2024-25 School Year Current Events

This movie star performed a stunt jump in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games

Kirsty Coventry is the first woman & African elected President of the Int'l Olympic Committee. What country is she from?

This woman became the first woman to be elected President in Mexico in over 200 years

Announced in early January, the world set a record in 2024 for what statistic?

Shortly after winning Song & Record of the Year at the Grammys this artist performed a week later at the Super Bowl

In mid April, it was reported that the population of this country had dropped to a record low

In early December, this famous world landmark reopened for the first time since disaster struck in 2019

These two baseball players were recently reinstated for election into the MLB Hall of Fame after being banned previously

17 year old Englishman Luke Littler became the youngest World Champion in what event?

In March, this person was sworn in as Canada's newest prime minister

In November Donald Trump became the second president to serve two NON CONSECUTIVE terms. Who was the first?

This video conferencing platform was recently taken offline for good after being introduced back in 2003

Found by programmer Luke Durant last October, the number 2 to the power of 136,279,841-1 is significant for what reason?

Part 1 of this famous film musical opened late November (22nd) to great success

On August 22, the largest diamond in over a century (2,942 carats) was found in this country

This MLB team broke the record for most losses in a season during September

In May, Robert Prevost took over what position?

This past weekend, a Mexican Navy training ship hit which bridge in New York?

At the beginning of September, this US city reached 100 consecutive days having temperatures of 100 degrees or more

Speaking of the Super Bowl, this year's game, won by the Eagles, was played in which US city?

This world known figure died on April 25

In August, this basketball player hit a barrage of 3s (in the 4th) to lead team USA over France in the Olympic finals

In January, Mark Zuckerberg announced that this feature would no longer be available on Instagram or Facebook

This group made major strides in the Quantum Mechanics realm with the development of their chip named "Willow"

This smash hit world event ended December 8th in Vancouver, breaking records after grossing over $2 billion

On February 16th this famous tv show celebrated its 50th Anniversary

This film captured the Oscar for Best Picture in early March

This artist became the most nominated artist in Grammys history with her 99th, after receiving 11 back in November

In mid October, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed what number for the 1st time ever?

On Apr 1, this senator delivered the longest speech in US Senate history, breaking an almost 70 y/o record (no foolin')

This musician became the first to be honored with a statue in the US National Statuary Hall