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1.	If you were one of people that contributed to the $66 million opening weekend of Cars 2, you saw the teaser for Pixar's next film. What is the one word title of the film that we've blurred out here?
		Hope
		Fate
		Wisdom
		Brave
		*By way of explanation.....* Cars 2 had its share of detractors, but Brave looks fantastic.

2.	The Curiously Bad Taste in Mainstream Media of the Week honors go to Newsweek, which placed which dead celebrity alongside a more current, still-living newsmaker on its cover?
		Michael Jackson
		Elizabeth Taylor
		Princess Diana
		Heath Ledger
		*By way of explanation.....* Kate seems to be taking the appearance of Zombie Di in stridel:

3.	Here we have a detail from an ad (which, someone oddly, features toplessness!) promoting which reality TV series?
		Top Chef
		America's Got Talent
		Bachelor Pad
		Project Runway
		*By way of explanation.....* We dig Heidi Klum, but we think the topless shot is a bit unusual, given the show's core demographic

4.	Meanwhile, there was much less nudity involved in the news that this reality show host inked a deal to host his/her own daytime talk show:
		Survivor's Jeff Probst
		The Bachelor's Chris Harrison
		The Challenge's TJ Lavin
		Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi

5.	Rest in Peace, Peter Falk. The actor, who younger generations know best as the grandfather in The Princess Bride, is otherwise most closely associated with his portrayal of which fictional detective?
		Columbo
		Kojak
		Nero Wolfe
		Hercule Poirot

6.	This couple - we're not exactly sure that we knew they were together - caught everyone off-guard when they announced they had secretly married last week:
		Jamie Hince and Kate Moss
		Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz
		Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
		Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Lowndes

7.	Jennifer Aniston shows up a little late to the tattoo trend. She got her first tattoo in the form of the name "Norman" on her foot. Who is this in honor of?
		Her beloved, deceased dog
		Author Norman Mailer
		George Wendt's Cheers character
		The college hometown of the Oklahoma Sooners - Norman, OK

8.	Some extremely rich dude is slightly less rich this week, after having shelled out $1.8 million at auction for this iconic piece of music memorabilia:
		Elvis's first guitar
		Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket
		The ZZ Top Eliminator car
		Liberace's piano

9.	And the BET Awards big winner is ________. Please come to the podium and accept your 4 awards.
		Kanye West
		Chris Brown
		Rihanna
		Ne-Yo

10.	This Week in Wristband Lawsuits: This celeb is being sued for corruption over allegations that she scammed money from the sale of wristbands, the proceeds of which were supposed to aid victims of disaster in Japan?
		Angelina Jolie
		Oprah
		Madonna
		Lady Gaga

11.	We sincerely hope that things look up for this European actor who was reportedly hospitalized after a suicide attempt:
		Liam Neeson
		Jonathan Rhys Meyers
		Jude Law
		Simon Pegg

12.	As the networks start to release the official dates for their fall schedules, rumors were leaked that the creator of _____ was planning to kill off the character of newly departed star ______.
		Law & Order: SVU / Christopher Meloni
		CSI / Laurence Fishburne
		Two and a Half Men / Charlie Sheen
		The Office / Steve Carell

13.	Just as Sheen prepares for a possible onscreen death, which one of the people from his orbit made a positive announcement this week in the form of adopting a baby girl named Eloise?
		Brooke Mueller
		Former 'goddess' Rachel
		Emilio Estevez
		Denise Richards

14.	Which of these chaps admitted to Details magazine that they had a bit of a fling with his Transformers' co-star Megan Fox?
		Shia LeBouf
		Josh Duhamel
		Tyrese Gibson
		Optimus Prime

15.	We pause at this point in the quiz to consider this bikini-clad young actress, star of multiple movies due out this summer, who graces the cover of Vanity Fair:
		Rachel McAdams
		Emma Stone
		Amanda Seyfried
		Kate Bosworth

16.	Lead singer of "and the Heartbreakers," Tom Petty is about to sic his lawyers on GOP candidate Michele Bachmann for using which of his songs at an Iowa rally?
		American Girl
		Free Fallin'
		Runnin' Down a Dream
		Jammin' Me

17.	Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig tops PETA's list of sexiest vegetarian celebrities for 2011. What male actor shares the honor with Wiig?
		Russell Brand
		Woody Harrelson
		Prince
		Chris Martin

18.	Tracy Morgan is at it again. Trying to recover from the PR bombardment following his insensitive remarks toward gays, Morgan this week offended which group with ill-advised comments?
		Mexican Americans
		The mentally challenged
		Stay-at-home moms
		Republicans

19.	Our short national nightmare is over/our long national nightmare is just beginning: Having endured tortuously posh conditions, Lindsay Lohan's house arrest came to an end this week, after an excruciating ______ days of confinement:
		92
		16
		20
		35

20.	A trio of celebrity breakups hit the news this week. First, we note that this on-again/off-again couple, having already separated in 2008, have again called it quits:
		Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman
		David Duchovny and Tea Leoni
		Brad Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek
		Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick

21.	We're starting to lose faith in the power of reality shows to foster true love. Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton and Michelle Deighton, who we first got to know from their appearances on these two reality TV programs, separated this week:
		Big Brother and Top Chef
		Laguna Beach and The Real World
		Survivor and America's Next Top Model
		The Amazing Race and The Bachelorette

22.	We also learned this week that two-time and most recent star of The Bachelor has split with his girlfriend Emily. What is the name of this tool?
		Brad
		Tony
		Jimmy
		Reed

23.	Ironicly, which of these people associated with the Facebook-based movie The Social Network is part of a group purchasing the site MySpace for $35 million?
		Jesse Eisenberg
		Justin Timberlake
		Aaron Sorkin
		David Fincher

24.	Javier Colon is the first winner of NBC's The Voice. Which singer/coach's team did Colon belong on during the show?
		Adam Levine
		Blake Shelton
		Christina Aguilera
		Cee-Lo Green

25.	Finally, This Week in Unexpectedly Excellent Photography brings you a picture of this action star totally conquering the final drop at Disney's Splash Mountain:
		Jean-Claude Van Damme
		Sylvester Stallone
		Vin Diesel
		The Rock
		*By way of explanation.....*