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1.	This was an oddly quiet week for pop culture news, so this edition of SLW that let us scrounging for material. Let's start off with Transformers, which blew up at the box office. The full title of the series' third installment contains:
		A celestial body
		A US State
		A car model
		A TV show
		*By way of explanation.....* Transformers: Dark of the Moon made more than $380 million worldwide during its opening weekend.

2.	Shortly after the opening, the internet was alerted that Transformers director Michael Bay had inserted recycled footage from this earlier work into the film:
		Armageddon
		The Island
		The Rock
		Bad Boys
		*By way of explanation.....*

3.	Comedy Central announced this week that it will feature which tabloid/gossip lightning rod as the subject of an upcoming Roast?
		Lindsay Lohan
		Katy Perry
		Charlie Sheen
		Kate Gosselin

4.	Furthermore, Comedy Central scheduled the broadcast of the Charlie Sheen roast to coincide with:
		The airing of the Two and a Half Men episode on which Sheen's character is killed off
		Sheen's birthday
		The 20-year anniversary of the network
		The day before a suit brought against Sheen goes to trial

5.	Thursday night brought about the premiere of the new season of CBS's Big Brother. Care to hazard a guess as to which season of the reality show has started?
		13th
		8th
		17th
		No

6.	Big Brother host Julie "ChenBot" Chen got unusually worked up about something on The Talk this week. What got to Julie so?
		She learned she had just been fired
		Her co-hosts surprised her for her birthday
		She learned that The Talk had just been canceled
		The verdict in the Casey Anthony trial

7.	Rumors of a relationship between Paris Hilton and this movie director gained traction this week when the pair was photographed together over the holiday weekend:
		Ben Affleck
		Kevin Smith
		Todd Phillips
		Robert Rodriguez

8.	Russia, Ukraine and South Korea took Paramount Pictures up on the studio's offer to shorten the title of which upcoming theatrical release?
		Cowboys and Aliens
		Rise of the Planet of the Apes
		Captain America
		Apollo 18
		*By way of explanation.....* Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in those three countries as simply The First Avenger

9.	With the opening of the final Harry Potter barreling toward us, which veteran of the series stated s/he has quit drinking, admitting: "I became reliant on [alcohol] to enjoy stuff … There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person’s lifestyle that really isn’t suited to me."
		Daniel Radcliffe
		Emma Watson
		Rupert Grint
		Tom Felton

10.	This should be easy: Dennis Haysbert (above), Taylor Lautner and Kevin Costner appear in a Funny or Die-produced spoof on which classic sports movie?
		Field of Dreams
		The Natural
		Bull Durham
		Major League

11.	This actor, who had a cameo on the season finale of The Office, has been hired to the series as a regular:
		Jim Carrey
		James Spader
		Ray Romano
		Ricky Gervais

12.	People magazine reports that the long-kept-secret name of the baby born to this actress recently is......Aleph:
		Natalie Portman
		Keri Russell
		Nicole Kidman
		Pink

13.	Angelina Jolie tops Forbes' list of highest paid actresses. Which of the following is not in the top 10?
		Cameron Diaz
		Kristen Stewart
		Emma Stone
		Julia Roberts
		*By way of explanation.....* Following Jolie in the top 10 are: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Katherine Heigl, Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock, and Meryl Streep

14.	The upcoming Chelsea Handler sitcom Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea made news this week when:
		NBC suddenly dropped it from its fall schedule
		Handler demanded her name be removed from the show
		A fire on a studio lot destroyed its set and injured several of the crew
		Half its cast was fired

15.	This model rolled up to her wedding in style, riding in a silver Rolls Royce:
		Candice Swanepoel
		Brooklyn Decker
		Kate Moss
		Kate Upton

16.	The Royals¹ row-row-rowed their boat.... ....during Will and Kate's much-publicized trip to this country: ¹Really? Royals coverage? Well, like we said, slow news week. We're very, very sorry....
		Denmark
		Australia
		Argentina
		Canada

17.	As the British publication "News of the World" is investigated for hacking phones and such of famous people, the police called upon which vocal opponent of the magazine to help? (Hint: It's this guy throwing baked beans¹ at paparazzi a few years back.) ¹See, we knew our vast archive of Celebrity Baked Beans photos would come in handy....
		Liam Nesson
		Hugh Grant
		Eddie Izzard
		Craig Ferguson

18.	Which marquee star of the now-defunct/rebranded WB network show is expecting her second child?
		Felicity's Keri Russell
		Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Sarah Michelle Geller
		Dawson Creek's Michelle Williams
		One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush

19.	We were surprised to read that Vanity Fair's February issue, that featured this highly visible pop culture figure, was the magazine's worst-selling edition in 12 years:
		Justin Bieber
		Taylor Swift
		Kim Kardashian
		Jennifer Aniston

20.	All we ask is...what the hell is this a logo for?
		Glenn Beck's clothing line
		Johnny Depp's new tattoo
		Susan G. Komen's attempt to ride the pirate craze
		...you really should just pick the Beck option...like we said, it's a slow week.