This Apple product was widely publicized and released in September 2012.
What is the iPhone 5?
100
This is the name of the baby of music power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé, born in January 2012.
Who is Blue Ivy Carter?
100
This natural disaster hit the east coast in late October 2012.
What is Hurricane Sandy?
100
This 2012 Olympic U.S. competitor was the first African-American gymnast to become the individual all-around champion.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
100
This British boy band was ranked #1 on Billboard's list of Top New Artists.
What is One Direction?
200
This company filed for bankruptcy in November 2012, blaming a baker's strike.
What is Hostess?
200
The first installment of this book-to-movie adventure trilogy, released in March 2012, broke records for opening day and opening weekend for a non-sequel.
What is The Hunger Games trilogy?
200
This fast food chain set off a series of protests and counter-protests due to its president's anti-gay marriage comments in July 2012.
What is Chick-Fil-A?
200
The NCAA penalized this team in July 2012 because of the assistant coach's child molestation charges and head coach Joe Paterno's cover up.
What is Penn State football?
200
The third book in this risqué trilogy by E.L. James was the best-selling book on Amazon this year.
What is the Fifty Shades trilogy?
300
In April 2012, this photo-sharing app was bought by Facebook for $1 billion.
What is Instagram?
300
This pop music legend passed away on February 11, 2012, and Jennifer Hudson performed a tribute to her at the Grammy awards the next day.
Who is Whitney Houston?
300
In August 2012, this famous director had a conversation with a chair at the Republican National Convention.
Who is Clint Eastwood?
300
This athlete had his seven Tour de France titles stripped in August 2012 after he admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs.
Who is Lance Armstrong?
300
This actor starred in four movies this year, including "Magic Mike" and "The Vow," and was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in November 2012.
Who is Channing Tatum?
400
Apple decided to eliminate this feature from the 2012 version of its iPhone software.
What is Google Maps?
400
This silent, black-and-white film won Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards in February 2012.
What is The Artist?
400
Republican Congressman Todd Akin was widely criticized for his comments in August 2012 regarding this issue.
What is rape/abortion?
400
This football team won the Super Bowl XLVI in February 2012.
Who are the New York Giants?
400
This worldwide event in 2012 became the most watched event in TV history.
What is the 2012 London Olympic games?
500
Wikipedia was blacked out for a day in January 2012 in protest of this.
What are SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy laws?
500
This 30 minute short film went viral in March 2012 and was the fastest-spreading video of the year.
What is KONY 2012?
500
The Susan G. Komen foundation publicly cut ties with this reproductive health organization in February 2012.
What is Planned Parenthood?
500
This 23-year-old basketball player led a winning streak by the New York Knicks in February 2012.
Who is Jeremy Lin?
500
This New Jersey school was ranked #1 on Forbes' 2012 list of America's Top Colleges.