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2025 Current Events Trivia

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On January 19, 2025, TikTok briefly went dark in the United States before restoring service. Who promised not to prosecute app stores for hosting it?

37

On what date did the Israel-Hamas ceasefire take effect in January 2025, with the first hostages and prisoners released?

62

Which legislation required TikTok's parent company ByteDance to divest the app or face a U.S. ban by January 19, 2025?

53

On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest or face a ban on which social media platform?

23

David Lynch's January 2025 death was exacerbated when he was evacuated from his home due to what disaster?

13

Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket for the first time on January 16, 2025. Who is the company's founder?

12

Which legendary filmmaker behind Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks died on January 16, 2025, at age 78?

15

On January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire agreement brokered by mediators from which three countries?

71

In January 2025, surgeons performed the fourth transplant of a kidney from what type of genetically modified animal?

55

Approximately how many acres did the January 2025 Southern California wildfires burn?

54

Approximately how many people were evacuated due to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires?

34

What were the two major Los Angeles-area wildfires in January 2025 named after the neighborhoods where they started?

8

Hurricane-force Santa Ana winds reaching up to what speed exacerbated the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires?

15

In January 2025, devastating wildfires tore through which major U.S. metropolitan area, destroying over 18,000 structures?

50

Which actress, known for Gossip Girl and Harriet the Spy, died in 2025 at the young age of 39?