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1.	The major pop culture news this week was of a tragic nature, as Ryan Dunn, a member of this TV franchise, killed himself and his passenger while driving drunk:
		Jackass
		Survivor
		The Real World
		Hell's Kitchen

2.	This media figure kicked over a hornet's nest tweeting, in response to Dunn's death: "Friends don’t let jackasses drink and drive."
		Oprah
		Geraldo Rivera
		Ryan Seacrest
		Roger Ebert

3.	In news that's more life-affirming, let's all breakdance in honor or the new Miss USA. Redhead pageant winner Alyssa Campanella represents this state:
		Colorado
		Michigan
		Texas
		California

4.	In your Weird Media Story of the Week, we read that OJ Simpson might or might not be about to confess murder to this well-known figure:
		Katie Couric
		Oprah Winfrey
		Larry King
		David Letterman

5.	This artist, with a penchant for lampooning pop music, released a video called "Perform This Way," a spoof on Lady Gaga's Born This Way:
		Blink-182
		Weird Al Yankovich
		Beastie Boys
		They Might Be Giants
		*By way of explanation.....* Dig:

6.	Actress (and Princess Leia mother) Debbie Reynolds turned quite the profit this week. She sold what iconic film prop/clothing for $4.6 million?
		Marilyn Monroe's white dress from The Seven Year Itch
		The Psycho shower curtain
		The Maltese Falcon's.....um, Maltese falcon
		Indiana Jones' fedora and jacket
		*By way of explanation.....* To make it even more impressive, she reportedly only paid $200 orignially for the dress.

7.	Which 80s/90s one-hit (maybe two-hit) wonder was arrested this week on felony domestic violence charges?
		Tone Loc
		Lou Bega
		Vanilla Ice
		Those Macarena guys

8.	From the "Nobody to blame but yourself" file: Michael Bay told GQ that Megan Fox was fired from the Transformers sequel for her public comparison of Bay to Hitler. Who told Bay to fire her?
		Steven Spielberg
		Shia LeBouf
		Anti-Defamation League
		Nobody. It was Bay's decision

9.	Here's a unique take on advertising....Which horror movie maven takes a different approach to getting whites their whitest in his commercial for Woolite?
		Wes Craven
		Eli Roth
		John Carpenter
		Rob Zombie
		*By way of explanation.....* I'm never doin' laundry again:

10.	Calling this formerly-Rehabbed singer 'troubled' is an understatement but his/her week hit a low when several European shows were canceled following a disastrous performance?
		Amy Winehouse
		Whitney Houston
		David Hasselhoff
		Whichever one of the Backstreet Boys that went to rehab

11.	It was a bad week for shows displaying a comedic take on sports, as this network axed both The Sports Show with Norm MacDonald and The Onion SportsDome:
		Spike
		TNT
		Comedy Central
		ESPN 8, The Ocho

12.	The folks at Esquire want to make sure that you're aware of this comely lass, whom they have dubbed their Woman of Summer:
		Brooklyn Decker
		Malin Ackerman
		Kate Upton
		Kaley Cuoco

13.	This actress, who got her start on the small screen, is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work on the big screen, even though her film career isn't exactly top drawer:
		Jennifer Love Hewitt
		Jennifer Aniston
		Sarah Jessica Parker
		Helen Hunt

14.	SLW pours one out for beloved E Street Band member Clarence Clemons, having died this week following complications from a stroke. Bruce Springsteen's popular sax player was known by this nickname:
		The Real Deal
		The Horse
		Brass
		The Big Man

15.	Be prepared for a collective "EWWWWW!!!!" Which Green Mile actor (who is 51 years old) got married this week in Vegas to a 16-year-old aspiring country singer?
		David Morse
		Michael Clark Duncan
		Doug Hutchison
		Sam Rockwell
		*By way of explanation.....* Unbelievably, the parents of the girl (yes, we said 'girl') allowed this to happen with their full endorsement.

16.	Katy Perry brings her unique brand of subtle sexuality ("Katy's Kisses"....brilliant!) to the cover of which magazine?
		Time
		Rolling Stone
		People
		Maxim

17.	Ladies's hearts will all atwitter this week at the announcement that his famously good-looking dude has broken up with his long-time girlfriend and is available once more:
		George Clooney
		Brad Pitt
		Vin Diesel
		Keanu Reeves

18.	With only a few weeks before the release of the 27th and final Harry Potter movie, JK Rowling delighted fans with news of an interactive website for all things Potter related. What is the name of the new venture?
		Potterfest
		Pottersprawl
		Potterquest
		Pottermore

19.	It's just more of the same for Lindsay Lohan. While still under house arrest, she failed a random test for _____ and has to reappear before a judge to discuss yet another probation violation.
		Cocaine
		Marijuana
		Alcohol
		Good judgment

20.	The trailer for the remake of which 80s movie hit the web this week (the above is from the new poster for said remake)?
		Red Dawn
		Back to School
		Bachelor Party
		Footloose