Global-Issues
"Highest Grossing Tour Numbers" (Name the Artist/Band)
Sports
US Politics
Remembrance
Gaming
100
What a shock... this man was elected as President of Russia again on March 17th of 2024
Vladimir Putin
100
#1: "The Eras Tour" – $1.043 billion
Taylor Swift
100
The 2024 Olympics were held in this French city
Paris
100
The current Speaker of the House seen here
Mike Johnson
100
August 18th, 2024
Phil Donahue
100
Just as 2024 ended, Nintendo announced the release of their follow-up to this gaming console
The Switch
200
This North Korean dictator continued to stir up controversy in 2024
Kim Jong Un
200
#2: "Music of the Spheres Tour" – $421.7 million
Coldplay
200
This team won the 2024 NBA Championship
Boston Celtics
200
"Oligarchy? What Oligarchy?'" Everything is fine when you have this, richest man in the world running a totally new/made-up department of government
Elon Musk
200
DAILY DOUBLE!
We certainly did lose a legend when this icon figure passed away in July of 2024
Richard Simmons
200
2024 saw this release of this newest installment of the "Mario Party" franchise
"Jamboree"
300
Things got off to a rocky start at the end of 2024 between President-Elect, Donald Trump, and this Canadian Prime Minister seen here
Justin Trudaeu
300
DAILY DOUBLE!
#3: "Summer Carnival Tour" – $367.3 million
P!nk
300
This Los Angeles team won the 2024 MLB World Series Championship
The Dodgers
300
"Look kids! It's 'Teddy Ruxpin!'" Oh wait, it's just this guy... who won the election running as Vice President in 2024
JD Vance
300
February 1st, 2024, we lost Carl Weathers, an actor who was most notably known as his portrayal of "Apollo Creed," who was a "foe turned friend" to his counter-star Sylvester Stallone in this movie franchise
"Rocky"
300
2024 saw the release of, "Echoes of Wisdom," in which the player finally gets to play as this, "main titled" character
Zelda
400
Viktor Orban continued to be a controversial leader of this European country that borders Austria, Romania, and Slovakia
Hungary
400
#5: (Because I didn't recognize #4, and I'm pretty sure anyone outside of Latin-America wouldn't either) This guy... and his "self-titled" tour, Grossing $251.3 million
Bruce Springsteen
400
In 2024, this Football Player was the highest paid athlete in the world, earning a salary of $200 Million
(Last name only is okay for an answer)
Cristiano Ronaldo
400
As her running mate for Vice President, Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz, who is Governor of this northern state
Minnesota
400
(This one hit hard for me... the voice of a huge chunk of my childhood... Darth Vader, Mufasa, Mr. Myrtle...) In September, we lost this great actor
James Earl Jones
400
The annual video game named after this late NFL coach was released again this year
John Madden
500
Finally being overthrown in December of 2024, Bashar Al-Assad's stranglehold over this country finally came to an end
Syria
500
#6: "Hackney Diamonds Tour" – $235 million
Rolling Stones
500
On November 15th, 2024 in Arlington, Texas, "Netflix" presented a disastrous boxing match between these two fighters
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson
500
In 2024, Donald Trump became the 2nd US President to be elected to a "non-consecutive" term, with the first being this 22nd and 24th President seen here (We've talked about him many times, but I'll give you the usual hint... "Blue Sesame Street character/major city in Ohio")
Grover Cleveland
500
July 18th, 2024
Bob Newhart
500
The 8th installment of this fighting game franchise seen here was released in 2024
Tekken