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This lady sang a duet with costar Bradley Cooper from their 2019 movie A Star Is Born at the Oscars and sparked rumors of an off-screen romance.
Who is Lady Gaga?
Environmental groups blamed this country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, for fires that raged through it's rainforest to clear-cut for industrial development.
What is Brazil?
The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of this vacuum in space, which was previously only a theory of how our universe works.
What is a black hole?
This U.S. team made history at this year's World Cup in France by beating the Netherlands.
What is the Women's Soccer Team?
As TIME's Person Of The Year, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg became a superstar for her voice in this call to attention.
What is climate activism?
Full House actress Lori Laughlin, and several other celebrities, were found guilty of doing this to get their children into top universities.
What is college admissions cheating and bribery?
This 448-page report found that the Trump's campaign did not collude or conspire with Russia during the 2016 presidential election, but did find potential obstruction of justice on his part.
What is the Mueller Report?
Since achieving the status of elimination in 2000, the U.S. nearly lost this title in 2019 because of an outbreak of this infectious disease which causes fever and rash.
What are measles?
Maximum Security caused a scandal at the finish line, causing him to be disqualified and Country House to be declared the winner at this equestrian event.
What is the Kentucky Derby?
Fire ravaged this iconic building in France on April 15, 2019.
What is Notre-Dame Cathedral?
Endgame, the fourth and final installment in this saga marked the end of an epic 10-year phase from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who are the Avengers?
Trump is the fourth U.S. president in history to face these hearings.
What are impeachment hearings?
Many world-wide temperature records were set in 2019 because of this growing phenomenon.
What is climate change?
UCLA athlete Katelyn Ohashi wowed crowds with her perfect 10 in this sport in January, then duplicated it again in April, this time ending the routine with a pretend mic drop.
What is gymnastics?
This company's "shatterproof" cybertruck was embarrassingly shattered during the demo at it's unveiling in Los Angeles in November.
Who is Tesla?
This Batman character had his own movie in 2019, which was declared the most profitable comic book movie of all time.
Who is Joker?
In April, this emperor from Japan formally stepped down after a 30-year reign, becoming the first monarch in some 200 years to abdicate.
Who is Emperor Akihito?
2019 saw the first reported lung injuries and deaths linked to this form of recreational smoking activity.
What is vaping?
In 2019, the New England Patriots won against the Los Angeles Rams. At six Super Bowl wins together, these two have the record for the most wins by a head coach and starting quarterback.
Who are Tom Brady and Bill Belichick?
This black author began writing in 1970, and went on to write her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved in 1987. She passed away in August 2019 at the age of 88.
Who is Toni Morrison?
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is the 2019 baby welcomed by this famous couple.
Who are Meghan Markle and Prince Harry?
Prime Minister Theresa May formally resigned in June amid the failure of negotiations over the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, also known as this.
What is Brexit?
Researchers began using CRISPR/Cas9 in people this year, a test which diagnoses these for possible deformities and abnormalities.
What are (human) genes?
This formerly disgraced athlete made a comeback to win his fifth Master's PGA title since 2005.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This company was fined $5 billion in July 2019 to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it had mishandled user privacy practices.
What is Facebook?