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She died at 96 years of age after 70 years on the throne, making her the world’s second longest-ever reigning monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
Despite coming 36 years after the original, this sequel waited through the pandemic in order to share the experience with movie-goers and flying what amount to a rescue mission for movie theaters.
What is Top Gun: Maverick
Released in 1994, this Mariah Carey Christmas standard finally reached number-one in 2019 and has bounced back up to the top every holiday season since.
What is All I Want For Christmas Is You?
After a four-year wait, 32 national teams played in the World Cup, the most viewed sports event in the world, which took place in this tiny nation.
BONUS: This team won
Where is Qatar.
BONUS: Argentina
This entertainer and activist was best known as a pop singer and actress. One of her most famous roles was as Sandy in the movie adaptation of "Grease". Her hit song "Physical" cemented her as a superstar in the music video era. Newton-John's long struggle with breast cancer inspired activism to fight the disease. News of her succumbing to cancer was announced by family on Aug. 8, 2022.
Who is Olivia Newton-John?
Russia invaded this country on 24 February, leading to global crises for both food and energy, as well as displacing millions of people.
What is Ukraine?
Steven Spielberg’s deeply personal window into how his youthful experiences forged him into the filmmaker he became is obviously filled with nostalgia, but it also provides a welcome ode to the power of movies.
What is The Fablemans?
This song broke the all-time Hot 100 record for the most credited artists on a number-one song (seven). It is also the first song from a Disney animated film to top the Hot 100 for multiple weeks, spending five weeks at the top.
What is We Don't Talk About Bruno?
These events were held in Beijing, China from Feb 4-20, 2022.
What are the 2022 Winter Olympic Games?
He worked as a dancer and choreographer, competing on the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance” in 2008, finishing in second place. In 2010, he worked with Ellen DeGeneres on a dance routine, and was hired as the show’s DJ and frequent guest host in 2014. He also appeared in such movies as “Step Up,” “Magic Mike XXL” and “Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming.
Who is Stephen "tWitch" Boss?
This highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 spread around the world this year. Two "cousins" of the variant have also recently been named by the UK Health Security Agency, as the virus continues to mutate.
What is the Omicron variant?
A pop concert spectacle featuring the six ex-wives of Henry VIII. It won the Tony awards for best original score and costume design.
What is SIX the musical?
A riff on Jo Dee Messina's classic hit, Cole Swindell pays homage to '90s country on this song. The two teamed up for a remix of the song, released in November, and performed it at the CMAs.
What is She Had Me At Heads Carolina?
After a year or two of disrupted tennis tournaments due to the pandemic, the annual tournament at Wimbledon was back on the tennis calendar. This three time defending champion won the men's singles title in the only remaining grand slam event still played on grass.
Who is Novak Djokovic?
Best known for her award-winning performance on “Cheers” and her roles in iconic movies like “Look Who’s Talking” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous.” She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and would see a revitalizing in her fame later in life with appearances on several reality shows.
Who is Kirstie Alley?
In a controversial ruling on 24 June, the US Supreme Court revoked women’s constitutional right to this.
What is abortion, which is now up to individual states to determine a woman's reproductive rights.
She will be remembered for her emmy winning amateur-detective skills on Murder, She Wrote, but she also won Tonys for Mame & Gypsy, and several Oscar nominations .She died in her sleep on October 11.
Who is Angela Lansbury?
According to both Billboard and Spotify, "As It Was", the lead single from this English singer, debuted atop the Hot 100 and spent 15 weeks at the top spot—the most for any song in 2022, and the longest reigning number-one song by a soloist in the 64-year history of the chart.
Who is Harry Styles?
This was the inaugural holding of the women's version of the tour de France. The 8-day race took place after the 2022 Tour de France in July 2022, with the first stage along the Champs-Élysées.
What is the Tour de France Femmes?
After a brief stint in a band called Chicken Shack from 1968 to 1969, she joined Fleetwood Mac as a keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter. She wrote such hits as “You Make Loving Fun” and “Don’t Stop.” The Fleetwood Mac album “Rumours,” released in 1977, is one of the bestselling albums of all time. She died on Nov. 30 at the age of 79.
Who is Christine McVie?
A measure that climbed unusually high in countries around the world in 2022. Price increases in the US peaked at more than 9.1% in June, and at 11.1% in the UK in October.
What is inflation?
This American actor, dancer, and singer, (born July 21, 1999) won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Michael Jackson in the Broadway theatre production of MJ the Musical.
Who is Myles Frost?
"We Are" is the sixth studio album by this artist. It was released on Verve Records, and in April 2022 the won Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, earning eleven nominations in total, with five wins.
Who is Jon Batiste?
This multi-sport event for wounded, injured and ill servicemen and women from around the world was held at The Hague, Netherlands on April 16-22.
What is the 5th Invictus Games?
This country music icon rose to fame with her hits "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)," "Fist City" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," which would become her first No. 1 country hit in 1966. Her song, "Coal Miner's Daughter," would also be the title for the 1980 film made about her life, starring Sissy Spacek. She was named the Country Music Association's first female vocalist of the year in 1967. In 1972, she became the first woman ever to be CMA entertainer of the year. She died on Oct. 4 at 90 years old.
Who is Loretta Lynn?