London
The residence of the monarch
What is "Buckingham Palace"
Cornell passed this university to become the best ranked University in New York per US News 2022-2023 Best National University Rankings
What is "Columbia"
The world population exceeded this number for the first time in 2022
What is "8 Billion"
Taylor Swift released this album in 2022
What is "Midnights"
This streaming service posted declining numbers for the first time ever in 2022, causing a steep decline in their stock market value
What is "Netflix"
This historic structure on the River Thames houses the crown jewels
What is "The Tower of London"
It was announced this year that this Cornell dining hall will remain permanently closed after being "temporarily" closed for the spring semester
What is "RPCC" (Robert Purcell Community Center)
This tech company became the first company to reach a stock market value of $3 Trillion
What is "Apple"
Taylor Swift received a doctorate degree from this University in 2022
What is "NYU"
This country reached peak inflation rate during October, causing its currency to become close in value to the USD
What is the "UK"
This is the largest airport in London, which we flew into
What is "Heathrow Airport"
This Cornell sports program turned many heads by upsetting their way to a NCAA finals appearance before losing to Maryland in the spring
What is "Lacrosse"
The highest temp (47 degrees C) during the record breaking heat waves was recorded in this country
What is "Portugal"
Taylor Swift announced "Midnights" during her acceptance speech at this awards show
What are the "VMA's"
The International Monetary Fund projected this country's economic growth at 3.2% for 2022, a mark down from 8.1% in 2021 and marking it's lowest rate in 46 years.
What is "China"
The oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world which houses the St. George Cathedral
What is "Windsor Castle"
This wrestler from Hilton High School competed for and won his third consecutive national championship for Cornell
Who is "Yianni Diakomihalis"
This event averaged 26 million live viewers in late 2022, breaking viewership records in many countries
What is "The World Cup"
"Midnights" had the most successful release in seven years, not quite beating out this artist's album "25"
Who is "Adele"
The U.S. reached a year over year inflation rate of 7% for the first time since this president's canidacy
Who is "Jimmy Carter" (Asterisks for Ronald Reagan)
This is the name of the theater in which William Shakespeare produced many of his plays
What is "The Globe Theater"
Laura Lewis, a former Cornell ILR admin, was announced to be taking over this role following the stepping down of Svante Myrick
What is "mayor"
The defamation case between these two celebrities amassed 83.9 million hours watched live
Who are "Johnny Depp and Amber Heard"
"Midnights" sold this many albums in the first week (to closest 100k) becoming the most successful first week of an album of this year
What is "1.6 million"
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of this former cryptocurrency trading company was arrested in late 2022 after scamming hundreds of millions of dollars from investors and users
What is "FTX"