Movies
Simu Liu closed out the summer portraying this Marvel character, becoming the newest Avenger along the way.
Who is Shang-Chi?
An Ever-Given ship ran aground and blocked this canal from March 23rd to March 29th, sparking many, many memes.
What is the Suez Canal?
DAILY DOUBLE - Charlie Watts, the drummer for this band who performed songs such as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Paint It, Black,” “Sympathy for the Devil,” died on August 24th.
Who are the Rolling Stones?
This politician became a viral internet meme after wearing mittens to Biden’s Inauguration.
Who is Bernie Sanders?
This Nickelodeon TV show starring Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress as members of an online show was rebooted this past year.
What is iCarly?
This Netflix original starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence presents a satirical take on collective denial through the form of a planet destroying comet headed toward Earth.
What is Don't Look Up?
This Japanese city hosted the unprecedented Olympics this past year when they were cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
What is Tokyo?
Olivia Rodrigo released her debut album in May of this past year, featuring songs such as “drivers license” and “traitor.”
What is Sour?
This breed of dog has gone viral after continuing to determine whether the day is a “bone day” or not.
What is a Pug?
This Netflix show peaked the world’s interest at the beginning of 2021, presenting a plot of eight close-knit English siblings of a powerful family attempting to find love.
What is Bridgerton?
This Hamilton writer composed the music for the summer musical blockbuster In the Heights, starring Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This founder and executive chairman of Amazon went to space for about 11 minutes in July of this past year.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
This Canadian singer of “I Feel It Coming” and “Blinding Lights” performed at 2021’s Superbowl Halftime Show before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sealed their victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Who is the Weeknd?
This past year, Jennifer Lopez reunited a relationship with this actor who starred in “Good Will Hunting,” “Argo,” and “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.”
This actor stars as Loki, the god of mischief, in the show named after his character released in June of 2021 on Disney+.
Tom Hiddleston
DAILY DOUBLE - The director of Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Saving Private Ryan took on this movie musical this year, which originally came to the screen 60 ago in 1961.
What is West Side Story?
This country’s national soccer team won the 2021 UEFA Euro Cup, defeating England in penalty kicks 3-2.
What is Italy?
Kim Kardashian filed divorce with this American rapper, singer of “Real Friends” and “Blood on the Leaves,” this past year.
Who is Kanye West?
This company’s stock surged in value after Redditors rapidly bought tons of shares in January.
What is GameStop?
This Netflix show won the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
The Queen's Gambit
This Marvel movie became the third-biggest worldwide opener of all time and featured past movie villains such as Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus, Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, and Jamie Foxx's Electro.
(PS - If you haven't seen it by now, what are you doing?)
What is Spider-Man: No Way Home?
This politician became the first female U.S. Vice President in American history.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Taylor Swift released a 10 minute version of this song along with a stunning short film in November off of her re-recorded album Red, effectively bashing a certain Jake in the process.
What is "All Too Well"?
This English royal family member, following widespread memes of his old age, died the following week at the age of 99.
Who is Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh)?
Squid Game became this media platform’s most watched series in 2021.
Netflix