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Year in Review 26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the Venezuelan Pres. that the U.S. military captured along his wife, during a large-scale attack on the country. He was charged with various crimes, including narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking. | Nicolás Maduro |
| Which team beat defending champion Argentina 1-0 claiming its second World Cup title and its first since 2010. | Spain |
| Which team won Super Bowl LX in February beating New England 29-13? | Seattle Seahawks |
| Who headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show, largely performing in Spanish? | Bad Bunny |
| Which film by Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards? | One Battle After Another |
| Which film won both Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Golden") at the Oscars? | KPop Demon Hunters |
| Which team won the 2026 NBA Finals, and who was Finals MVP? | Knicks; Jalen Brunson |
| Apple announced its most affordable laptop ever in March. What was the name of it? | The MacBook Neo |
| On Jan. 24, a registered nurse, Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents, the second such killing in less than three weeks in which U.S. City? | Minneapolis |
| On Jan. 20, what team defeated the Miami Hurricanes, 27-21, to win the College Football Playoff national championship | the Indiana Hoosiers |
| Which film received a record 16 Oscar nominations? | Sinners |
| Nine skiers were killed after they were overcome by an avalanche in the mountains near Lake Tahoe in what state | California |
| President Trump fired Kristi Noem on March 5. To which department did she work for? | Secretary of homeland security |
| What is the name of the two companies forced to pay millions of dollars in the bellwether case, brought by a 20-year old woman, citing addictive features like infinite scroll and algorithmic recommendations. | Meta and YouTube |
| What significant change did Major League Baseball introduce for the 2026 season? | have the chance to overrule the umpire’s call of a ball or a strike. called the Automated Ball-Strike (A.B.S.) Challenge System. |
| Alpha-gal syndrome, once a rarity, is spreading across the United States. Caused by a tick bite, this disease can lead the body to develop a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction to which food? | Red meat |
| A massive sea lion has become a sensation since he appeared in March at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco. What is his nickname? | Chonkers |
| In May 2026, the United States reached a significant fiscal milestone when its national debt surpassed which measure of the nation’s economy, a comparison previously seen briefly during the COVID-19 pandemic and after World War II? | Gross domestic product (GDP) |
| Which Canadian-born actress who died this year played Kevin McCallister’s mother in the first two Home Alone movies and Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek? | Catherine O’Hara |
| Which actor who died at the age of 95 in February is famous for his roles in Lonesome Dove, The Godfather, Tender Mercies, and made his debut as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird in 1962. | Robert Duvall. |
| Which civil rights leader who died this year, a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988? | Jesse Jackson |
| Which actor who died this year played Dr. Mark Sloan, nicknamed “McSteamy,” on Grey’s Anatomy? | Eric Dane |
| Which legendary Chicago Bears player and coach died on October 9th and was nicknamed “Da Coach” and led the team to victory in Super Bowl XX? | Mike Ditka |
| Which American country music singer, known for hits such as “Jolene” and “9 to 5,” founded Dollywood theme park in Tennessee and established a literacy program called the Imagination Library? | Dolly Parton |
| Which American martial artist and actor who died this year played Cordell Walker in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger? | Chuck Norris |
| Which American media mogul founded CNN, created the Goodwill Games, owned the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks, won the America’s Cup sailing competition, and donated $1 billion to support United Nations causes? | Ted Turner |
| At a May 2026 commencement ceremony Gloria Caulfield, a real estate executive, was met with boos from graduates from what University after describing artificial intelligence as the “next industrial revolution”? | University of Central Florida |
| Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable combination of Homeric epic and Egyptian ritual: a 2,000-year-old mummy with a papyrus fragment of what literary work? | The "Iliad" |
| Which entrepreneur and CEO of SpaceX reportedly became the world’s first trillionaire in June 2026 after SpaceX went public at $150 per share? | Elon Musk |
| To celebrate his 80th birthday, President Trump hosted which sport on the lawn of the White House? | UFC Mixed Martial Arts |
| Which two South American countries were struck by major earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.5 earthquake described as the strongest to hit one of the countries in more than a century, followed by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the other country in August? | Venezuela and Colombia. |
| On June 30, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, ruling that the right is enshrined in which constitutional amendment? | The 14th Amendment |
| Which chief executive of Anthropic called for a global slowdown in artificial intelligence development in a September 2026 essay, gaining support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis? | Dario Amodei |
| In September 2026, a judge declared a mistrial in the Massachusetts murder trial of what woman after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict regarding the deaths of her three children? | Lindsay Clancy |
| Apple introduced this iPhone starting at $1999 set to be released October 23rd, a foldable smartphone that opens like a book and allows users to run two apps side by side on its larger display? | iPhone Duo |
| In September 2026, which country imposed retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. exports, including steel, dairy, and agricultural equipment, escalating an ongoing trade dispute with the United States? | Canada |
| Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? | Mark Carney |
| What country music singers song "Choosin Texas" hit a record-breaking 23 weeks at No 1 on the Billboard's Hot 100? | Ella Langley |
| A woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection on Sept. 30 before state officials suspended the execution and had her taken to a hospital for medical care. What was her name and in which state was the execution set to take place? | Christa Pike, Tennessee |
| What singer banned phones and other related technology from all stops on her tour, forcing fans — or allowing them — to be fully present in the moment. | Phoebe Bridgers |
| Which country finished first in the medal standings at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning 18 gold medals and 41 medals overall? | Norway |
| Which country did the United States defeat in overtime to win the men’s ice hockey gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics? | Canada |
| Which running back for the Seattle Seahawks was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl LX? | Kenneth Walker III |
| Which three countries jointly hosted the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, the first edition to feature 48 teams? | The United States, Canada, and Mexico. |
| Which university defeated the University of Connecticut, 69–63, to win the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball national championship? | The University of Michigan |
| In February of this year, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis reached a settlement with the family of this black woman, whose cells, later named "HeLa" cells, were used without her consent in numerous groundbreaking research treatments. | Henrietta Lacks |
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