2025 Events
Who was elected as the mayor of New York City on November 5?
Zohran Mamdani
What are the two numbers that went viral towards the end of the year, with teenagers frequently saying them?
6, 7
What kitchen objects do children use to make noise at midnight to celebrate the new year?
pots and pans
Originally, Amazon only sold what kind of product?
Books
What does LOL mean
Laugh Out Loud
What survived 2025?
a) JoAnn Fabrics
b) The Penny
c) 23andMe
23andMe
Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album this year, what was it called?
The Life of a Showgirl
What type of peas do people in the U.S. South eat on New Year’s Eve for good luck in the new year?
Black Eyed Peas
Which kind of bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency?
Tulips
What does PEMDAS stand for?
Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
What illness was former President Joe Biden diagnosed with?
Prostate cancer
Which band’s concert kiss-cam exposed an affair between a CEO and the company’s chief people officer?
Coldplay
What was a major fear as soon as the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2000?
That computer systems wouldn’t recognize the number 2000, leading to massive worldwide computer failures, power outages and the inability for people to withdraw money from their bank accounts
Who was the first televised President?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What does SPF in sunscreen stand for?
Sun Protection Factor
Following the death of Pope Francis, who was named the new leader of the Catholic church in May this year? (You only need to know his name, not the number)
Pope Leo XIV
What was the top podcast of 2025? (According to Spotify)
The Joe Rogan Experience
In 46 B.C., which Roman leader made Jan. 1 New Year’s Day?
Julius Caesar
10. In 2009, what became the first Morse code character to be added since WWII?
@
What does SWAT stand for? (as in SWAT team)
Special Weapons And Tactics
What were the names of the Los Angeles fires that destroyed more than 16,000 buildings and homes?
a) Palisades Fire, Altadena Fire
b) Malibu Fire, Pasadena Fire
c) Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire
c) Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire
Super Bowl LIX took place in which U.S. city?
New Orleans
January is named after which Roman god?
Janus
In what country did the first Starbucks open outside of North America?
Japan
What is RADAR an acronym for?
Radio Detection And Ranging