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This dual-threat player was a key part of the Dodgers’ World Series championship run
Shohei Ohtani
The new mayor of New York City
Zohran Mamdani
This South Korean Netflix series about deadly childhood games became a global phenomenon and returned with its final season in 2025
Squid Games
This Dr. Seuss character tries to steal Christmas from the town of Whoville
The Grinch
This Middle Eastern dish consists of chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic
Hummus
This NFL player has more Super Bowl victories than any individual franchise has ever won
Tom Brady
The name of the new Pope
Pope Leo XIV
The name of the third film in James Cameron’s alien sci-fi series
Avatar: Fire & Ash
In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” this bird is given on the first day
A partridge in a pear tree
This white-marble monument in India was built by a Mughal emperor as a tomb for his wife
Taj Mahal
Pacific Northwest football team that currently has the second best odds to win the Super Bowl
Seattle Seahawks
In 2025 this company was the third in existence to surpass a $3 trillion market capitalization
NVIDIA
This Netflix show has its season finale releasing on New Year’s Eve
Stranger Things
This 1946 film featuring George Bailey is a holiday classic often aired every December
It’s a Wonderful Life
This ancient Greek city-state is often credited as the birthplace of democracy
Athens
This NBA team currently holds a record of 26-3 and is the best up and coming team in the leauge
Oklahoma City Thunder
Bad Bunny
The highest-grossing American movie of 2025 so far
The Minecraft Movie
This country is credited with starting the tradition of decorating Christmas trees
Germany
This 1919 treaty formally ended World War I and imposed heavy penalties on Germany
The Treaty of Versailles
The NFL wide receiver currently on track to break Calvin Johnson’s single-season receiving record
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
In 2025, the world mourned the death of this legendary heavy-metal musician and Black Sabbath frontman
Ozzy Osbourne
This video-game adaptation helped convince Hollywood that shows based on video games could be very successful
The Last of Us
This song holds the record for the best-selling Christmas single of all time
White Christmas
This cultural period revived classical learning and produced figures like Michelangelo and da Vinci
The Renaissance