The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of holiday havens and airport appetites.

It's been quite the year

Some of the buzzy stories and moments in the news didn’t make the front page in 2025 — but they still made a splash. From an internet-viral rodent overrunning the suburbs of Buenos Aires to the middle school aesthetic making a comeback in the United States, test your knowledge of the events that got people talking.

This week, you'll need to be knowledgeable about holy media darlings, portrait-making techniques, and beloved Canadian icons — and that's just three questions.

In this week’s game, we look at a skiing record, an infamous NBA suspension and a Heisman Trophy winner turned political figure.

Good manners occasionally need to be refreshed. In workplaces everywhere, that refresher couldn’t come sooner.

Avert your eyes, Miami football fans. Four years after being fired by the Hurricanes, Manny Diaz has finally won an ACC football championship. But he did so with the Duke Blue Devils, who last shared an ACC title with Virginia (their opponent in the 2025 championship game) back in 1989 and last won the ACC outright in 1962.

From incredible TV shows to collectible little monsters and a Louvre heist, literally so much has happened this year. Can you remember it all?

Lessons on leadership have long been a staple of publishing. Test your knowledge below.

For the first time in program history, the Texas Tech Red Raiders are football champions of the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech routed BYU 34-7 to cap off a school-record 12-win season en route to their first appearance in the College Football Playoff field.