Spectacular Sports
This American basketball player was arrested in Russia for the posession of marijuana
Brittney Griner
Taylor Swifts 10th studio album
Midnights
This monarch died after a 70 year reign
Queen Elizabeth II
The president of Ukraine, ____________, visited the USA to address a joint session of congress in December 2022
Volodymyr Zelensky
This gigantic bird will now receive endangered species protection under the Endangered Species Act
Emperor Penguin
This disease, which caused painful, itchy sores began rapidly circulating in 2022
Monkeypox or Mpox
Elon Musk
Will Smith slapped this man at the Academy Awards
Chris Rock
NASA scientists intentionally crashed a rocket into a(n) _________ this year
Former Pope, ________________, died on December 31, 2022 at the age of 95
Pope Benedict
This American figure skater won gold in Beijing after a disastrous Olympics in 2018
Nathan Chen
This song by Harry Styles spent 15 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100
As it Was
Soccer star Pele died in December 2022. Pele won 3 World Cups with this country.
Brazil
This man became the third prime minster of the United Kingdom in 2022
Rishi Sunak
Suprisingly, researchers in Israel discovered that this aquatic animal could navigate a terrestrial envrionment using a small robotic car
Goldfish
52.6 Million chickens were culled due to this disease
Avian Infulenzia
A rocket from this company owned by Jeff Bezos exploded in September 2022
Blue Origin
Klondike stopped production of this beloved chocolate dessert in 2022
Choco Taco
Human genome
This winter, a "Tripledemic" emerged in the USA, made up of COVID, Flu, and this common virus that mostly affects young children
RSV
This famous soccer player from Argentina played and won in his fith and final World Cup
Lionel Messi
Musical artist Lizzo played this president's flute at the Library of Congress
James Madison
This rapper, the singer of “Gangsta's Paradise” died in 2022
Coolio
This person became the first black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate on April 7, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Scientists recently discovered that the _______, a small amphibian, becomes transparent by condensing its red blood cells into a small area while sleeping to avoid predators
Glassfrog
The Nipah virus, a highly deadly virus from bats remerged in this country
India
This company became the first to reach a value of 3 trillion USD.
Apple
This famous media personality wore Marylin Monroe's dress to the 2022 Met Gala
Kim Kardashian
Scientists sucessfully collided hydrogen molecules to create a net positive in power called ________
Nuclear Fusion
In the spring of 2022, strict COVID lockdowns in this city of over 26 Million in eastern China, occured, leaving people trapped in their homes
Shanghai
This 15 year-old was accused of doping at the 2022 Olympics
Kamila Valieva
Rhianna released her first solo music in 6 years as part of this movie
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Former DJ of The Ellen Show ______________ passed away this year
Stephen “tWitch” Boss
Dina Boluarte became the first female president of this South American country when the former leader staged a coup
Peru
Over 3,000 ________s were rescued from a research facility in Virgina
Beagles
This horrific disease which was eradicated from much of the devloped world was detected in wastewater in large cities such as London and New York in 2022
Polio
This company, known for their electric pickup truck, saw sales soar in 2022.
Rivian
A girl in California was granted a license to keep this magical animal in the event that she could catch one
In a major breakthough for organ transplants, scientists managed to keep organs from a dead _______ alive for over a day using a special machine.
Pig
Water levels in this lake that is formed by the Hoover Dam have dropped so much due to drought that police are discovering bodies as the shoreline shrinks
Lake Mead
This man scored a hat trick in the World Cup Final, making him the second to do so in World Cup history
Kylian Mbappe
This artist relased the acclaimed album SOS on December 9th, 2022
SZA
Shinzo Abe
In the Senate race in Georgia, democrat Raphael Warnock won against republican ____________
Herschel Walker
The world's oldest tortoise recently celebrated his ____th birthday
190th
An outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly virulent hemorrhagic fever, which has an 88% fatality rate, was sucessfully controlled in this country in 2022
Ghana
This company, headed by Sam Bankman-Fried, collapsed in 2022
FTX Exchange
A massive aquarium burst in this city sending 1,500 fish into the streets
Berlin
This new telescope captured some of the most detailed images ever in 2022
James Webb Telescope
This key Ukrainian port city in the south of Ukraine was recaptured from Russia in early November 2022
Kherson