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2025: Notable People
2025: Pop Culture
December Holidays
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100

The acronym of the mathematical society of this country is CMS; its website is in both English and French

What is Canada?

100

This new religious figure was elected in 2025 and people won’t stop giving him sports jerseys! He is the first American to hold the position (and he attended college down the street from my house!).

Who is Pope Leo XIV?

100

In a viral 2025 moment, a couple was caught out expressing affection at this band’s concert – they were coworkers and married, but not to each other…

What is Coldplay? 

100

The first Tuesday in December is World Trick Shot Day, sponsored by this American exhibition basketball team (it’s the only one you can think of)

What is the Harlem Globetrotters? 

100

This team won the 2025 Superbowl

What is the Philadelphia Eagles? 

200

This American cartoonist’s comic strips and television specials featured a famous beagle

Who is Charles M. Schulz?

200

2025 was a generally dismal year for pop music, but this artist breathed renewed life into the genre with the release of Man’s Best Friend, attracting attention for its controversial cover art and adult lyrics

Who is Sabrina Carpenter? 

200

This line of collectible plush toys from Hong Kong triggered a slew of explainer articles and likely frustrated many parents

What is Labubu? 

200

This holiday, occurring on December 23rd, is for the rest of us! Featuring an aluminum pole, feats of strength, and the airing of grievances.

What is Festivus? 

200

The Little Owl, sometimes called the Owl of Athena, is the national bird of this Mediterranean country

What is Greece? 

300

This CMS is a software tool used to track and manage data and workflows in an organized and efficient manner. UCM is an example of a CMS CMS.

What is Case Management System?

300

Reality jumped the shark in 2025 when this Canadian politician retired and began dating Katy Perry

Who is Justin Trudeau? 

300

Many of the bestselling new books of 2025 fell into this new “BookTok” category, including Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros and The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

What is Romantasy? 

300

Break out the glue, baking soda, and saline solution, because December 7th is National this Day

What is slime? 

300

The American white variety of this bird can hold three gallons of water in its bill

What is a pelican? 

400

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What is Content Management System (or Software)?

400

This artist secured the honor of being the greatest hater of all time after performing his diss track “Not Like Us” at the Superbowl Halftime Show and letting the audience fill in the lyrics that would have gotten him sued

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

400

The heroes of the blockbuster Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters made up this pop group

What is Huntrix? 

400

Not sure why this holiday is in December, but December 20th is dedicated to this chilled potent potable, made with wine, fruit, and liqueur

What is sangria? 

400

This bird has a beard, wattle, and snood

What is a turkey? 

500

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider in this facility in Geneva, also an acronym beginning with the letter “C.” 500 bonus points if you known what the acronym stands for in English or French!

What is CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research, Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)?

500

New Yorkers were blessed this year, getting to watch Andrew Cuomo be defeated twice by this candidate in the NYC mayoral race. The candidate had a bizarrely warm meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office following his victory.

Who is Zohran Mamdani?

500

The winner of the 2025 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction was James by Percival Everett, which is a retelling of this novel from the perspective of the enslaved character, Jim

What is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

500

December 15th honors these long-suffering people, who attempt to organize those who are as independent and unpredictable as a certain domesticated feline

What are cat herders? 

500

This Superbowl-winning former Eagles player is Taylor Swift’s future brother-in-law

Who is Jason Kelce?