TV Rundown
This teen drama about a woman getting even with the people who ruined her family premiered on ABC in 2012.
What is Revenge?
Carly Rae Jepsen asked you to do this to her, "maybe," in her huge 2012 hit.
What is "Call Me Maybe"?
Robert Downey Jr. and a team of superheroes assembled for the first time in this record-breaking 2012 movie.
What is The Avengers?
Many people believed the world would end on this date in December 2012.
What is December 21st?
This rover landed on Mars in August 2012 to search for signs of life.
What is Curiosity?
This reality show follows a beard-loving, duck-call-making family from Louisiana. It premiered in 2012.
What is Duck Dynasty? (bonus R practice: "duck call makers")
This South Korean singer Psy took over the world with this song and its horse-riding dance.
What is "Gangnam Style"?
Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute in this 2012 movie based on a popular book.
What is The Hunger Games?
People thought the world would end because this ancient calendar system ran out of dates.
What is the Mayan calendar?
London hosted this huge international sporting event in the summer of 2012.
What are the Summer Olympics?
This CBS sitcom about a group of brilliant, awkward scientists and their neighbor Penny kept airing new episodes in 2012.
What is The Big Bang Theory?
Taylor Swift released an album named after this color in 2012.
What is Red?
This brave Pixar princess with wild, curly red hair could shoot an arrow better than anyone in the kingdom.
What is Brave?
This scary word describes the kind of world-ending event everyone was preparing for.
What is the apocalypse?
This massive hurricane batrered the East Coast in October 2012.
What is Hurricane Sandy?
This DC superhero show follows an archer named Oliver Queen and premiered on The CW in 2012.
Answer: What is Arrow?
Gotye had a giant hit singing about being just a "somebody" you used to know — a song that made him famous overnight.
What is "Somebody That I Used to Know?"
Batman returned one final time in this last chapter of Christopher Nolan's trilogy.
What is The Dark Knight Rises?
Despite all the predictions and rumors, doomsday turned out to be this the very next morning.
What is a regular Thursday (nothing happened at all)?
This basketball player caused "Linsanity" with the New York Knicks early in 2012.
Who is Jeremy Lin?
This reality show about a young pageant girl and her family — famous for the phrase "a dollar makes me holler" — premiered in 2012.
What is Here Comes Honey Boo Boo?
This pop star sang about fireworks and being "Wide Awake" in 2012.
Who is Katy Perry?
Peter Parker got bitten by a spider all over again in this movie reboot.
What is The Amazing Spider-Man?
This ancient civilization — famous for pyramids and astronomy — got blamed for the whole scare, even though they never actually predicted the world would end.
Who are the Mayans?
This Jamaican sprinter won gold again at the London Olympics, proving he was still the fastest man alive.
Who is Usain Bolt?