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1.	ABC is considering a TV show based around which current advertising icon?
		The creepy Burger King
		The Fruit of the Loom guys
		The Geico caveman
		The Aflack duck

2.	We were shocked - SHOCKED! - to learn that James Caan is leaving NBC's Las Vegas at the end of the season. But our collective hearts broke to hear that along with Caan, the series is dropping fellow cast member:
		Nikki Cox
		Josh Duhamel
		Molly Sims
		Vanessa Marcil

3.	Last week's quiz asked if you knew that Vincent Pastore had dropped out from the upcoming edition of Dancing With the Stars. This week, we ask if you can identify his replacement, a well-known former Cheers regular:
		Ted Danson
		Shelly Long
		John Ratzenberger
		George Wendt

4.	During Monday night's episode of Heroes, viewers were treated to a trailer for this film:
		Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
		Transformers
		Spider-Man 3
		Rush Hour 3

5.	Meanwhile, Tobey Maguire announced this week:
		That the upcoming Spider-Man 3 film will be his last appearance as the webslinger
		That he is in talks to direct the fourth Spider-Man film
		That he is in talks to direct the next Harry Potter film
		That he may be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby

6.	Sunday night's Deal or No Deal featured appearances by which of the following:
		Cast members of The Office
		Professional wrestlers
		NYPD police officers
		Presidential candidates

7.	Celebrity do-gooder Angelina Jolie is looking to adopt again. She is looking to add to her family a boy from which country?
		Ethiopia
		France
		New Zealand
		Vietnam

8.	Finding time in his busy getting-nekked-on-stage schedule this week, Daniel Radcliffe announced?
		That he will not appear in further Harry Potter films
		That he will reprise his role as Harry in the final Potter films
		That JK Rowling told him she is considering writing further Harry Potter novels
		That he has vowed to never make an appearance at a comic-con

9.	My friend Jinxie told me never to underestimate the drawing power of anything that would make you disappointed in the American moviegoing public. Witness: Wild Hogs, which won top spot at the weekend box office, earning approximately how much money?
		$55 million
		$17 million
		$40 million
		$10 million

10.	A certain British actress got married in a castle over the weekend. We're not sure why that's news, as it's some sort of country-wide law that all Brits get married in a castle. We're pretty sure that's right. Anyway, who entered into wedded bliss?
		Elizabeth Hurley
		Kate Winslet
		Rachel Weisz
		Keira Knightley

11.	A bad week for this Laguna Beach personality: after being arrested for underage drinking, s/he started serving a 60-day term in the slammer for a 2006 assault charge. Which of the following are we talking about?





12.	Do you like to mock the concept of country music, while secretly acknowledging that it's pretty darned good? Us too! This veteran artist led the field with eight nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards:
		George Strait
		Dwight Yoakam
		Hank Williams Jr.
		Reba McEntire

13.	The Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Borat came out on DVD this week. What's the correct spelling of the film's star?
		Sasha Baron Cohen
		Sasha Barron Cohan
		Sacha Baron Cohen
		Sacha Barron Cohen

14.	A new reality show started this week in which contestants try to become a member of this group:
		Black Eyed Peas
		Pussycat Dolls
		TLC
		Spinal Tap [even if this isn't the right answer. Man, that would be a grrrrrrreat show]

15.	Comic book fans were shocked this week when the following Marvel hero was killed off:
		The Hulk
		Spider-Man
		Stretch-Dude
		Captain America

16.	*Out of Sync, announced this week, will be a memoir by this former member of NSync?**
		Justin Timberlake
		Joey Fatone
		Lance Bass
		One of the other two. There were two others, right? Yes? No?

17.	Film fans will have one less periodical to thumb through, as the following magazine will cease to exist (at least in its paper form):
		Premiere
		Empire
		Hollywood Life
		The Hollywood Reporter

18.	What carries a pretty huge cache of guns and goes 111 mph? Why, the lead singer for this band, arrested in Washington state this week:
		Menudo
		Coldplay
		Fallout Boy
		Blue's Traveler

19.	Fox began a new comedy series, The Winner this week. Its star, Rob Corddry, is best known for his association with which other TV project?
		I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
		Dancing with the Stars
		The Daily Show
		South Park

20.	Which of the following is not in the top ten of the latest Billboard Hot 200 albums?
		Daughtry/Daughtry
		Norah Jones/Never Too Late
		Nelly Furtado/Loose
		John Mayer/Continuum