Think you can remember clear back to the turn of the decade? When Justin Bieber was still a youngster and Mitt Romney was the unquestioned GOP savior. Well let’s just see how good you are at reaching way back.

1) This woman lost her job in the Agriculture Department after a tape of her speech had been altered to make it appear she had made racist comments. Can you remember her name?

2) After his company had a disastrous summer, this CEO seemed to make matters worse every time he opened his mouth. His most egregious statement was that “I would just like to have my life back.” Who is this CEO and what is his company?

3) Steven Slater became one of those working class legends in the summer of 2010. What did he do?

4) Liu Xiaobo was unable to attend an awards ceremony in which he was honored. What awards ceremony was he unable to attend?

5) This young man is most easily identified as former President Clinton’s son-in-law. What is his name?

6) Eyjafjallajökull was a name that had news reporters tripping over their tongues around the world last year. What was Eyjafjallajökull?

7) Droning and loud, these got almost as much attention as the teams at the Soccer World Cup last summer. What are they?

8) Once probably best known as the (now former) wife of director James Cameron, this woman won the Academy Award for Best Director for her film “The Hurt Locker.” What is her name?

9) She told us she was not a witch in a commercial. Well, we will have to believe her. Who told us she was not a witch?

10) Since soccer is not followed very well in this country, can anyone remember who won the World Cup in 2010?

Hee-hee. OK, I actually dug these out of a file of old questions I have laying around. But it will be interesting to see if any of these 15 minute-of-fame folks had any lasting memories with you folks. Kind of limber your brain up for all the other 2011 review quizzes that will be coming soon.

Answers? Can’t you use the googles like George W. does? OK here goes—-

1) Shirley Sherrod
2) Tony Hayward CEO of BP at the time of the oil spill
3) Slater quit his job with JetBlue in a spectacular fashion in Aug. 2010. After lashing out at an unruly passenger over the intercom, Slater grabbed a couple of beers from the galley, deployed the emergency slide and slid out the door and into legend status.
4) The Nobel Peace Prize. Xiaobo was imprisoned in China at the time (still is I believe)
5) Mark Mezvinsky (for us old folk, his dad was once a Congressman from Iowa.)
6) Volcano that exploded in Iceland send tons of ash into the air and fouling up air traffic in Europe.
7) the vuvuzelas
8) Kathryn Bigelow
9) Christine O’Donnell (GOP senate candidate in 2010)
10) Spain