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1.	This: is a detail of:
		The cover of the #1 New York Time's Best Seller (Hardcover) for this week
		A new web page, unveiled this week, that is part of the Cloverfield viral marketing
		Britney Spear's new album cover
		The #1 video of the week

2.	Ashlee Simpson is busy these days denying reports that:
		She has been secretly married
		She has had botox treatments
		She is pregnant
		She is the "brains" of the family

3.	New to the airwaves this week was ABC's Samantha Who, with the main character played by the actress previously associated with which role?
		Kelly Bundy
		Rebecca Howe
		Brenda Walsh
		Kelly Kapowski

4.	Also debuting on the air on Friday night was The Women's Murder Club, adapted from the novels by which thriller writer?
		James Patterson
		Nelson DeMille
		David Baldacci
		Ken Follett

5.	Jessica (Mrs. Jerry) Seinfeld recently appeared on Oprah to promote her new book. How did Seinfeld thank Oprah?
		By sending her a nicely worded thank-you card
		By donating $50,000 to a favorite charity of Oprah's
		By pledging to volunteer 500 hours at Habitat for Humanity
		By sending Oprah an estimated $15-$20K worth of shoes

6.	Meanwhile, we have to take back every rotten thing (there have been many) we've ever said about the following artist, who announced that he would donate two thirds of the proceeds of his next CD to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Who is acting magnanimously here?
		Garth Brooks
		Bono
		Sammy Hagar
		Tom Petty

7.	Prospects for peace in the Middle East were almost dealt a death blow with the news of a planned concert for peace by this artist (the show was later mercifully canceled - the poor people have suffered enough)
		Bryan Adams
		Richard Marx
		Right Said Fred
		Michael Bolton

8.	Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has split with this American Idol notable, who is now apparently with a Gossip Girl cast member:
		Carrie Underwood
		Kelly Clarkson
		Kellie Pickler
		Paula Abdul

9.	A poor little dog named Iggy is in the middle of a controversy surrounding a pet adoption agency and this talk show host:
		Rachel Ray
		Craig Ferguson
		Tyra Banks
		Ellen DeGeneres

10.	The latest long-since-relevant figures to get the Celebreality treatment from VH1 is this rap act:
		Kris Kross
		2 Live Crew
		Arrested Development
		Salt n Pepa

11.	We will have to stop blowing our iTunes vouchers on crap like Nickleback, now that we have learned that this rock group will end its long holdout and begin making its music available digitally in November:
		The Who
		Led Zeppelin
		The Beatles
		Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

12.	Passing on this week were two screen notables, a member of the Rat Pack and a multiple-Oscar nominee:
		Dean Martin and Lynn Redgrave
		Joey Bishop and Deborah Kerr
		Peter Lawford and Greer Garson
		Sammy Davis, Jr. and Joan Crawford

13.	Janet Jackson cannot outrun her past. During an interview with a Sacramento TV show to promote her new film Why Did I Get Married, when the host brought up her infamous Super Bowl appearance, Ms. Jackson:
		Stormed off the set
		Threatened to sue the show if the topic were not changed
		Pretended her earpiece was not working
		Started reciting a Chaucer poem

14.	Late-night humorist Stephen Colbert announced this week:
		That he is ending his popular Comedy Central show in the spring
		That he is running for president of the US
		He would hire popular Kid Nation stars as interns for his show
		He challenged the Dalai Lama to a fat suit Sumo wrestling match

15.	Which Lord of the Rings star is under investigation by the LAPD for a hit-and-run, after he crashed his car early Friday morning?
		Sean Bean
		Sean Astin
		Viggo Mortensen
		Orlando Bloom

16.	Director Ben Affleck was conspicuously absent from the screening of his film Gone Baby Gone this week. Why?
		Wife Jennifer Garner was in the hospital
		The theater ushers did not recognize him and wouldn't admit him
		He was at a Boston Red Sox baseball game
		He showed up at the wrong theater

17.	The lead singer for this band claims that the border patrol is out to get him. He believes they confiscated the master to his upcoming solo CD in order to punish him for harsh anti-war sentiments on the CD. Which band has the men in black breaking out the neuralizers?
		The Calling
		Death Cab for Cutie
		Matchbox 20
		White Stripes

18.	In a scene straight out of a John Grisham novel, an attorney for this rapper-on-trial quit the case after his wife was physically threatened in the lobby of their building.
		C-Murder
		Foxy Brown
		Souljah Boy
		TI

19.	What was unusual about this week's Saturday Night Live?
		The show was taped on Friday night
		The show ran 60 minutes, instead of the usual 90
		Various animals, including a snake, a ferret and a coyote, were trapped under the stage
		Two different musical guests performed

20.	"I think the reason I never ended up in as much trouble as Paris [Hilton] or Lindsay [Lohan] is that I'm not stupid, so I'd never do a lot of the things those girls do." Which celeb, not exactly associated with clean living and higher brain functions, spoke thusly?
		Tara Reid
		Kim Kardashian
		Nicky Hilton
		Britney Spears