2016 in Music
This artists hit "One Dance" was dubbed the song of the summer by Billboard.
Who is Drake?
This show premiered in 2016 and culminated with its 8-episode final season being released throughout late 2025.
What is Stranger Things?
This MLB team won the 2016 World Series.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
This politician won the United States 2016 Presidential election.
Who is Donald Trump?
Casey Affleck won Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea. Earlier in his career, he played a smaller role alongside his brother Ben in this movie about a genius janitor.
What is Good Will Hunting?
"Closer" by this EDM duo featuring Halsey was a big hit in college basements.
Who are The Chainsmokers?
The hit show This Is Us starred this actor as Randall Pearson, the adopted brother of the main trio of siblings.
Who is Sterling K. Brown?
This smartphone gaming app became a global phenomenon continuing its popularity from the GameBoy version.
What is Pokemon Go?
The UK voted in a 2016 referendum to leave this political and economic group of countries.
What is the European Union?
The Martian stars this actor stranded on Mars.
Who is Matt Damon?
Launched as a visual album, with a film of the same name, this release by Beyonce was a surprise, but a big hit.
This HBO hit won its second of four Best Drama Series Emmy in 2016.
What is Game of Thrones?
The summer Olympics were held in this city in 2016.
What is Rio, Brazil?
This substance led to an ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
What is lead?
The 2016 movie Arrival stars Amy Adams opposite this actor, in a sci-fi story about alien pods touching down around the earth and trying to determine why the aliens were there.
Who is Jeremy Renner?
This artist had the two most popular songs of the year according to Billboard.
Along with creating The Good Place in 2016, this famed TV writer/producer/director is responsible for other classics such as Parks & Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Who is Michael Schur?
The famous gorilla, Harambe, was shot and killed at this zoo after after a three-year-old boy fell into his enclosure.
What is the Cincinnati Zoo?
This Olympic swimmer lied about being robbed at gunpoint at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Who is Ryan Lochte?
While Moonlight was eventually crowned Best Picture at the Oscars, this movie was initially given the award, before realizing on stage that a mistake was made.
What is La La Land?
This artist's final studio album, Blackstar, was released in early 2016. After an 18-month battle with liver cancer, he died 2 days after the release.
Who is David Bowie?
This FX anthology series about one of America’s most infamous trials debuted in 2016 and earned widespread critical acclaim.
What is The People vs. O.J. Simpson?
Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and this group performer at Super Bowl 50.
Who is Coldplay?
Amplified by stories on social media, the hysteria of people seeing individuals dressed as these in the woods became a widespread phenomena.
What are clowns?
This Marvel movie was the highest grossing film of the year.
What is Captain America: Civil War?