In one more piece of evidence that humans can only maintain a small amount of information in their tiny brains, we present names that were once in the headlines daily but are now long forgotten. Here we go:

1) This ship made headlines all over when it ran aground off the Italian coast last January.

2) On the eve of the Grammy awards, this major name in pop is found dead in her hotel room, causing much speculation.

3) Jackie, Marianne and Callista were all married to this same man, who was a household name in 2012.

4) Chen Guangchen. He made the news by trying to hitch a ride with someone. Who did he try to hitch a ride with?

5) James Holmes – what did he do?

6) Physicists at CERN isolated what last July?

7) Wade Michael Page did something in Wisconsin. What?

8) Karen Lewis found her voice in September. She is the leader of what group?

9) A band with a raunchy name became famous lat year by stepping on some big toes in Russia. What is their name and whose toes did they step on?

10) Paula Broadwell did her job as a biographer too well becomming one of the biggest stories in this man’s career. Who did Broadwell get involved with?

11) Bonus – after only a couple of weeks, can you remember the name of the shooter at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook school?

My brain hurts. Once I dump these names out, I will feel better and maybe I will never hear of them again.

1) the Costa Concordia

2) Whitney Houston

3) Newt Gingrich

4) SoS Hillary Clinton (Chen was a Chinese dissident seeking more than just asylum)

5) He was the shooter at the theater in Aurora Colorado

6) The Higgs boson

7) He was the shooter at the Sikh Temple in oak Creek Wisconsin

8) Chicago Teacher’s Union

9) Pussy Riot caused Vladimir Putin some consternation and ended up with a trip to jail. No freedom of speech there.

10) General (and former CIA director) David Petraus

11) Adam Lantz