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1.	One of the CSI installments had a big week with a trip to LaLa land and a guest movie director. Can you match the CSI with their helmer?
		Miami - Rob Zombie
		New York - Spike Jonze
		Las Vegas - Michael Bay
		Suckville - Uwe Boll

2.	The closing ceremonies of the recently-completed Olympics featured a concert at which this Canadian musician performed:
		Celine Dion
		K.d. Lang
		Sarah McLachlan
		Avril Levigne

3.	Which newsmaker appeared thusly to promote the debut of her new eponymous fragrance?
		Katy Perry
		Kim Kardashian
		Kara DioGuardi
		Katharine McPhee

4.	The Bachelor wrapped up this week as bachelor Jake chose:
		Tenley over Vienna
		Gia over Ali
		Vienna over Tenley
		Ali over Gia

5.	Behold, The Marriage Ref in which NBC, the Bad Ideas Jeans network as of late, sets out to prove that there's no better cure for marital blues than to have famous celebrities mediate disputes between couples. Which comic is an executive producer for the show?
		Jerry Seinfeld
		Tom Arnold
		Carrot top
		Wanda Sykes

6.	One of the producers of a Best Picture nominee foolishly (and rule-violatingly) sent an email urging voters to vote his movie as "1" and Avatar as "10". Which film's producer is apparently a closeted Weinstein brother?
		Precious
		Inglorious Basterds
		Up in the Air
		The Hurt Locker

7.	Sadly, on the heels of Andrew Koenig, a young man named Michael also committed suicide this week after battling depression. He was a member of what entertainment family?
		The Osmonds
		The Jacksons
		The Baldwins
		The Coppolas

8.	James Franco-wannabe alert! Oscar nominee/soap opera alum Julianne Moore in talks reprise her role on _______ before the show goes off the air this year.
		Young and the Restless
		All My Children
		Bold and the Beautiful
		As the World Turns

9.	Julianne Moore-wannabe alert! A new HBO series called "Luck" has lucked into a very famous actor joining the cast. Said actor won an Oscar for portraying ______.
		Queen Elizabeth
		Lester Burnham
		Ray Charles
		Rain Man

10.	A controversial show about rogue _________ ended its run on a cable network this week:
		Private detectives
		Plastic surgeons
		Gardeners
		Airline pilots

11.	This is a screenshot from a new offering by which band, noted for their innovative music videos?
		OK Go
		Foo Fighters
		Beastie Boys
		Pearl Jam

12.	Which slightly-less-famous sister of a slightly more famous celeb eloquently fumed: "What in the fuggggg (sic)!!! I got hacked! Y'all know my lil a** ain't (sic) lost no 40 pounds... Sorry to all"when her Twitter account was hacked and an ad for a diet aid was posted?
		Ashlee Simpson
		Solange Knowles
		Ali Lohan
		Nicky Hilton

13.	We thought we already knew the identity of the person this song was written about, until this week when a new person was named as the song's inspiration....sorta. Now, frankly, we don't know what the hell is going on. What is the song in question?
		The Girl from Ipanema
		You're So Vain
		Billie Jean
		Like a Rolling Stone

14.	"No-one believes me when I talk about this, but I’m really maternal. I worry that because I’ve always wanted kids so much, as the world goes sometimes, I won’t be able to have them – even though I would be able to provide them with such an amazing environment."Whose maternal yearning surprised, and, frankly, alarmed us?
		Jessica Simpson
		Kate Moss
		Megan Fox
		Paris Hilton

15.	Which newly famous person survived the collapse of a glass roof at a nightclub over the weekend?
		Susan Boyle
		Octo-mom
		Jersey Shore's Snooki
		Chris Pine

16.	This actor, who later in the week shrugged off press reports that he himself is gay, filmed a public service announcement for gay suicide prevention:
		Tobey Maguire
		Jake Gyllenhaal
		Daniel Radcliffe
		Rick Schroeder

17.	If you were expecting Jay Leno's first night back as host of The Tonight Show to be jam-packed with stars of the highest magnitude, you must have been a bit disappointed. Which of the following sorta-big names was not a guest of Jay's on Monday night?
		Olympic skiier Lindsey Vonn
		Actor/musician Jamie Foxx
		NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
		Country singer Brad Paisley

18.	Brit magazine FHM features this brunette on the cover of its "The Girls of US TV" issue:
		Charisma Carpenter
		Audrina Patridge
		Emily Deschanel
		Cobie Smulders

19.	Still redefining the term "star," the next cast of Dancing with the Stars was revealed. The "stars" which will compete can claim each of these as a profession, except for:
		Singer
		Football player
		Reality show star
		Talk Show host

20.	This celebrity, whose health has been in the news lately, appeared on Oprah this week and demonstrated, among other things, a new computerized voice:
		Roger Ebert
		Steve Jobs
		Bill Clinton
		Maya Angelou

21.	The Smithsonian said "thanks, but no thanks" when it was offered the donation of which notorious piece of pop culture memorabilia? passes on offer of O.J. Simpson acquittal suit
		Monica Lewinsky's blue dress
		Mark David Chapman's copy of Catcher in the Rye
		Elvis Presley's pill bottles
		The suit O.J. Simpson wore for his acquittal

22.	Life imitated art this week as a 80's hair metal member lived up to his band's name. What happened?
		An arrest warrant was issued for the lead singer of Warrant
		Manslaughter charges were filed against the lead singer of Slaughter
		The bass player for Quiet Riot was charged with inciting a riot
		A white snake attacked the drummer for Whitesnake

23.	A magazine named Purple exists. We only know this because said publication featured a photoshoot in which this trainwreck, still floundering around for respectability, appeared with a cigarette in hand and crowned with barbed wire:
		Heidi Montag
		Lindsay Lohan
		Tara Reid
		Amy Winehouse

24.	To the delight of possibly dozens, the Today Show embarked on the noble, trivial effort to reunite various TV families/casts. Which show's cast did not make an appearance this week?
		227
		The Brady Bunch
		Eight is Enough
		The Partridge Family

25.	If this rumor proves to be true, we lost some respect for this fellow. Which TV producer is reportedly shopping around a reality show with Sarah Palin?
		Jerry Bruckheimer
		Mark Burnett
		Steven Bochco
		Dick Wolf