2025 Pop Culture
This rap artist performed at the Super Bowl this year
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
Which actor played in both the Goonies and Stranger Things
Who is Sean Astin?
What is 88 MPH?
This Billy Joel song is a collection of 40 years worth of Headlines
What is "We Didn't Start the Fire"?
This progressive person got elected as the next mayor of New York City, giving hope to many.
Who is Zohran Mamdani?
This musical movie sequel, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, came out on November 21.
What is Wicked: For Good?
This classic role playing game is a major basis for the antagonists in Stranger Things
What is Dungeons and Dragons?
This 1982 movie was the highest grossing film of the 1980s.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This 1983 Michael Jackson song was being performed live when Michael Jackson first displayed his infamous moonwalk.
What is "Billie Jean"?
This beloved chimpanzee-studying biologist died this year
Who is Jane Goodall?
At this band's concert, footage of Astronomer's CEO having an affair with the CPO went viral, resulting in the resignation of the CEO.
What is Coldplay?
This is the U.S. state where you will find the real house that was used as the Wheeler's house in Stranger Things
This 1989 movie starring Winona Ryder debuted as an off-broadway musical in 2014
What is Heathers?
This song was the first to appear on MTV in 1981
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star"?
This museum in Paris, France was robbed earlier this year.
What is the Louvre?
This was named the word of the year by the Oxford University Press. This is a newer word for intentional annoyance.
What is ragebait?
This man, who was a psychological anomaly and referenced in Stranger Things Season 2 Episode 3, had a rod pierce through the front of his head in an accident. Afterwards, his personality completely changed. This event led to the discovery of the function of the prefrontal cortex.
Who was Phineas Gage?
"Eye of the Tiger" was the theme song for this 1982 movie.
What is Rocky III?
Van Halen Banned this color of M&Ms around them, including backstage, as a power play to check that everyone has read their contract.
What is Brown?
Pope Francis died this year, and Pope Leo XIV succeeds him. This is the U.S. city that Pope Leo XIV is from.
What is Chicago, Illinois?
The Rolling Stones magazine declares this Lady Gaga Song to be song of the year for 2025.
What is Abracadabra?
Stranger Things was originally going to take place in this real New York town. Here is also where it is alleged that the U.S. government participated in experiments similar to those depicted in Stranger Things.
What is Montauk, New York?
In the 1985 movie "Better off Dead", this future Nickelodeon producer, known for his inappropriate behavior, is featured.
Who is Dan Schneider?
In 1983, U2 appeared on the Billboard 100 for the first time with this song
What is "New Year's Day"?
The amount of days that the record-breaking government shutdown lasted this year.
45 days