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1.	If you haven't yet caught the footage of Lady Gaga falling off of a _________ during a concert this week, you've been completely left out of all of the water-cooler conversation:
		Piano
		Giant egg
		Balcony
		Undersized replica of Stonehenge
		*By way of explanation.....* You have to admit that she recovers gracefully:

2.	Speaking of Gaga, she, Katy Perry and Ke$ha were skewered in a viral CollegeHumor.com video "Three Pop Stars, One Song," which features this TV actress in each of the roles:
		Kaley Cuoco
		Cobie Smulders
		Yvonne Strahovski
		Sarah Shahi

3.	"I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in showbusiness, and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example.... They are the most blessed people in the world and they don't appreciate it." A brilliant remark from this pop culture icon and SLW favorite:
		Alec Baldwin
		James Earl Jones
		Steven Spielberg
		Betty White

4.	Proving that nothing promotes its own endeavors like a cable TV network, _________ hosted its first ever _____________ this week:
		Comedy Central / Comedy Awards
		VH-1 / CelebReality
		Bravo / Real Housewives
		Animal Planet's / Animal Awards

5.	The highlight of the aforementioned (spoiler alert!) Comedy Awards was _________ evicting ___________ from the stage, claiming "I accept this award for every person whose soul has been crushed by" the latter for the past eight years.
		Conan O'Brien / Jay Leno
		David Letterman / Regis Philbin
		Stephen Colbert / Jon Stewart
		Will Ferrell / Steve Carell

6.	On a serious note, SLW mourns the loss of brillant director Sidney Lumet. Let's celebrate some of his seminal works by having you identify the acclaimed film NOT directed by Lumet.




		*By way of explanation.....* Proving Oscar voters have gotten in wrong for a long time, Lumet was nominated for directing Oscars for "12 Angry Men" (1957), "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), and "Network" (1976) but never won.

7.	Dear celebrity known as _________: You know that Malawi charity you run? Yeah, we're totally investigating it for all of its shady business practices. Your pals, The FBI
		George Clooney
		Madonna
		Angelina Jolie
		Andy Dick

8.	Beware citizens of Metropolis. Oscar nominee Michael Shannon has been cast in the upcoming Superman reboot film as what big bad villain?
		Mister Mxyzptlk
		General Zod
		Brainiac
		Bizarro Superman

9.	Oscar winner/Hollywood lothario Benecio del Toro has impregnated his girlfriend, who just happens to be the daughter of this classic rock star:
		Mick Jagger
		Paul McCartney
		Jimmy Page
		Rod Stweart

10.	Jeri Ryan and Michael Jai White starred in this week's premiere episode of a web series based on which popular video franchise?
		Halo
		Call of Duty
		Mortal Kombat
		Super Mario Brothers

11.	We careeeeeeefully cropped the text that adorns the bare hip of which young actress, who appears in Allure Magazine's "Nude Issue"?
		Minka Kelly
		Ashely Tisdale
		Ashley Greene
		Lily Collins

12.	Which showbiz family is learning the hard way that you don't mess with The Man, and might lose their house in wake of a $1.7 million bill in unpaid taxes?
		The Lohans
		The Osbournes
		The Kardashians
		The Gyllenhaals

13.	In your Pop Culture meets Affairs of State news story of this week, we learned that the meeting between unlikely diplomat _________ and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been called off:
		Taylor Lautner
		Courtney Love
		Michael Richards
		Justin Bieber
		*By way of explanation.....* It's probably a good thing, as obviously this summit was set up by someone using Mad Libs

14.	Meanwhile, at the entertainment/sports intersection, we learned that Amanda, daughter of this acclaimed film director, will return to the ring as she resumes her MMA career:
		Quentin Tarantino
		Spike Lee
		George Lucas
		Kathryn Bigelow

15.	Our best wishes for this Oscar winner, who has sought treatment for a bi-polar disorder:
		Kate Winslet
		Catherine Zeta-Jones
		Meryl Streep
		Marisa Tomei

16.	Consider the hand of this young star, having recently endured a trying time of troubles, who has emerged as a contributing editor for Seventeen Magazine's Love is Louder project:
		Demi Lovato
		Taylor Momsen
		Rumer Willis
		Nicole Richie

17.	We applaud GC's choice in featuring this much-in-the-news female in a recent photoshoot:
		Kristen Bell
		Rebecca Black
		Amanda Seyfried
		Jennifer Lawrence

18.	*We don't* applaud People Magazine's trip in the Wayback Machine to name this woman to the top of its Most Beautiful People list:**
		Jennifer Aniston
		Jennifer Lopez
		Julia Roberts
		Courteney Cox

19.	Attention, SLW quiztakers! Your soap opera viewing choices narrowed considerably this week with the announced cancellations of which pair of programs?
		All My Children and One Life to Live
		General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful
		Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless
		As the World Turns and Guiding Light

20.	The forces of evil got a little bit cuter this week, thanks to a viral video showing an adorable little girl choosing to join with this movie villain at Disney Land:
		The Wicked Witch of the West
		Darth Vader
		The Joker
		Freddy Krueger
		*By way of explanation.....* Awww...