Film & Television
Despite being released in 1985, this Kate Bush song topped the charts in 2022 after it was featured on season 4 of Stranger Things
What is Running Up That Hill?
Late in 2022, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made important steps towards achieving this source of emission-free energy generation
What is nuclear fusion?
After buying Twitter, Elon Musk dropped the enforcement of COVID-19 misinformation rules and called for criminal charges against this infectious disease expert
Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci?
In 2022 this city became the first to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics
What is Beijing?
8/8: The four-time Grammy award winner and Grease star whose lifetime record sales total over 100 million
Who is Olivia Newton-John?
The Dropout told the story of Elizabeth Holmes, disgraced CEO of Theranos, a health technology company which made these
What are blood tests?
In 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration took pictures of Sagittarius A*, a supermassive one of these at the center of the Milky Way
What is a black hole?
The number of Prime Ministers the UK has had in 2022
What is 3?
Argentina emerged victorious in the Qatar World Cup despite losing to this country's team in their first match of the tournament
What is Saudi Arabia?
8/30: He won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Cold War by removing the Iron Curtain between Russia and the West
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The title of a 1996 horror movie and its 2022 sequel, the fifth installment of the franchise overall.
What is Scream?
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
Harry Styles had to deny doing this to Chris Pine during a Don't Worry Darling press event
What is spitting on him?
Novak Djokovic was deported from this country at the beginning of 2022 because he was unvaccinated against COVID-19
4/12: The distinctive voice to the parrot Iago in Disney's Aladdin movies
Who is Gilbert Gottfried?
In September, a fantasy show debuted on Prime Video, loosely based on the concluding section (about 20 pages) of this book
What is The Silmarillion?
This rocket, named for a Greek deity, orbited the moon in 2022, 50 years after the last manned mission to the moon
What is Artemis I?
Just Stop Oil protestors threw a can of soup on a classic painting by this Impressionist in October
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
In the 2022 US Open, following her announcement that she would be "evolving" away from the sport, this tennis great became the oldest woman ever to defeat a top-three ranked player
Who is Serena Williams?
9/28: His single "Gangsta's Paradise" won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Solo Rap Performance
Who is Coolio?
This actor starred in both of Joseph Kosinski's 2022 films (Top Gun: Maverick and Spiderhead)
Who is Miles Teller?
In February, researchers discovered the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's ship the Endurance, which sank in 1915 on a mission across this continent
What is Antarctica?
The Oscar category that Chris Rock was presenting when he was slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards
What is Best Documentary?
In 37.04 seconds, Erin Jackson became the first Black American woman to win a medal in this super-fast Winter Olympic sport
What is speed skating?
8/5: A renowned fashion designer whose black turtlenecks were part of Steve Jobs' iconic uniform
Who is Issey Miyake?