Pop Culture
Elon _____________ rebranding of _____________ as “X” began at the tail end of July 2023.
Musk; "X"
ChatGPT became one of the many forms of ___________________ that has begun to change the scientific and tech world.
AI
The winners of the 2023 NBA Finals
Denver Nuggets
FBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes ____________-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China
Covid
_____________ and ___________ created a craze at the movie theaters this summer with their simultaneous releases.
Barbie; Oppenheimer
A new season of _______ released in December and went live that day.
Fortnite
The LSU _______________ won the 2022-2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship
Tigers
Hamas launches a major air and ground attack on ________________ from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages.
Israel
_________________________ landmark Eras Tour the number one tour both worldwide and in North America, but she also brought in $1.04bn with 4.35m tickets sold across 60 tour dates.
Taylor Swift
After the passing of Queen Elizabeth in September 2022, _____ ______ finally took the throne in May 2023.
King Charles
The _____________________ won Superbowl LVII and ________________ was named Superbowl MVP.
Chiefs; Patrick Mahomes
Oct 2 US Postal Service issues a commemorative stamp honoring late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth _______ ______.
Bader Ginsburg
Matthew Perry, most famous for his role as _______________ in Friends, passed away aged 54 in October this year
Chandler Bing
In February 2023, _____ _____ became the NBA's all-time scorer.
LeBron James
The Vegas _______________________ defeated the Florida _____________________ 9-3 to win the 2023 Stanley Cup
Golden Knights; Panthers
On 18 June 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by American tourism and expeditions company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of ________________ in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Titanic
Dating rumors between Taylor Swift and _____ _____, began swirling in September 2023.
Travis Kelce
More than 60,000 _________________ members went on strike July 14, joining screenwriters who had walked off the job more than two months earlier.
SAG-AFTRA (Actor's Union)
The ___________________ won the 2023 MLB World Series.
Texas Rangers
In 2023, the world commemorated the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, which ended the ____________ War.
Vietnam War