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1. How 'bout a softball to star off the quiz? The People's Choice Awards Favorite were held this week. Which singer had a big night, being awarded Online Sensation and Favorite Female Artist, as well as feigning a kiss (*HINT*) with presenter Julie Bowen?
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Selena Gomez
Katy Perry
 
2. Which diminutive celebrity had plans to spend New Year's Eve in a ball dropped in Times Square but had to relocate to a New Jersey shindig?
Snooki
Kristin Chenoweth
Elijah Wood
Ryan Seacrest
 
3. More New Years Madness! Which reality show staple did 'treat' some NYE partygoers to his/her new single?
Heidi Montag
Bethanny Frenkel
Kim Kardashian
JWoww
 
4. Not Dead, Part 3 (continued from last week): The reps for all of these actors, except one, were busy closing out 2010 refuting reports of their client's death. Which one is only one to avoid the fictional grim reaper...this week?
Matt Damon
Morgan Freeman
Eddie Murphy
Owen Wilson
By way of explanation.....
Incidentally, Murphy and Wilson were not only I Spy co-stars but they shared the same fake snowboarding death.
 
5. Of the four newly engaged women from last week, which one enjoyed only a one-week engagement before getting married on New Year's Eve?
Reese Witherspoon
Shania Twain
Natalie Portman
Kelly Brook
 
6. Which music star, noted for his past anger problems, got all up in the business of singer Raz B during a Twitter spat, during which some ill-advised racial and homophobic inferences were made?
Chris Brown
Snoop Dogg
Suge Knight
Ice Cube
 
7. If you happened to be in North Korea this week, you finally got to see a 'western' movie shown on the government-run television. What sports film was it?
Miracle
Cool Runnings
Bend it Like Beckham
Air Bud
 
8. While 'Jack & Diane' are immortally twined together, John Mellencamp is no longer with wife of 20 years Elaine. Following their split, Mr. Johnny Cougar has been seen out and about with what blond actress?
Daryl Hannah
Meg Ryan
Nicolette Sheridan
Kim Catrall
 
9. A new reality show called Kidnapped by the Kids had a distinct honor this week. What was it?
It was the first show aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network
Production was stopped due to child labor violations
Broke the record for basic cable debut
It was cancelled in mid-airing of the premiere
 
10. Meanwhile, The Biggest Loser began a new season, with promos featuring which US athlete who was swelled to truly Olympic proportions?
Rulon Gardner
Michelle Kwan
Michael Phelps
Tonya Harding
 
11. Paula Abdul returned from her post-Idol roaming of the wilderness with a new show, _________ Dance:
Live to
Don't Forget to
Just
Please
 
12. License and registration, ma'am? This comedic actress was busted for a DUI this week:
Jaime Pressly
Cobie Smulders
Tina Fey
Julia Louise Dreyfus
 
13. Know who else got busted? This former talk show host and medical marijuana activist, has been cited for possession of drug paraphernalia in a Milwaukee airport:
Kelly Ripa
Montel Williams
Arsenio Hall
Phil Donahue
 
14. We're pouring one out for this outstanding, Oscar-nominated character actor, who appeared in some of our favorite movies and died this week at the way-too-young age of 64:
Richard Jenkins
John C. Reilly
Brian Dennehy
Pete Postlethwaite
 
15. Leaving the rehab-ulous confines of Betty Ford, Lindsay Lohan is a free woman. Do you remember where you were on ______ when you heard the news that she was out?
Monday
Tuesday
Saturday
Thursday
 
16. After one last debauched night on New Year's Eve, which newsmaking actor has checked into Betty Ford for rehab to fill the void left by Lohan?
Charlie Sheen
Andy Dick
Christian Bale
David Arquette
 
17. Despite denials upon denials, photos from a vacation have surfaced showing Selena Gomez getting cozy with what object of teen girls' affection?
Taylor Lautner
Justin Bieber
Robert Pattinson
Nick Jonas
 
18. Last week, Black Swan's Natalie Portman got engaged and announced being pregnant. This week her co-star Mila Kunis confirmed that she has broken up with ______, her boyfriend of 8 years.
Macaulay Culkin
Topher Grace
Kellan Lutz
Elijah Wood
 
19. After only a couple months of coupledom, Jake Gyllenhaal has decided it best to start the new year as a single man. Whose heart did he just break?
Taylor Swift
Anne Hathaway
Emily Blunt
Bridget Monahan
By way of explanation.....
Undoubtedly, this split gives the unlucky-in-love Swift material for a new song.
 
20. At the nexus of fabulous wealth and pop culture is the headline this week that the winning numbers of the Mega Millions drawing bore close ties to a much-discussed set of numbers from which recent TV series?
24
Lost
Better Off Ted
Numbers, duh
 




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