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100
In the wake of the movie Conclave, a real papal conclave elected this man to become the first American pope in history.
Who is Robert Francis Prevost/Pope Leo XIV?
100
Los Angeles was struck by this type of natural calamity, leading to at least 31 deaths and massive property damage.
What are wildfires?
100
In March, The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg released US military plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen which were inadvertently shared by top government officials on this encrypted messaging software.
What is Signal?
100
California passed this ballot measure in November, allowing state legislators to draw new congressional maps.
What is Proposition 50?
100
Travis Kelce and this team were prevented from an unprecedented Super Bowl "Three-Peat" by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
200
2025 saw the release of the fifth and final episode of Stranger Things. Stay away from the Upside-Down, lest you run into one of these, the series' original monster.
What is the Demogorgon?
200
Paris, the daughter of this singer of Bad, accused her father's estate of mismanaging and illegally pocketing over $10 million, at the expense of her and her siblings.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
President Trump cited this 1798 act in March as justification for the deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.
What is the Alien Enemies Act?
200
This congresswoman-elect was prevented from being sworn in as part of a Republican plan to delay the release of the Epstein files.
Who is Adelita Grijalva?
200
The CEO of Astronomer, an AI company, was forced to step down after being exposed for having an affair by the Kiss Cam at one of this band's concerts.
Who is Coldplay?
200
This country made English an official language for the first time in 2025.
What is the United States?
300
This social media giant set a dangerous precedent by removing fact checkers from all sites.
What is Meta?
(Also acceptable: Instagram, Facebook, Threads)
300
A six-year-old girl in Lubbock, Texas passed away in February from this illness, for which there has been a vaccine since 1963.
What is measles?
300
This song won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 67th GRAMMYs.
What is Not Like Us?
400
2025 is on track to be the third-hottest year on record, after 2024 and 2023. Of the five hottest years on record, only this year of the monkey was not in the 2020s.
What was 2016?
500
A dog of this species was voted World's Ugliest Dog in 2025
What is an English-French bulldog mix?