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1.	Ellen Degeneres did her syndicated talk show from her bed this week. Why?
		She lost a bet with Nathan Lane
		She hurt her back
		She was promoting Safe Sex week
		She was paid by a mattress manufacturer

2.	As the lead-up to the big summer movies wound down, and with little of note new in theatres, Disturbia once again won the weekend box office for the April 27th - 29th frame. How many consecutive weeks has the film held the top spot?
		Two
		Three
		Four
		Five

3.	As we were saying, the summer movie season kicks into high gear this weekend. The Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview issue features the star of which potential blockbuster on its cover?
		Shrek the Third
		The Simpsons Movie
		Spider-Man 3
		Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

4.	The American Idol executioner's sword was stayed last week, but that only meant that two would be sent packing this week. In addition to Chris Richardson, the following (in anagram form) also got the boot:
		Likeable sew
		Jar snips dork
		No shakes jail
		Ethical spy

5.	I prance around in women's underwear, asking for a few bucks, and all hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, this Victoria's Secret model has reportedly cut ties with the company, as they refuse to meet her $5 million salary demand:
		Alessandra Ambrosio
		Adriana Lima
		Heidi Klum
		Gisele Bundchen

6.	A recent issue of TV Guide included a "scratch-and-sniff" feature, coinciding with this week's episode of the following series:
		The Office
		The King of Queens
		My Name is Earl
		House

7.	Many readers who partake in This is So Last Week think of Pearl Jam as "old-school." Yet rock & roll is actually much much older. The current issue of Rolling Stone is the magazine's ____th Anniversary Issue
		30
		40
		50
		60

8.	Welcome to wedded bliss to reality TV honcho Mark Burnett, who this week married the star of this former series:
		Joan of Arcadia
		The Facts of Life
		Cheers
		Touched by an Angel

9.	"Newhart"'s George Utley..... voice of the Capitol City Goofball.... husband to Suzanne Pleshette.... you'd want to include all of the following in a proper eulogy to this doughy-faced funny man, dead this week at age 85:
		Tommy Smothers
		Tom Poston
		Tommy Newsom
		Tommy Shaw

10.	The MTV movie awards nominations were announced this week. We thought it our duty to tell you, since you probably won't hear them even promoted by the network, you know, every 15 seconds for the next few weeks. At any rate, which Oscar Best Picture nominee was also nominated for Best Movie?
		Babel
		Letters from Iwo Jima
		The Departed
		Little Miss Sunshine

11.	Ashes of the portrayer of this original Star Trek series character were strewn throughout the cosmos this week:
		Uhura
		Scotty
		Bones
		Sulu

12.	"A sweater, a guitar and the lyrics to [a famous song] -- that's what my daughter gets. And the rest of it we'll just... sell." Who spoke thusly this week about her plan to auction off the bulk of her famous former partner's belongings?
		Heather Mills
		Yoko Ono
		Cher
		Courtney Love

13.	"I'm in a stronger place now," this songstress tells Cosmo. "I feel very confident with the way I look." We would hope so, given the rather extensive makeover she's gone through. Pictured here, who is speaking?
		Ashlee Simpson
		Jessica Simpson
		Bjork
		Avril Levigne

14.	Justin Timberlake, Tina Fey, Sacha Baron Cohen, Nora Roberts and Martin Scorsese were among the Artists & Entertainers on this magazine's list of "100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world:"
		Time
		Newsweek
		People
		Popular Mechanics

15.	Soon we will have to say via con dios to this CW series, cancelled this week following reports of failure to re-sign its stars:
		Girlfriends
		Gilmore Girls
		Veronica Mars
		America's Next Top Model

16.	Woe is she: "I want to get a nomination. I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out. For being 'the party girl.' I hate that." Whose pain are we not quite feeling?
		Tara Reid
		Lindsay Lohan
		Misha Barton
		Taryn Manning

17.	Havoc ensued as a normally family-friendly TV network decided to counter-program Tuesday morning and briefly aired porn. Which network was involved?
		The Disney Channel
		Cartoon Network
		ABC Family
		Nickelodeon

18.	This singer, heeding the demands of possibly dozens, returned to the stage this week, performing (?) a largely lip-synched 13 minute set at the House of Blues:
		Ricky Martin
		George Michael
		Britney Spears
		Alanis Morrisette

19.	My TiVo insisted that Monday's episode of this series was called "String Theory," when in fact the official episode title was "Five Years Gone:"
		The King of Queens
		How I Met Your Mother
		Two and a Half Men
		Heroes

20.	Our girl Epiphany called it: a few weeks ago she raved about the song Make Me Wonder, by this band, and now it sits atop the Billboard Hot 100:
		Linkin Park
		Good Charlotte
		Papa Roach
		Maroon 5