Global Events
This leader of the Catholic church died on Monday at the age of 88.
Who is Pope Francis?
President Trump backed away from a major piece of his tariff plan last week, pausing "reciprocal" import taxes he had placed on dozens of countries. This country was the exception to that pause.
What is China?
A PG-rated comedic film had the biggest opening box office for a video game adaptation. What game was it based on?
What is Minecraft?
At least 221 people died after the roof of a nightclub collapsed during a concert in this Caribbean country
What is the Dominican Republic?
The CDC has reported that this drug was the cause of most fatal overdoses over the past year in America
What is Fentanyl?
This country will elect a new Prime Minister this month, after Justin Trudeau chose to resign from the position.
What is Canada?
There have been calls for Pete Hegseth, who serves in this presidential cabinet position, to be removed after sharing American war plans in a Signal group chat.
What is the Secretary of Defense?
This music festival took place over two weekends in April in California.
What is Coachella?
This hockey player recently passed Wayne Gretzky as the all time goal leader in the history of the NHL
Who is Alex Ovechkin?
"Hands Off" protests have launched across the United States this month, with people protesting against the actions of President Trump and this Tesla CEO
Who is Elon Musk?
This leader declared a brief "Easter Truce" amidst their country's war with Ukraine.
Who is Putin?
Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and his family fled the governor's official residence after a man did this
What is set fire to multiple rooms?
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' private space company, sent an all-female crew on a brief trip to space. This singer was one of the members of the crew.
Who is Katy Perry?
Scientists bred animals that carry the genes of this species that went extinct 13,000 years ago
What is the Dire wolf?
This university has sued the Trump Administration for withholding over 2 billion dollars in federal grants and contracts, arguing that it violates the university's First Amendment rights
What is Harvard?
Democrats, specifically the Senator of Maryland, met with a man deported to THIS country, as they argue that he was wrongly deported
What is El Salvador?
This month, this senator from New Jersey delivered the longest speech in the history of the Senate (25 hours).
Who is Cory Booker?
This man won the Masters golf tournament last weekend, completing a career grand slam and claiming his first major tournament in 11 years.
Who is Rory McIlroy?
U.S Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has called for fluoride to be banned in this substance that is consumed by humans
What is drinking water?
The federal government has opened an antitrust trial against Meta this week, accusing the company of having created a monopoly when it acquired TWO social media companies.
Name one of the companies that Meta acquired.
What is Instagram OR WhatsApp?
This East Asian country's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, officially removing him from office in April 2025.
What is South Korea?
Donald Trump has invoked the use of this 1790 act to deport Venezuelan migrants, specifically those associated with the Tren de Aragua gang
What is the Alien Enemies Act?
This team selected Paige Bueckers with the #1 pick in this year's W.N.B.A draft?
Who are the Dallas Wings?
These two universities won the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships
What are:
The University of Connecticut
The University of Florida