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Clayton Kershaw won his long-awaited first World Series with this west coast team.
Who are the Dodgers?
400
On November 7, CNN declared Joe Biden the president-elect simultaneously to projecting him as winner of this state.
What is Pennsylvania?
400
The movie adaptation of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical won the Golden Raspberry for Worst Picture; critics ripped the movie's poor CGI effects, which underwhelmingly felinized the cast.
What is Cats?
400
In August, Forbes reported this man had a net worth exceeding $200 billion.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
400
This country star, singer of "The Gambler," passed away on March 20th.
Who is Kenny Rogers?
400
This singer released the albums "Folklore" in July and "Evermore" in December.
Who is Taylor Swift?
800
LeBron James led the Lakers to the NBA championship, adding to his previous titles with these two teams.
Who are the Heat and Cavaliers?
800
The Labour Party led by this woman won New Zealand's October parliamentary elections in a landslide
Who is Jacinda Ardern?
800
This show swept the four comedy acting awards at the 2020 Emmys.
What is Schitt's Creek?
800
An absence of several weeks in April led to speculation that this world leader had died; in August, it was reported he had ceded some powers to his sister.
800
Naya Rivera, a star of this recent Fox TV musical series, died in a boating accident on July 8.
What is Glee?
800
This family-blending reality show, which began on 2004, was finally canceled.
What is Wife Swap?
1200
This Austrian became the first first-time men's singles Grand Slam champion in six years by winning the U.S. Open.
Who is Dominic Thiem?
1200
This senator was the lone Democrat to lose a reelection bid for his U.S. Senate seat.
1200
This song by the lime-haired Billie Eilish won the Grammy for Record of the Year.
What is Bad Guy?
1200
Armenia's long cold war with this neighbor erupted into armed battles over the long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
What is Azerbaijan?
1200
This man, a longtime NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, died on January 1, 2020.
1200
A two-block-long pedestrian section of 16th Street NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. was renamed this by Mayor Muriel Bowser.
What is Black Lives Matter Plaza?
1600
The Stanley Cup final and conference finals were held in this Canadian city; the city's home team could not make it out of the first round of the playoffs despite having stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
1600
The dubious reelection of dictator Alexander Lukashenko in August sparked protests in this former Soviet country.
What is Belarus?
1600
He was the first Korean to win the Oscar for Best Director.
Who is Bong Joon-ho?
1600
In October, residents of New Caledonia voted against independence from this colonial power.
What is France?
1600
This comedian, who played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld, died on May 11, leaving behind his son, Ben.
Who is Jerry Stiller?
1600
This woman, antagonist of Joe Exotic on "Tiger King," was cast on "Dancing With the Stars."
Who is Carole Baskin?
2000
This team won its fourth WNBA championship.
Who are the Seattle Storm?
2000
This Republican congressman-elect from Louisiana died from coronavirus on December 29, less than four weeks after winning his seat in a runoff.
Who is Luke Letlow?
2000
The Oscar winners for best actor and best actress in February were for playing the title roles in these two movies which begin with the same letter.
What are Joker and Judy?
2000
On Leap Day, this landlocked duchy became the first country to make all public transportation free to use.
What is Luxembourg?
2000
The actress Dawn Wells passed away on December 30th; she is best-known for playing this character on Gilligan's Island, who is named last in the theme song's roll call of castaways.
Who is Mary Ann?
2000
A meme went viral of a man skateboarding and lip-syncing to Fleetwood Mac while drinking from a bottle of this beverage?
What is cranberry juice?