The top four categories represent news, stocks, music, and sports. Each category except news also admits a second ordering in some way. Each answer references a city in some way, which is marked with an emoji on the weather map.
News: historical events ordered chronologically. The "broken" emoji corresponds to a city.
| Event | Year | City | Emoji on Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 | Boston, MA |  |
| Completion of transcontinental railroad | 1869 | Promontory Point, UT |  |
| Cow kicking over lamp led to Chicago fire | 1871 | Chicago, IL |  |
| Wright Brothers flight | 1903 | Kitty Hawk, NC |  |
| Roswell UFO Incident | 1947 | Roswell, NM |  |
| Watergate Hotel scandal | 1972 | Boston, MA |  |
| Death of Elvis | 1977 | Memphis, TN |  |
Stocks: companies on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Translating the stock prices alphanumerically spells HQ ALPHA BY SYMBOL. This indicates to take the emoji at the city near the HQ, and order by the ticker symbol.
| Company | Ticker Symbol | City Near HQ | Emoji on Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs | GS | New York City, NY |  |
| 3M | MMM | St. Paul, MN |  |
| Proctor & Gamble | PG | Cincinnati, OH |  |
| Nike | NKE | Portland, OR | |
| Home Depot | HD | Atlanta, GA |  |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | Dallas, TX |  |
| Microsoft | MSFT | Seattle, WA |  |
Music: altered album art, each with a track with a city name in it. Translating the numbers alphanumerically spells FASTEST FIRST. This indicates to take the emoji at the city in the album, and order by increasing song length.
| Album, Artist | City Song | Length | Emoji on Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viva Las Vegas, Elvis Presley | Viva Las Vegas | 2:24 |  |
| Running With Scissors, Weird Al | Albuquerque | 11:22 |  |
| Big Willie Style, Will Smith | Miami | 3:18 |  |
| Philadelphia Freedom, The Elton John Band | Philadelphia Freedom | 5:38 |  |
| Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell | Wichita Lineman | 3:05 |  |
| In Pieces, Garth Brooks | Callin' Baton Rouge | 2:38 |  |
Sports: each matchup has another "broken" emoji, which corresponds to a city. Translating the scores alphanumerically (ignoring hundreds in basketball) reads OLDEST TO NEWEST. This indicates to take the emoji at the city, and order by the founding of the sports team.
| Team 1 | Team 2 (missing city) | Founding of Team 2 | Emoji on Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Orioles | Los Angeles Angels | 1961 |  |
| Montreal Canadiens | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1992 |  |
| Tennessee Titans | Buffalo Bills | 1959 |  |
| New England Patriots | San Francisco 49ers | 1946 |  |
| Minneapolis Twins | Houston Astros | 1962 |  |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | Milwaukee Bucks | 1968 |  |
| Indiana Pacers | Los Angeles Clippers | 1970 | |
We now have 4 sets of emojis, each with a particular ordering. Placing the ordered emojis into the blanks at the bottom of the page yields the clues:
| News: | : |
| Stocks: | |
| Music: | :.! |
| Sports: | : |
Interpreting the clues, we are looking for someone who hosts a game show, is on PBS TV for kids, is located in a street in New York that has something to do with letters and numbers, and has a name that is clued by a man and a smiley face, with enumeration (3 6). In combination, the answer is America's Favorite Game Show Host and sometimes weatherman) GUY SMILEY, from Sesame Street.