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1.	Jerry Lewis held his annual Labor Day MDA telethon over the holiday weekend. Yet the event was somewhat upstaged by Lewis's strange rant a few days before: "I'd smack her in the mouth if I saw her. I would smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman!"Against whom was Lewis railing?
		Paris Hilton
		Lady Gaga
		Lindsay Lohan
		Heidi Montag

2.	Meanwhile, Lindsay Lohan, who may or may not have been the answer to the preceding question [spoiler alert: she was!] got herself in more trouble, as she reportedly hit _________ with her car?
		A crossing guard
		An LA police officer
		A fire hydrant
		A baby carriage

3.	Three shows officially lost a cast member this week. Which of these ladies is still gainfully employed by their most recent employer...for now?
		American Idol's Kara Dioguardi
		Real Housewives Danielle Staub
		Saturday Night Live's Jenny Slate
		CSI's Jorja Fox

4.	A few weeks after the incident, Robert Schimmel died from injuries suffered in a car accident. While not exactly a household name, Schimmel was an influential figure in the world of:
		Comedy
		Music
		Film
		Journalism

5.	Chris Robinson, lead singer of The Black Crowes , a band that hasn't been marginally relevant in over 10 years, had this say about what current singer:"I find it embarrassing that adults are like, '___________ is very talented.' She's not. She might be cute, but she's horrible."
		Taylor Swift
		Katy Perry
		Lady Gaga
		Rihanna

6.	With the addition of 8 songs to its music store, _____ becomes the first hip hop artist to have songs on Rock Band.
		Ice Cube
		Dr. Dre
		Snoop Dogg
		Will Smith

7.	Y'all can have all the Justin Bieber you want, the SLW has always dug the Electric Light Orchestra. So we were saddened at the bizarre story of ELO's original cellist being killed by what unusual item?
		A bale of hay
		A jug of vinegar
		A Slinky
		A box of mousetraps

8.	This week, Larry King used his appearance on Ryan Seacrest's radio show to perform an excruciating duet rendition of Lady Gaga's _______.
		Telephone
		Love Game
		Poker Face
		Alejandro

9.	The SLW staff continues to wait for the phone to ring, announcing our nomination for the Kennedy Center Honors. We'll have to wait at least another year, as this year's honorees, which include this media figure, were announced this week.
		Ellen DeGeneres
		Oprah Winfrey
		Ryan Seacrest
		David Letterman

10.	Almost unrecognizable in this photo: which star, who usually appears much differently, posed for this photo as an homage to his favorite show Eastbound & Down?
		Howie Mandel
		Elton John
		Nick Lachey
		Marilyn Mason

11.	Attention, participants in the Name Larry King's Replacement Office Pool! The official results have been announced. Congratulations and step forward to claim your prize, whoever had:
		Piers Morgan
		Sharon Osbourne
		Connie Chung
		Billy Bush

12.	Any day now.....ANY DAY NOW......Steven Tyler will or will not be named as a new judge on American Idol. While his judgeship has not yet been made official, which person connected with Tyler remarked about AI: "['American Idol'] is a reality show designed to get people to watch that station and sell advertising. It's one step above [Teenage Mutant] Ninja Turtles."
		Daughter Liv Tyler
		Aerosmith bandmate Joe Perry
		Former judge Paula Abdul
		Fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Tom Petty

13.	This week, we learned who will be headlining the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Which of the following female comic/singer pairs will act as host and musical guest, respectively?





14.	Some dude you've never heard of named Fernando Flores briefly made the news this week. Why?
		He was named the new Editor-in-Chief at Rolling Stone
		A former bodyguard of Britney Spears, he's now suing Brit for sexual harassment
		He won America's Got Talent
		Michael Douglas is suing him over a botched surgery for his throat cancer

15.	A certain star posted on Twitter this week: "I bled hard." So, who bled hard?
		Spencer Pratt, over the end of his marriage to Heidi
		Steve Carell, over his decision to leave The Office
		Kanye West, over the Taylor Swift kerfuffle
		Mel Gibson, over....well, just about everything he's done in the past few years

16.	In celebrity litigation news, which famous couple decided not to pursue a highly publicized law suit filed on their behalf?
		Diane Lane and Josh Brolin
		Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
		Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom
		John Travolta and Kelly Preston

17.	The opening salvos of the new TV season have been fired. One of the first new shows to premiere was the cheerleading series Hellcats. We hope that you remembered to tune into ______ to catch the goodness.
		CW
		Fox
		ABC
		NBC

18.	We learned this week that a certain screen legend turned down roles of Superman and James Bond. Who made such ballsy career choices?
		Jack Nicholson
		Clint Eastwood
		Danny DeVito
		Robert DeNiro

19.	"Racks of servers" are dedicated to this phenom, who accounts for an astounding 3% of all Twitter bandwidth:
		Miley Cyrus
		Lady Gaga
		Orlando Bloom
		Justin Bieber

20.	If you caught a promo for the premiere of this reality show, you saw a painful/hilarious/cringe-inducing clip of a contestant being pummeled in the face by an accelerated watermelon:
		The Amazing Race
		The Apprentice
		Survivor
		America's Next Top Model