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This "king of pop" released We Are the World with other artists as part of USA for Africa.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This boy band had a hit with I Want It That Way in 1999.
Who are the Backstreet Boys?
This social media platform launched in 2004 and was initially only for Harvard students.
What is Facebook?
This pop star released Born This Way in 2011, becoming an anthem of self-acceptance.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This pandemic halted life globally and led to lockdowns in 2020.
What is COVID-19?
This film about time travel and a DeLorean became the year's top box office hit.
What is Back to the Future?
In 1995, this Windows operating system was released with the Start button for the first time.
What is Windows 95?
In 2008, this U.S. senator became the first African American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
This Broadway musical based on the life of a founding father became a cultural phenomenon in 2015.
What is Hamilton?
This video conferencing platform became essential for school and work-from-home life.
What is Zoom?
In 1985, this company introduced the NES to North America, reviving home console gaming.
What is Nintendo?
This televised trial captivated Americans as they watched a white Bronco flee police.
What is the O.J. Simpson trial?
This storm devastated New Orleans in 2005.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
In 2016, this vote led the United Kingdom to begin leaving the European Union.
What is Brexit?
In 2021, NASA landed this rover on Mars to search for signs of ancient life.
What is Perseverance?
This Soviet leader began the policies of glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This animated show debuted in 1997 and features characters like Cartman and Kenny.
What is South Park?
This trilogy, based on books by J.R.R. Tolkien, won 17 Oscars across three films.
What is The Lord of the Rings?
This fictional character from Wakanda became a symbol of cultural pride and heroism.
Who is Black Panther?
This war broke out in 2022 when one European nation invaded another.
What is the Russia/Ukraine War?
This tech company, founded by Steve Jobs after leaving Apple, debuted with the NeXT computer.
What is NeXT?
This world leader was assassinated in 1995 after signing the Oslo Accords.
Who is Yitzhak Rabin?
In 2007, this first-generation device revolutionized mobile technology.
What is the iPhone?
This scientist's death in 2018 marked the end of an era in black hole and cosmology research.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
In 2024, this AI model was released by OpenAI, integrating voice, vision, and memory.
What is GPT-4o?