World News
This ongoing conflict dominated global headlines throughout the year
What is the Russia-Ukraine war?
This artist continued to dominate charts and headlines worldwide
Who is Taylor Swift?
This athlete’s longevity continued to amaze
Who is LeBron James?
This technology became part of everyday work and school life
In 2025, this platform continued to dominate viral culture, driving music, slang, and fashion trends worldwide.
What is TikTok?
This country held a highly watched national election in 2025
This movie sequel or franchise reboot drew huge crowds
What is Barbie / Dune / Deadpool? (accept any big hit)
This international soccer star changed clubs
Who is Messi / Mbappé?
Chatbots improved dramatically thanks to this type of model
This odd merchandise craze — plush toys that were simultaneously cute and creepy — exploded on social media in 2025 and became one of the most talked-about viral collectibles.
What are Labubu dolls?
AI regulation became a major focus for this global organization
What is the European Union?
This streaming platform raised prices again
What is Netflix?
In 2025, this global sporting body confirmed that flag football would debut as an official medal sport at the upcoming Los Angeles Games.
What is the Summer Olympics?
This company led major AI hardware development
What is NVIDIA?
In 2025, people shared videos romanticizing mundane daily routines resulting in criticism for promoting unattainable standard of perfection, what is this called
What is enshittification?
Climate-related disasters intensified debate around this issue
What is climate change?
Throwback to the year before in 2024...who got black out drunk for Halloween?
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In 2025, this league shattered regular-season viewership records, driven largely by the continued impact of a single rookie class and increased national TV coverage.
What is the WNBA?
In 2025, this type of AI error became so common it earned a formal name, describing confident but completely fabricated outputs from large language models.
What are hallucinations?
In 2025, this social media platform—despite its rebrand—remained central to viral discourse, breaking news, and meme cycles in real time.
What is X?
This region experienced major geopolitical tension involving shipping routes
What is the Red Sea / Middle East?
In 2025, this HBO series became the first drama ever to have three different actors from the same season win major acting awards for the same show, sparking debate about category fraud.
What is The White Lotus?
In 2025, this athlete became the first player in league history to record multiple 70+ point games across different seasons, further redefining modern scoring.
Who is Luka Dončić?
In 2025, this sweeping piece of legislation became the world’s first comprehensive framework regulating artificial intelligence, forcing major tech companies to change how AI products are deployed globally.
What is the EU AI Act?
In 2025, this celebrity sparked widespread confusion after social media users falsely claimed they had been “cancelled,” despite no official controversy existing.
Who is Sydney Sweeney?