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.
Spencer Rascoff co-founded Zillow. Austin Allison sold his company to Zillow for $125m. Now they’ve teamed up to co-found Pacaso and transform the $1.3t vacation-home market—and you can join them for just $2.70/share.
Pacaso’s streamlined digital marketplace is leading the co-ownership revolution, making luxury vacation homes accessible, fully utilized, and hassle-free. And the results speak for themselves: nearly $1b in transactions, 1,500+ happy homeowners, and $100m+ in gross profits.
Coldwell Banker says 40% of Americans want to buy a vacation home abroad within the next year. And with properties in 40 different markets—including the most recent addition, Paris—Pacaso’s co-ownership model makes luxury vacation homes accessible worldwide.
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
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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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
This week, we’re bringing you the most-clicked links from the Recs section across the entire year.
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