1The bar was raised in March when this live-action Disney film became the highest grossing film in 2017 at $504 million.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Beauty and the Beast
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2Just ten days after being hired as the White House communications director, this former financier and entrepreneur was fired when Donald Trump appointed John Kelly as chief of staff.
Sean Spicer
Anthony Scaramucci
Steve Bannon
3On December 6, Donald Trump sparked outrage in the Middle East when he announced that the United States recognizes which city as the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Gaza
Tel Aviv
4Super Bowl LI was the first in history to be decided in overtime after this team — without leading the score once during the game — tied with the opponent at the end of the 4th quarter and won 34-28.
Atlanta Falcons
New England Patriots
5On June 1, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from this important international climate agreement. The only two countries not part of the treaty later signed on, leaving the United States the only country on Earth to not take part.
Rome Statute
Kremlin Accord
Paris Agreement
6In April, David Dao was violently removed from his flight in Chicago to Louisville for refusing to give up his seat. Which airline kicked him off?
Delta
United
JetBlue
7September is infamously known as hurricane season. Just two weeks after the category 5 Hurricane Irma caused over 130 deaths and billions in damage, another hurricane devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. What is the name of this hurricane?
Harvey
Kristina
Maria
8The artist may be long gone, but his masterpieces keep appearing. In November, a da Vinci painting sold for a record $450 million. What is the name of this piece of art?
“Il Christo”
“Salvator Mundi”
“Figlio del Dio”
9Tensions between North Korea and the United States rose during August when the North Korean military announced plans to strike an Air Force base on which U.S. territory?
Guam
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
10In May, Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France. The youngest French head of state since Napoleon, Macron was the nominee of which political party?