World News
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global emergency due to the rapid spread of this virus: bubonic plague / Ebola / or Mpox
Mpox
The Summer Olympics were held in July in this major European city.
Paris, France
After 41 seasons, this host of the Wheel of Fortune has retired from Vanna White on the popular game show.
Pat Sajak
This July campaign stop location resulted in the wounding of Donald J Trump in an assassination attempt.
Butler, Pennsylvania
This popular tourist attraction in Europe has been closed due to a catastrophic fire event in April 2019 and will reopen to visitors in December 2024.
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France
In February, the watchers of the royal family in the United Kingdom were told that this royal was being treated for cancer.
King Charles III
For only the second time in Super Bowl history, this local favorite defeated this NFC rival to win Super Bowl 58 in an overtime game.
Kansas City Chiefs over San Francisco 49’ers. (New England beat Atlanta in O/T in 2017)
A viral video sensation has made a star out of this zoo animal in Thailand. Her name is Moo Deng. Just who is this viral animal star?
Moo Deng is a baby pygmy hippo born this past July.
The NASA rover Perseverance discovered one of the following in October while exploring the surface of Mars: signs of water / volcanic rock / microbial life.
Signs of Water
Which of the following did NOT die in 2024: OJ Simpson, Willie Mays, Carol Burnett, Pete Rose, Bob Newhart or Ethel Kennedy.
Carol Burnett
In June, 1,300 people died at this event held in Saudia Arabia as a result of temperatures in excess of 100 degrees: a music festival / soccer match / or a religious pilgrimage.
Hajj Religious Pilgrimage to Mecca
The MLB World Series this year was won by this 8-time world champion over this 27-time World Series champion.
Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees
This year’s Oscar Award winning film received 13 nominations and 6 awards including Best Motion Picture.
Oppenheimer
The highway access to downtown Baltimore was put into chaos with this March event that severely damaged the Francis Scott Key bridge.
Container ship MV Dali hit it and knocked down multiple spans of the bridge leaving 6 people dead.
Two major hurricanes hit the Florida gulf coast just two weeks apart. Here’s the possible hurricane names: Helene, Oscar, Ernesto, Milton or Rafael.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Claudia Sheinbaum was elected in June as the president of this country in the Americas.
Mexico
The College Football Playoffs started in 2014. This year’s champ was the playoff national champion for the 1st time by beating the Washington Huskies.
Michigan Wolverines
Deadpool &Wolverine was one of 2024’s biggest summer blockbusters. These two men played the two leading roles.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
Grover Cleveland did it in 1892 and now only Donald J Trump has duplicated this accomplishment with this election feat in 2024.
Elected for a second non-consecutive term as US President
Which company below in the race to be the major developer of Artificial Intelligence found itself as the most valuable company in the stock market: Novartis / Novo Nordisk / Nvidia
Nvidia (besting Microsoft and Apple for a time in stock market value)
The ongoing Israel-Hamas war could become a wider spread regional conflict as a result of Israel’s targeted killings of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders in these two regional cities / countries.
Beirut, Lebanon and Tehran, Iran
#1 seeded teams were victorious in both women’s and men’s college basketball tournaments. For the men it was this team’s victory over the Purdue Boilermakers; for the women’s team, it was a victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes.
U Conn Huskies (men) and South Carolina Gamecocks (women)
The September Emmy Awards saw the Comedy award go to The Bear or Hacks. The Drama award going to Shogun or The Crown.
Hacks for Best Comedy. Shogun for Best Drama
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmer have spent multiple months isolated from their loved ones due to this unexpected travel difficulty.
Trouble with the Boeing Starliner rocket in planning a return trip to the International Space Station. (from August 2024 to February 2025)
Take a guess but don’t go over: the world’s 2nd largest diamond was found in Botswana in August. It’s carat weight was: 1000+ / 1500+ / 2000+ / 2500+ carats.
2492 carats