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This legendary NFL running back, who holds the all-time rushing record, won "Dancing with the Stars" in 2006 and was still making headlines in 2025.
Who is Emmitt Smith?
This award, named after a famous music pioneer, was given to Beyoncé in 2025, making her the first Black woman to win the "Best Country Album" category at the awards show.
What is a Grammy Award?
In October 2025, NASA's Europa Clipper mission successfully launched to study this moon of Jupiter, which has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust and could harbor life.
What is Europa?
Canada, which saw a surge in interest from American visitors in 2025, is home to this famously walkable suspension bridge in British Columbia's Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.
What is the Capilano Suspension Bridge?
This 2025 sequel to a hit 2016 Disney film returned to the animal metropolis of Zootopia, with new characters and a cold case to solve.
What is Zootopia 2?
In January 2026, it was announced these will be the first-ever Winter Olympics held in the Middle East when they are hosted by Saudi Arabia in 2029.
What are the Asian Winter Games?
After a massive world tour in 2024 and the release of her "The Tortured Poets Department" album, this singer's influence was so immense that it was a topic of economic discussions in 2025.
Who is Taylor Swift?
These private missions, which saw a record number of launches in 2025 from companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, are designed to take paying customers on a trip to space.
What are space tourism flights?
The "Cursed Soldier" statue in a newly renovated square in this European capital became a major pilgrimage site in 2025, drawing thousands of tourists.
What is Warsaw, Poland?
The highest-grossing film of 2025 was this third installment in a sci-fi series about blue aliens fighting to protect their planet, Pandora.
What is Avatar: Fire and Ash?
At the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, this American swimming legend, often compared to Michael Phelps, won her 10th career Olympic gold medal.
Who is Katie Ledecky?
The catchy, rhythm-driven South African sound that exploded in 2025 with artists like Tyla winning a Grammy for "Water" falls under this genre.
What is Amapiano?
A major medical breakthrough in 2025 involved using this gene-editing technology, often called "CRISPR," to successfully treat sickle cell disease in a 12-year-old patient.
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
This ancient trade route connecting China to the Mediterranean saw a modern revival in 2025, not with silk and spices, but as a high-speed rail and data cable corridor.
What is the Silk Road?
This actor, known for his roles in Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian, voiced the iconic robotic dog in the 2025 live-action adaptation of a classic 80s video game.
Who is Giancarlo Esposito?
In 2025, the International Olympic Committee provisionally included this high-flying, breakdancing sport in the Olympic program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, after its debut in Paris.
What is breakdancing?
This 24-year-old phenom became the youngest artist in history to headline the Glastonbury Festival in 2025, known for hits like "Bad Guy" and "Happier Than Ever."
Who is Billie Eilish?
The element that took the spot as the world's most expensive in 2025, costing over $25,000 per gram, is this heavy, blue-tinted metal, used in advanced cancer treatment.
What is Rhodium?
In a 2025 referendum, Greenland overwhelmingly voted to begin negotiations for independence from this country, its current ruling nation.
What is Denmark?
A 2025 biographical film titled A Complete Unknown starred Timothée Chalamet as this legendary folk singer, known for songs like "The Times They Are a-Changin'."
Who is Bob Dylan?
In December 2025, the professional volleyball player whose on-court style made her a viral sensation, surpassing traditional sports stars in social media followers, was named the "Most Searched Athlete" of the year.
Who is Gabriela "Gabi" Guimarães?
A new wave of British pop in 2025 was led by this singer-songwriter, known for his raw, emotional lyrics and hits like "London Threw Us Away," who critics have dubbed "the voice of Gen Z's anxieties."
Who is Myles Smith?
The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), held in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, focused on the global transition away from these, the primary source of fossil fuels.
What are hydrocarbons? (or oil, coal, and natural gas)
A 200-year-old time capsule was opened in 2025 at the U.S. Military Academy, revealing rare coins and documents from this era, named after the American general and later president who founded the academy.
What is the Jeffersonian Era? (or the presidency of Thomas Jefferson)
The surprise indie hit of early 2026, Tafiti: Across the Desert, was praised for being the first major studio film to feature a lead character with this neurological condition, portrayed by a young actor who actually has it.
What is Tourette syndrome?