grossing tours ever.
Who is Janet Jackson
This ferry sank in 1994, becoming one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters.
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This Japanese dish became mainstream worldwide in the 1990s and 2000s.
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The body part AI image generators were famously terrible at making.
What are hands?
This infamous music festival disaster took place in 2017.
What is the Fyre Festival?
This player scored 81 points in a single game in 2006.
Who is Kobe Bryant
This rapper interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs.
Who is Kanye West
This Estonian communication app was so successful that Microsoft bought it for $8.5 billion in 2011.
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This fruit became a social-media obsession on toast.
What is Avocado Toast?
The profession that spent 2023 wondering if it was about to disappear.
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This doomed submersible imploded while heading toward the Titanic wreck in 2023.
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The league suspended this owner for life after racist remarks were made public.
Who is Donald Sterling
This band released Nevermind in 1991.
Who are Nirvana?
The Bronze Soldier riots took place in this year.
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This plant-based meat company went public in 2019.
What is Beyond Meat?
The phrase used when AI confidently makes up nonsense.
What is a hallucination?
Someone slapped this comedian on live television at the 2022 Oscars.
Who is Chris Rock
The Malice at the Palace started when a fan threw this item.
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This 2018 viral hit featured a Spanish-English crossover and broke global streaming records.
What is “Despacito”
This tiny Estonian island became famous because everyone wondered why it had more women than men and its own unique culture.
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The cooking device that suddenly appeared in every kitchen around 2020.
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This company turned “AI chips” into the most valuable hardware story in tech.
What is NVIDIA
This failed 1986 space shuttle mission ended 73 seconds after launch.
What is the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
This 1992 Olympic team is widely credited with globalizing basketball worldwide.
What is the Dream Team
After 15 years apart, this British band reunited in 2024.
Who are Oasis?
This massive cultural event helped fuel independence and still draws tens of thousands of singers.
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This spice mix shows up in everything from coffee to candles to cookies every fall.
What is pumpkin spice
This game defeat in 2016 shocked the world and proved AI had “arrived.”
What is Go (AlphaGo beating Lee Sedol)
This energy company became the symbol of corporate fraud after collapsing in 2001.
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