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1.	The new Oscar host is an old Oscar host. Which one is returning for the 2012 gig?
		Steve Martin
		Billy Crystal
		Whoopi Goldberg
		David Letterman

2.	Speaking of the Academy Awards, you may think that this recipient of an honorary Oscar has nothing to do with cinema...but s/he did actually appear in a movie once (we're, like, 75% sure):
		Oprah Winfrey
		Jerry Seinfeld
		Dan Rather
		Candice Bergen

3.	We're warning you now, it was a rather thin week for pop culture news, so we're reaching a bit for content this week. Case in point: We're going to ask you which of the following entertainment giants filmed a rather humorous PSA about the dangers of deep frying a Turkey?
		David Hasselhoff
		Steven Spielberg
		Ellen DeGeneres
		William Shatner

4.	...and in case you didn't believe us about it being a slow news week, we now offer coverage of.....the new Twilight movie premiere. (See???) Anywhoo, this celeb turned heads on the film's pre-opening night screening:
		Kendall Jenner
		Jennifer Love Hewitt
		Lea Michele
		Ashley Greene

5.	Wait, let's flip back to Shatner for a sec. The person behind which classic Star Wars character traded barbs with Bill about Star Wars vs Star Trek being the better franchise:
		A
		B
		C
		D

6.	Kim Kardashian is looking to get all adult contemporary on this person, who she's threatening to sue over claims that her wedding to Kris Humphries was completely staged?
		Her former publicist
		Kris Humphries himself
		Broadcast guru Ryan Seacrest
		Nancy Grace

7.	Cheers to this dude, who followed through on a promise made earlier in the year to accompany Corporal Kelsy De Santis to the Marine Corps Ball over the weekend:
		Johnny Depp
		Justin Timberlake
		Ashton Kutcher
		George Clooney

8.	The Peacock Network swung its mighty axe, and felled which of its programs:





9.	Meanwhile, Rebecca Black¹ has released her third single, which shares its name with which of the following prime-time CBS shows ¹(If you say "Who?" then you win!) Skip the remaining questions and go to the end of the quiz to collect your prize
		Person of Interest
		2 Broke Girls
		The Big Bang Theory
		CSI: Miami

10.	If you are one of the four Dancing with the Stars semi-finalists who advanced to next week's finals, please take a step forward. Whoa, not so fast there,
		Ricki Lake
		Hope Solo
		J.R. Martinez
		Rob Kardashian

11.	Here's this popular actor who, recalling a famous movie musical moment, played his axe at his foundation's fundraiser on Saturday night:
		Steven Segal
		Jeff Bridges
		Michael J. Fox
		Mike Myers

12.	Hot dude: The folks at People Magazine jotted down the name of every handsome celebrity they could think of, and drew this name from a bingo hopper to determine the Sexiest Man Alive:
		Charlie Sheen
		Ryan Gosling
		Chris Hemsworth
		Bradley Cooper

13.	Hot lady: Meanwhile, GQ used equally scientific measures to bequeath upon this female the coveted mantle of Knockout of the Year:
		Mila Kunis
		Natalie Portman
		Minka Kelly
		Olivia Wilde

14.	Hey, this celebrity, good news for you - you're no longer being sued! A lawsuit against which of the following was dropped this week?
		Britney Spears
		Justin Bieber
		Madonna
		Michael Lohan
		*By way of explanation.....* The Bieb's purported baby mama dropped the parternity suit

15.	Hey, this celebrity, good news for you - you're suing Abercrombie & Fitch! Which of the following pop culture blemishes is suing the retailer for big bucks?
		Dustin Diamond
		Paris Hilton
		Dr. Phil
		The Situation

16.	Alert internet viewers were treated this week to images such as: ...which is from:
		An upcoming Dreamworks Christmas special
		A trailer for the next Pixar release
		An innovative commercial for the iPhone 4
		A new video game release this week
		*By way of explanation.....* Dig, the trailer for Pixar's Brave:

17.	And speaking of (spoiler alert!) movie trailers, a sneak peak for which upcoming movie gave eager audiences an eyeful of images like this:
		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
		Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
		The Avengers
		The Hunger Games
		*By way of explanation.....* Here ya go:

18.	With her adoption of a 9 month-old Ethiopian baby named Yoby, this TV mom has become real-life mom:
		Connie Britton, who played a mom on Friday Night Lights
		Julie Bowen, who plays a mom on Modern Family
		Chirstina Applegate, who plays a mom on Up All Night
		Julie Kavner, who voices a mom on The Simpsons

19.	As seen on the current cover of Rolling Stone whose dirty mind is confessing?
		Hugh Laurie
		George Clooney
		Jon Stewart
		Harrison Ford

20.	Let's hear it for ignoring bad advice! In a Health magazine interview, Emmy nominated Sofia Vergara recounts how a former publicist gave her following horrendous recommendation, which she fortunately disregarded:
		Changing her name to a more Americanized one
		Dropping her accent
		Not pursing acting
		Getting breast reduction surgery