December 30, 2024

Good morning. Since we close out every Brew with trivia and games, we thought it would be fitting to continue our goodbye to 2024 with an entire newsletter dedicated to them. In this edition, you’ll be tasked with guessing a company from its stock chart, naming 2024’s movies from emoji clues, and enduring many more tests of knowledge that you’d probably encounter at Ken Jennings’s Christmas party.

Warning: The answers are located in the same section as the questions, so don’t scroll down until you’ve made your guesses!

Finally, a huge thanks to Mary Tobler and Jack Murtagh, who created the Brew’s games throughout the year.

Keep calm and quiz on.

—Neal Freyman

CALENDAR

What year is it anyway?

Francis Scialabba

Check out these news stories and ask yourself, “Did it happen in 2023 or 2024?”

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for massive fraud.
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned amid multiple controversies.
Britney Spears published her memoir, The Woman in Me.
SpaceX launched its megarocket, Starship, for the first time.
Now President-elect Trump had his mug shot taken in Atlanta.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination for president.
Icon of the Seas set sail from Miami as the world’s largest cruise ship.
A US fighter jet downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon.

SBF was sentenced in 2024.
Claudine Gay resigned in 2024.
Spears released her memoir in 2023.
Starship was first launched in 2023.
Trump’s mug shot was taken in 2023.
DeSantis dropped out in 2024.
The cruise ship set sail in 2024.
The Chinese balloon was shot down in 2023.

STOCKS

Guess the stock chart

Here is the stock chart for a company that was one of the top performers in the S&P 500 this year. Can you name it? (Some hints are below the chart.)

Google

Founded: 2003

Went public: 2020

HQ: Denver, Colorado

Sector: Tech

Market cap: $187 billion (as of Dec. 24)

Chairman: Peter Thiel

Fun fact: It’s named after an object from The Lord of the Rings.

Palantir

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CHAMPIONS

2024’s winners circle

Gold medalist Rebeca Andrade (C) of Team Brazil, silver medalist Simone Biles (L) of Team United States and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles (R) of Team United States celebrate on the podium

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A lot of incredible athletes and artists beefed up their trophy collections this year. We’ll give you a contest, and you have to name the person, team, or artistic work that brought home the trophy.

Gold medalist in the men’s 100m sprint at the Paris Olympics.
Gold medalist in women’s 1,500m freestyle swimming at the Paris Olympics
Women’s college basketball national champions
MLB World Series winner
Champion of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament
Most popular song on Spotify globally this year
Best Actress at the Oscars
The TV show that broke the record for the most Emmy wins in a single season
Best Musical at the Tony Awards
Highest-grossing film worldwide

Noah Lyles
Katie Ledecky
University of South Carolina
Los Angeles Dodgers
Spain
“Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
Emma Stone for Poor Things
Shogun
The Outsiders
Inside Out 2

ENTERTAINMENT

2024 movies by emoji

A split ticket for the new Wicked and Gladiator movies

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This year had plenty of great movies. Now, we’re making them truly icon-ic.

Below are 10 movies from 2024 represented by emoji. Can you decode the films?

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Inside Out 2
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Twisters
The Fall Guy
Wicked
Challengers
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Paddington in Peru

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GEOGRAPHY

Where in the world?

Below is a map of the world with locations marked A–H. We’ll give you an event from the year, and you have to match it to the location where it took place.

1. Madonna thrilled 1.6 million people—the largest live crowd of her career—at a concert in May to wrap up her Celebration tour.

2. Locals fed up with tourists fired water guns at visitors in July.

3. Plans moved forward to build a skyscraper that would be the tallest building in the US—and twice the height of the current tallest building in the state.

4. In February, FIFA selected the stadium that will host the final of the 2026 World Cup.

5. Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, was born in July and quickly went viral for her adorableness.

6. Golf No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was arrested on his way to compete at the PGA Championship (the charges were later dropped).

7. An extravagant wedding estimated to cost $600 million was held in July, with a guest list that included Boris Johnson, Kim Kardashian, and David Beckham.

8. It was announced that an infamous nuclear plant will be revived to provide energy to Microsoft.

The massive Madonna concert was in Rio de Janeiro. (G)
Protesters fired water guns at tourists in Barcelona. (C)
Oklahoma City is moving forward with plans to build a supertall skyscraper. (D)
MetLife Stadium (where the NY Jets and Giants play) will host the World Cup Final. (F)
Moo Deng was born and lives in Thailand. (B)
Scottie Scheffler was arrested in Louisville, KY. (H)
The Ambani wedding was held in Mumbai, India. (E)
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant is in southern PA. (A)

RECS

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GAMES

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CALENDAR

What year is it anyway?

STOCKS

Guess the stock chart

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Real estate disruptors target $1.3t market

CHAMPIONS

2024’s winners circle

ENTERTAINMENT

2024 movies by emoji

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GEOGRAPHY

Where in the world?

RECS

GAMES

The puzzle section

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