How well do you remember 2012?
We kicked off 2012 with a quiz seeing how well you remember 2011. This year, we're kicking off 2013 in the same way! So...how well do you remember 2012?
1.) In the category of THE APOCALYPSE! - The Mayan calendar ended this year and many people thought that said ending would correspond with the end of all things. What day was said calendar thought to end on?
October 15
December 25
December 22
November 30
December 21
December 30
2.) Science: Older mice were found to have their regenerative stem cells reactivated if injected with:
The blood of young mice
Human plasma
Fig newton filling
Distilled water
Small amounts of Helium
3.) Science: One of the most important discoveries in scientific history was made this year. The people at the Large Hadron Collider were believed to have discovered the particle thought to give particles mass. This particle is called:
Diamonda Hagan
H1G1
Higgs Boson
Miranda Boson
Massive Poop
4.) Science: Water was found on this planet.
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Pluto
Kepler 26
5.) Entertainment (Video Games) : This game was finally released after fans of the previous installment had waited 12 years.
Starcraft 2
Diablo III
Duke Nukem Forever
Black Ops 2
New Super Mario Bros.
Bioshock Infinite
Starcraft 3
6.) Entertainment (Video Games): This became the first new video game console to kick off the next generation of consoles.
Xbox 720
Ouya
Playstation 4
WiiU
Wii2
Occulous Rift
7.) Entertainment (Movies): This film was released after several years of a multi-film build up (the first of its kind) and was considered a major success.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Amazing Spider-Man!
Star Wars Episode 7
The Avengers
Les Miserables
8.) Entertainment (Movies): George Lucas officially sold Lucasfilm to this company which immediately began working on plans for a new Star Wars sequel.
Warner Bros.
Dreamworks
Disney
Sony Motion Pictures
Columbia Tristar
Happy Madison
9.) Technology: In America this bill caused quite an uproar because, if passed, it would have given copyright holders significant power with very little need to prove a need for their actions and could allow legal action to be taken against websites outside the U.S. among other reasons.
SOPA
PIPPA
TIPA
LOPAD
FrAme
Dippa
10.) Technology: This internet file hosting service was shut down after it was determined that they were actively supporting the use of their site for piracy purposes. This sent the companys hilariously named CEO on the run and we slowly found out how much of a cartoony super villain he was right down to his giant inflatable tank.
Rapidshare
Megaupload
Kazaa
FileSync
Myspace
YouSendIt
Hotfile
11.) World News: This man was brought into the spotlight for his horrible actions and rule of terror in the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda after a very popular movie was released. Though the movement suffered a hit when the movie's creator was found walking through San Diego naked and...touching himself.
Adolf HItler
Yoweri Museveni
Kim Jong-Il
Joseph Kony
Bin Laden
Hosni Mubarak
12.) Storm News: This terrible storm became the second most costly USA storm next to Katrina and devestated much of the northeastern United States
Winter Storm Brutus
Hurricane Isaac
Winter Storm Euclid
Superstorm Sandy
The 2012 Solar Storm
13.) Meme News: This YouTube video became the most watched and parodied video in the site's history and became the first video to ever reach 1 billion views.
Call Me Maybe
The Annoying Orange
Born This Way
The Gradual Report
My Drunk Kitchen: Butter Yo Shit
Show Me Where Your Noms At
Gangnam Style