21st CENTURY WORLD NEWS
10 ft. long & weighing 2,000 lbs., this NASA rover landed in Gale crater on Mars in 2012; luckily, no cat was below it
What is Curiosity?
Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
What is American Idol?
All hail this 2026 inductee the Hall calls "the original female superstar from hip-hop's golden age"
Who is Queen Latifah?
It can mean to assert a legal right or to work out
What is exercise?
Koji Suzuki's novel "Ring" involves one of these outdated pieces of technology; teens watching it die a week later
What is a VHS tape?
A 2017 addition to the Constitution of China: his "Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era"
Who is Xi Jinping?
Heidi Klum, Law Roach & guest judges like Ice Spice
What is Project Runway?
Born William Broad in London, this 2026 inductee derived his stage name from a teacher's comment that he was lazy
Who is Billy Idol?
To try out for a role
What is audition?
In "Tender Is the Flesh", a virus has contaminated most of Earth's protein supply, so folks become these unsavory sorts
What are cannibals?
"Je Suis Charlie" became a rallying cry after a terrorist attack on this French satire magazine
What is Charlie Hebdo?
Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba
What is Dancing With The Stars?
Kate Bush's 2023 induction tribute featured St. Vincent singing this song of Kate's
What is Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)?
To predict, or calculate in advance; it's typically used as a noun involving the weather
What is forecast?
His chilling novel "Lunar Park" features murders similar to those committed in his "American Psycho"
Who is Bret Easton Ellis?
On this opposition leader's return to Russia in 2021, he was imprisoned & he died in custody in 2024 in a Siberian penal colony
Who is Navalny?
Under the tent: Paul Hollywood & Nigella Lawson, replacing the recently retired Prue Leith
What is The Great British Bake-Off?
After 6 previous nominations, in 2024 the Hall at last inducted this influential "Kick Out the Jams" Detroit quintet
Who is MC5?
To renounce a throne
What is abdicate?
This author of impressive horror lineage wrote of a "Heart-Shaped Box" that contained a haunted suit
Who is Joe Hill?
The Tapanuli, a new species of this great ape, was discovered in 2017 in Indonesia's North Sumatra province
What is an orangutan?
Gail Simmons, Tom Colicchio
What is Top Chef?
Inducting this "Mississippi Goddam" singer in 2018, Mary J. Blige said her songs about injustice & struggle still resonated
Who is Nina Simone?
To put up with, or to manage to take a drug without having serious side effects
What is tolerate?
In "The Deep", the cure to a disease is found in this, the deepest part of the Pacific, but the lab there has gone silent
What is the Marianas Trench?