Sports
This country won their fourth rugby world cup, downing the All Blacks 11-12 in the final
South Africa
This ginger man inherited and lost the Prime Ministership of New Zealand this year
Chris Hipkins
Highest Grossing Film of the Year
Barbie
This four-part documentary series covers the life and career of this iconic English footballer
David Beckham
This social media company launched "Threads" in an attempt to capitalise on Twitter's decline
Meta
This Argentinian won his 8th Ballon D'or after his World Cup heroics the year prior
Lionel Messi
This failed Auckland Mayoral Candidate was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Green Party at the 2023 election
Efeso Collins
This film became the highest grossing animated film distributed by Sony Pictures
Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse
This hit TV show based on a bunch of wealthy media moguls concluded with its fourth and final season this year
Succession
Sam Altman was fired from and rehired by this AI company in the space of five days
Open AI
India lost the Cricket World Cup Final in front of over 90,000 fans after going this many games undefeated in the tournament before the final
10
David Cameron made a shock return to British politics after he was appointed as Foreign Secretary amid the reshuffle prompted by the dismissal of this former Home Secretary
Suella Braverman
Everything Everywhere All At Once swept the Oscars winning this many out of its 11 nominations
7
Fans of this popular TV Series were left shocked after the second season finale where a love triangle found a surprising resolution
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Many clips emerged of this particular phone failing the "bend test" with the back glass shattering upon intense bending
iPhone 15 Pro Max
This Kiwi Driver made his Formula One debut, scoring his first points in his third race at the Singapore Grand Prix
Liam Lawson
Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the house after a record-breaking this many rounds of voting in the House
15
A special screening of this film at Camp David flamed the concerns of the POTUS regarding Artificial Intelligence
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Keanu Reeves narrates this mini-series on Disney + documenting an "impossible formula one story"
Brawn: The Impossible Formula One Story
Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro which is to be released next year at this low low price (+/- $250)
$3499
The Warriors enjoyed a fabulous 2023 season advancing to the preliminary finals in the NRL for the first time in this many years
12
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The Voice Referendum failed to pass with over 9 million Australians voting NO, earning a nationwide majority of this many votes (+/- 100,000)
2,838,400
This Rami Malek played scientist testifies against Lewis Strauss in the final minutes of Oppenheimer
David L. Hill
Rylee Arnold and her celebrity partner, Harry Jowsey fell short in their dreams of winning this season of Dancing With The Stars
Season 32
Axiom Mission 2, was the third private SpaceX Mission to space and transported two Americans and two astronauts from this country to the International Space Station
Saudi Arabia