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YR 24
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name both the novel about WWI by Remarque and the famous cartoon involving Mickey Mouse to enter the public domain in 2024 | All Quiet on the western front/steamboat wille |
| Name the new king of denmark that was crowned after his mother's abdication this year | Frederik X (10) |
| What Texas governor refused to follow a court order to allow border patrol agents to enter Shelby Park, in the town of Eagle Pass, which the Texas national guard seized control of in January | Greg abbott |
| In what state was Joe biden's name not appear on the ballot during primaries due to a dispute between the DNC and this states government | new hampshire |
| what New York governor was found liable for sexual harassment charges | Andrew cuomo |
| Who was awarded 83.3 million in the defamation judgment against former president Trump | E. Jean Carroll |
| what is the worlds largest cruise ship | icon of the seas |
| Environmental protesters threw what at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris, France | pumpkin soup |
| What company put a brain computer interface chip into a human brain for the first time this year | Neuralink |
| what south American country declared a state of emergency in february after wild fires killed at least 51 people | chile |
| King Charles III has what type of cancer | pancreatic cancer |
| In new York's 3 congressional district, who won the special election after the seat was vacated following the expulsion of george santos | tom suozzi |
| At what train station did a shooting occur during the KC chiefs super bowl LVIII parade | union station |
| who was the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years | Alejandro mayorkas (homeland security) |
| who became the leading career scoring leader of NCAA DI and selected first in the WNBA draft to the Indiana fever | Caitlin Clark |
| What prominent Russian opposition leader and vocal critic of Putin died while serving a 19 year sentence at Polar Wolf colony | Alexei navalny |
| who was fined over 350 million by the NY supremem court and temporarily barred from business in the state from his organizations financial fraud | Trump |
| What credit card company acquired Discover financial for 35.3 billion | capital one |
| Name the two planets that had moons discovered around them in february | Uranus and neptune |
| what US air force member set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in DC as protest of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza strip | Aaron bushnell |
| What wild fire in Texas destroyed more than 200000 acres of land and is the largest wildfire in state history | smokehouse creek fire |
| what senator stepped down as the senate minority leader in november, having served the position since 2007 | Mitch mcconnell, kentucky |
| the US supreme court overturned what states supreme court ruling to remove former president Trump from the presidential ballot | colorado |
| what Haitian port suspended operations after being attacked and looted by gangs | port-au-prince |
| what country became the 32 member of NATO in march | sweden |
| what bridge collapsed after the container ship Dali struck a bridge column in baltimore | Francis Scott key bridge |
| what Russian president was elected to a 5 term, getting 87% of the vote | putin |
| a federal court in the US sentenced who to 25 years in prison for stealing 8 billion in cryptocurrency | Sam bankman-fried |
| what university removed the binding of human skin from the 19 century book Des destinées de l'âme by Arsène Houssaye | harvard |
| what company, who is known for the first incandescent light bulb, and the first commercial power station in the US, split into three separate companies in april | general electric (GE) |
| What bird sickness killed thousands of penguins in Antarctica and spread to cattle herds in 6 states, and infected a dairy worker in Texas, becoming the second person ever to be infected with the disease | H5N1 (bird flu) |
| who was the first team to go back to back as national champions in NCAA DI basketball since florida in 06-07 | UCON |
| the European space agency found what black whole, the second largest known in the milky way | Gaia BH3 |
| The US vetoed what country from joining the UN, with the vote initially being 12-1 | palestine |
| where did the hockey team in the NHL from Arizona relocate to | salt lake city |
| Taylor swift released what album as a double album on spotify to become the most streamed album and make swift the most streamed artist in one day | the tortured poets department |
| what company recalled vehicles due to the trucks accelator pedals having safety concerns. the truck is known as the cybertruck | tesla |
| what man set himself on fire near the NYC courthouse where Trump was on trial in april | Maxwell azzarello |
| Biden signed the PAFACA act into law, meaning that the US could ban what social media company from the US | tiktok |
| what university cancelled its commencement ceremony due to safety concerns regarding the Palestine protests on its campus | USC |
| who was selected as the independent party canidate | RFK Jr |
| at what university were over 100 protesters arrested by NYPD after trying to occupy hamilton hall on this univerities campus | columbia |
| what church voted to repeal a long-standing ban on LGBTQ clergy while prohibiting superintendents from forbidding a same sex wedding, which resulted in the church breaking into two entities | united Methodist chruch |
| who won the 150th Kentucky derby | mystik dan |
| what artist attracted 1.6 million people to a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, breaking the record for most attended stand alone concert and highest attended concert by a female | Madonna |
| Boy scouts of America is rebranding to what name in 2025 to make girls feel more welcome | scouting america |
| what parent company of TikTok is suing the US over the PAFACA law, which states that the US could ban tiktok from its country | ByteDance |
| what african American civil rights leader had a statue unveiled at the US capital national statuary hall collection in DC, representing the state of arkansas | daisy bates |
| what stock market index broke 40000 points for the first time | dow jones |
| what American restaurant chain, known for its cheddar biscuits, filed for chapter 11 backruptcy | red lobster |
| what Iranian president died after a helicopter crash , killing him and a few others | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Pope Francis approved the canonization of whom, who will become the first millennial saint | carlo acutis |
| what venezuelan infielder is banned from the MLB and the minor leagues for betting on a Pirates game while a member of the team | tucupita marcano |
| who was the first team to 4 peat in women's softball | oklahoma |
| what Apollo 8 astronaut was killed in a plane crash in the state of washington | William anders |
| what US attorney general was found in contempt by the house for refusing to comply with subpoenas | Merrick garland |
| the supreme court ruled against the efforts to restrict what abortion pill due to a lack of standing by the plaintiffs | mifepristone |
| what NBA team passed the Lakers for having the most NBA championships this year after beating the dallas mavericks in the finals | Boston celtics |
| what company surpassed Microsoft as the worlds most valuable publicly traded company after its market cap exceeded 3.34 trilliion | nvidia |
| environmental protesters were arrested after damaging what prehistoric megalithic structure with orange powder paint | stonehenge |
| the Saudi health minister announced that 1301 people died during what religious pilgrimage for muslims | hajj |
| what NHL team won their first stanley cup, beating the edmonton oilers after being down 3-0 in the series finals. this is the fifth time a team lost after having a 3-0 lead | Florida panthers |
| the supreme court dismissed the case Moyle v. US and reinstated the ability to perform exceptional emergency abortion care in what state, where a formal ban on abortion is in place | idaho |
| in trump v. US 2024, the supreme court ruled that presidents have presumed what from criminal prosecution for official acts taken in exercising constitutional powers while serving as president | absolute immunity |
| what former NYC mayor and lawyer was disbarred in the state of new York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the 2020 election | Rudy giuliani |
| a judge dismissed what American actor's involuntary manslaughter trial due to withholding evidence | Alec baldwin |
| the international olympic committee announced that what country would host the inaugural Olympic eSports games in 2025 | Saudi arabia |
| donald trump had two assassination attempts. name where they happened | butler pennsylvania at the fairgrounds and trump international golf course in west palm florida |
| numerous organizations worldwide experienced service disruptions due to a faulty update known as what, resulting in the blue screen of death on Microsoft windows computers | crowdstrike incident |
| who withdrew themselves from the 2024 presidential election after a disastrous debate performance and endorsing Kamala harris | Joe biden |
| the opening ceremony of the Olympics was criticized by Christians for the interpretation of what painting by da Vinci using drag queens | the last supper |
| in what city in Austria were Taylor swift concerts cancelled due to threats from ISIS | vienna |
| what celebrity divorced Ben Affleck in august 2024 | Jennifer lopez |
| what senator from hawaii and former DNC officer endorsed trump | Tulsi gabbard |
| what two major hurricanes hit the US in 2024 | Helene (north carolina) milton (florida) |
| what leader of Hezbollah since 1992 was killed by an israeli helicopter strike, where many other Hezbollah members were also present | Hassan nasrallah |
| name the two VP candidates for the 2024 US election | walz (minnesota) Vance (ohio) |
| the department of government efficiency is going to be headed by what two people | vivek ramaswamy and Elon musk |
| what killer of illegal alien Jose ibarra was convicted of her murder and given a life sentence in november | laken riley |
| what UCLA national champion and NBA hall of famer for the Celtics died this year | bill walton |
| the juice was a common nickname for this pro football player turned actor who played 11 seasons, mostly with the bills, died this year | OJ simpson |
| what painter specialized in minimalist and monochromatic paintings and is known for their black paintings, died this year | frank stella |
| what country singer, best known for should have been a cowboy, died in february due to stomach cancer this year | Toby keith |
| what winner of 3 tony awards, recipient of a presidential medal of freedom, first latina Kennedy center honoree, and became a star playing Anita in west side story, and performed in chicago, bye bye birdie, and kiss of the spider woman, died this year | chita rivera |
| what iconic voice actor died this year. he won 3 Tony awards, 2 emmy's, and one Grammy and is best known for voicing mufasa and Darth vader | James Earl jones |
| what member of the band smash mouth, died due to liver failure at the age of 56 | Steve harwell |
| what NBA player, known for his humanitarian work in his native country of the Democratic republic of congo earned him the NBA walker Kennedy citizenship award in 2001 and 2009 died this year | dikembe mutombo |
| what all time hits leader of the MLB received a lifetime ban because of gambling | Pete rose |
| what one direction singer died this year | Liam payne |
| what green party candidate was arrested for assaulting a police officer during a peace protest | Jill stein |
| what country music artist threw a chair off of a 6 story bar in nashville and almost hitting police officers | Morgan wallen |
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