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1. Decades of Ango-American relations were fortified when this US actress appeared on the cover of British GQ:
Evangeline Lily
Jessica Alba
Anne Hathaway
Jessica Biel
 
2. With Simon Cowell entering into his swan song on American Idol, rumors abound about his potential replacement. There is absolutely no way that this will happen, but which unlikely name was placed in the running to fill Cowell's shoes this week?
Dr. Phil
Gary Coleman
Andy Dick
Howard Stern
 
3. There was a bunch of sports-related pop culture news this week. First off: NFL quarterback Kyle Boller went and got himself engaged to this woman, who has made a lot of news over the past year:
Carrie Prejean
Susan Boyle
Paula Abdul
Amanda Seyfried
 
4. Which TV veteran did not appear in a Super Bowl commercial?
Chevy Chase
Betty White
Noah Wyle
Ed Begley, Jr.
 
5. Super Bowl XLIV is now the Avatar of television ratings, as it is the most watched show ever with over 106 million viewers. The Saints victory unseats the series finale of what show that previously held the record?
Seinfeld
Friends
Cheers
M*A*S*H
 
6. This show held the coveted post-Super Bowl broadcast slot:
Accidentally on Purpose
The Big Bang Theory
Survivor
Undercover Boss
 
7. In addition to the Super Bowl, we celebrated the confluence of sports and pop culture this week with the release of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The identity of the uber-secret cover model was unveiled on this late night show:
Last Call with Carson Daly
Lopez Tonight
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show with David Letterman
 
8. Meanwhile, the Swimsuit Issue displayed several contestants from this reality show in their bikinis:
Dancing With the Stars
American Idol
The Amazing Race
Big Brother
 
9. A-Rod clearly has a "type" for his women. First, there was Oscar-nominated blonde Kate Hudson and now his reported Oscar-nominated blonde Super Bowl hookup. Who is it this time?
Amy Ryan
Cameron Diaz
Michelle Williams
Renee Zellweger
 
10. A little cropping is all it took for this one-time music channel to finally acknowledge the fact that it rarely plays music at all anymore. What channel's new logo was unveiled this week?




 
11. All movies that were the #1 film at the US box office for the weekend of February 5-7, please step forward. Not so fast, Avatar, as you were dethroned by:
Dear John
From Paris with Love
Book of Eli
Edge of Darkness
 
12. There was a trio of pop-culture deaths this week.

Rest in peace, Phil Harris. Rugged reality star Harris had a special place in the heart of viewers who came to know him on this reality show:
Deadliest Catch
The Amazing Race
Man vs. Nature
Dirty Jobs
 
13. Second, Alexander McQueen is no longer among us. McQueen was an icon in which area?
Action sports
Fashion
Film producing
Magazine publication
 
14. Which real-life figure, who was the basis for a well-known film, also passed on this week?
Erin Brokovich of Erin Brokovich
Ron Kovic of Born on the Fourth of July
Julie Powell of Julie and Julia
Rep. Charlie Wilson of Charlie Wilson's War
 
15. When you think of Great Names in Architecture, your mind automatically calls up Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei and this blonde celeb:


who appears on the current cover of Architectural Digest:
Jeri Ryan
Cate Blanchett
Meryl Streep
Jennifer Aniston
 
16. Our thoughts are with Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr. who confirmed this week that he is battling prostate cancer. For which movie did he win his Oscar?
Lean on Me
An Officer and a Gentlemen
Street Smart
Cry Freedom
 
17. The current issue of Rolling Stone declares this rapper "Goes to Jail," which is ironic as the man in question recently had his sentencing postponed so he could have oral surgery:
Eminem
Lil Wayne
Jay-Z
Nas
 
18. John Mayer is clearly angling for his own "The Year in John Mayer" quiz, a la the one we dedicated to Megan Fox last year. Outrageous quotes are the means to that end. Which ex did he describe to Playboy as such: "that girl is like crack cocaine to me. Sexually it was crazy...It was like napalm, sexual napalm."
Jessica Simpson
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Minka Kelly
 
19. On the heels of Neil Patrick Harris' upcoming guest role on the Glee, it's been announced that which SNL alum is visiting the song-and-dance sitcom?
Dan Ackroyd
Jimmy Fallon
Will Ferrell
Molly Shannon
 
20. At the intersection of fame and sleeping pills was this celeb, who was reportedly rushed to the emergency room this week after nearly OD'ing:
Jerry Springer
Oprah Winfrey
Conan O'Brien
Alec Baldwin
 




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