Pop Culture
These plush, big-eyed collector toys became an inescapable fashion accessory and global internet trend throughout 2025.
What are Labubus?
This American gymnast became the most decorated gymnast in history after dominating the Olympic Games in Rio, Tokyo, and Paris
Who is Simone Biles?
This hit Netflix sci-fi series set in the 1980s features a group of kids fighting monsters from a dark alternate dimension called "The Upside Down."
What is Stranger Things?
In 2015, NASA confirmed that this red planet, long a target for potential human exploration, actually has flowing, liquid water on its surface.
This Virginian statesman and future president was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This 2013 Rockstar Games title became the fastest-selling entertainment product in history, grossing $1 billion in just three days.
What is Grand Theft Auto?
This Portuguese soccer superstar made history by becoming the first person ever to reach 1 billion followers across all social media platforms
Who is Cristiano Renaldo?
Released in 2019, this Marvel superhero film topped Avatar to briefly become the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide.
What is Avenger's Endgame?
Images captured by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2019 provided humanity with its first-ever direct visual photograph of this cosmic phenomenon, located in the galaxy M87.
What is the black hole?
This 1863 executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln declared that all enslaved persons within the rebellious Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
At the 2022 Grammy Awards, this artist took home Album of the Year for Midnights, her second major win of the 2020s.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This NBA superstar broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 39-year-old record to become the all-time leading scorer in NBA history.
Who is LeBron James?
This hit 2024 Disney/Pixar sequel introduced the emotion Anxiety and quickly became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
What is Inside Out 2?
In 2022, scientists achieved a medical milestone by successfully transplanting a genetically modified heart from this animal into a human patient for the very first time.
What is a pig?
This 1803 land deal with France doubled the size of the United States, adding approximately 828,000 square miles of territory west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This massive, career-spanning global concert series officially concluded in late 2025, followed by a hit behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries.
What is The Eras Tour?
This American tennis player won her 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant, cementing her status as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Who is Serena Williams?
This 2023 biographical drama directed by Christopher Nolan became the highest-grossing Best Picture winner since The Lord of the Rings, focusing on the father of the atomic bomb.
What is Oppenheimer?
This massive NASA space telescope, launched on Christmas Day 2021, sent back its first breathtaking, high-resolution deep field images of the early universe in July 2022.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope? (Or: JWST)
This 1962 international crisis brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war after American spy planes discovered ballistic missiles in the Caribbean
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This 2024 viral phrase inspired millions of people to describe how they act, dress, and present themselves at work as very "mindful."
What is "Very Demure?"
This Chicago Cubs infielder threw the final out to first baseman Anthony Rizzo in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, ending the franchise's legendary 108-year championship drought.
Who is Kris Bryant?
This hit HBO satirical comedy-drama series, centered on the toxic family dynamics of media tycoon Logan Roy and his squabbling children, swept the Emmys before concluding its four-season run in 2023.
What is Succession?
In 2024, a major archaeological and genetic study revealed that this devastating 14th-century bacterial pandemic actually originated in Central Asia, not Europe as long believed.
What is the Black Death? (Or: the Bubonic Plague)
This 1913 legislative act signed by President Woodrow Wilson established the modern central banking system of the United States to manage the nation's money supply and stabilize the economy.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?