Music
This singer released album Renaissance this year featuring lead single, "Break My Soul," her first album since 2016's Lemonade.
Who is Beyoncé?
This movie, a sequel to a 1986 film, set a box office record for a film opening Memorial Day weekend, and went on to become star Tom Cruise's first billion-dollar film.
What is Top Gun: Maverick?
This mother to Charles, sister to Margaret, and grandmother to William and Harry passed on September 8th, ending her time as Britain's monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
Argentina was led by this football star to win the World Cup 2022. He not only gained his first win but was also awarded the Golden Ball award for being the best player.
Who is Lionel Messi?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won this title from Time Magazine in recognition of his efforts to defend his country against Russia and becoming a face for democracy.
What is Person of the Year?
This "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" singer was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 16th, just a few days before he died on October 28th.
Who is Jerry Lee Lewis?
This superstar starred alongside Florence Pugh in "Don't Worry Darling," and became involved with co-star and director Olivia Wilde in a tumultuous romance which dominated pop culture news this year.
Who is Harry Styles?
This comedian known as "America's Dad," despite his raunch stand-up routines, passed away unexpectedly on January 9th
Who is Bob Saget?
This team won Super Bowl 56, their first win in over 20 years, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20.
What is the Los Angeles Rams?
This word, defined as "the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage," was selected as Merriam-Websters Word of the Year, after internet searches for the word went up 1740% from the following year.
What is gaslighting?
This single by Kate Bush was originally released in 1985, but topped charts this year thanks to it being featured in the fourth season of Stranger Things
What is "Running Up that Hill (A Deal with God)"?
This director of "Avatar: The Way of Water," apparently didn't think the movie's 3 hour and 12-minute runtime was long enough and has a secret director's cut which clocks in at over 9 hours long.
Who is James Cameron?
This performer starred in movies such as "Fight Club" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" but is best known for his music such as the album, "Bat Out of Hell," which is one of the top 10 bestselling albums of all time.
Who is Meat Loaf?
This tennis legend announced during the Laver Cup that he would officially be retiring from professional tennis, playing his last game versus long-time rival and close friends Rafael Nadal.
Who is Roger Federer?
These two previously married actors garnered significant media attention with their lengthy defamation trial over allegations of domestic violence.
Who are Johnny Depp and Amber Heard?
This tour, announced by Taylor Swift in November, caused a crash on the Ticketmaster website after over 14 million people attempted to get tickets.
What is The Era's Tour?
This former Disney and Nickelodeon star donned the infamous sideburns to star in Elvis, and got so into character that now, months later, he still uses his Elvis accent in interviews.
Who is Austin Butler?
This beloved actor most well-known for his role as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films passed away in October.
Who is Robbie Coltrane?
This Houston Astros shortstop won the World Series MVP Award this year, becoming the first position player to do so as a rookie.
Who is Jeremy Pena?
In early 2022 this company briefly hit $3 trillion in market value becoming the first U.S. company to do so.
What is Apple?
This artist honored Olivia Newton-John at the AMA's singing "Hopelessly Devoted to You," fittingly becoming an honorary member of the group formed by Rizzo, Marty, Jan, and Sandy
Who is P!nk?
This horror film made headlines after being so gory that moviegoers to walk out, become ill, and even experience dizziness and fainting.
What is Terrifier 2?
This actress, known for role's in 1998's "Psycho" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer," passed away in on August 11, a week after crashing her car into a house.
Who is Anne Heche?
Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old figure skating prodigy from this country, made headlines for all the wrong reasons during the 2022 Winter Olympics, after testing positive for banned substances, but still being allowed to skate.
What is Russia?
The demise of Elizabeth Holmes and her founding of this company was depicted in the miniseries The Dropout, which premiered in March following her January trial which found her guilty of defrauding investors of the company which specialized in blood testing.
What is Theranos?