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1.	Cinching up his Bad Idea Jeans nice and tight, Netflix founder Reed Hastings thought it would be grand to split the company in two. What was the name of the soon-to-be-doomed spin-off company that would continue to offer DVDs by mail?
		Flixster
		Ciniser
		Qwikster
		Filmster

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

3.	I'll take B-List DUIs for $200, Alex. Which of these people was NOT busted for drunk driving in 2011?
		Flo Rida
		Estella Warren
		Samantha Ronson
		Kathy Griffin

4.	Continuing with a trend, people watched lots of videos on YouTube during 2011. Go figure. Anyway, an end-of-year list revealed that the most watched video during the year mentioned which of the following in its title?
		Rainbows
		Vampires
		Florida
		Friday

5.	Back in February 2011, the Grammy Awards was making all kinds of pop culture news. Which of these items did NOT occur during music's big night?
		Arcade Fire won Album of the Year
		Cee-Lo Green sang with Gwyneth Paltrow
		Lady Gaga arrived in a giant egg
		David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar sang a duet

6.	Allow us to say goodbye to these notable, long-lasting TV personalities, who left the airwaves in 2011. Not so fast, ______, you left in 2010.
		Oprah's Oprah Winfrey
		Live's Regis Philbin
		All My Children's Susan Lucci
		Larry King Live's Larry King

7.	Sorry, Californians, but your former governor is officially a philanderer. Maria Shriver separated from Arnold after she found out _______?
		He cheated on her with Linda Hamilton
		He had a 14-year-old love child
		Mel Gibson was available
		He wanted to do another Terminator movie

8.	Blurring the lines between journalism and criminalism, the News of the World newspaper shut down after a cell phone hacking scandal. Which Love Actually actor was hacked and a vocal proponent of bringing down the publication?
		Liam Nesson
		Alan Rickman
		Bill Nighy
		Hugh Grant

9.	Opening a can of creepiness, what comic actor took to the Internet to profess his love for which much younger actress, Emma Stone?
		Tom Arnold
		Steve Martin
		Jim Carrey
		Ben Stiller

10.	We know you know that Kim Kardashian married Kris Humphries in a Eonline! spectacle. But do you remember how long this union was united?
		27 days
		48 days
		53 days
		72 days

11.	If you were one of the millions that canceled their Netflix subscription, then you will be missing out on the announced Netflix exclusive of new episodes for what long-canceled cult show?
		My So-Called Life
		Firefly
		Arrested Development
		Freaks and Geeks

12.	In what we promise is the only other Kardashian-related question: Which of these non-Kim wedding news items involving the famous-for-fame's-sake family is NOT real?
		Kourtney is pregnant again
		Rob was a Dancing with the Star finalist
		There were reports of sweatshops being used for their products.
		Bruce Jenner finally came to his senses and filed for divorce.
		*By way of explanation.....* It's also amazing that Brody Jenner remained relatively headline-free in 2011.

13.	Among the many, many, many celebrity couples that drove straight to Downtown Splitsville during 2011 were Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. Regardless of the break, Demi has stated that she'll continue to use her twitter handle:
		@mrskutcher
		@ashtonssqueeze
		@akdm4eva
		@demikutch

14.	While Weight Watchers has to wait until 2012 for Jessica Simpson to work as their spokesperson, Nutrisystem starting running ads featuring this singer.
		Janet Jackson
		Christina Aguilera
		Kelly Clarkson
		Katy Perry

15.	This was the year that Mens Health magazine decided to bestow the title of Hottest Woman of ALL Time to this Jennifer?
		Love Hewitt
		Lopez
		Aniston
		Lawrence

16.	Oh...Lindsay Lohan...what a year you've had. Among the many, many legal rumblings in Lohan-land this year, Lindsay was under house arrest in May/June and for a probation violation, she served ___ of her 30-day sentence.
		4 hours
		36 hours
		2 days
		no time

17.	If you're the TV show that aired immediately following the Super Bowl in February, please step forward. Yes, we're talking to you....
		The New Girl
		The Voice
		Glee
		Parks and Recreation

18.	On August 10, the network for this dude's late night talk show announced the show was ending...and indeed it did, one night later:





19.	You may be vaguely aware that 50-year-old actor Doug Hutchison married 17-year-old ... personality(?) Courtney Stodden in May. You may be vaguely aware of Hutchinson from his appearance in which Tom Hanks film?
		Money Pit
		Philadelphia
		The Green Mile
		Castaway

20.	Celebrities ranging from L-Word actress Leisha Hailey to Josh "Mr. Fergie" Duhamel to Alec Baldwin all suffered the same humiliation during 2011. What was it?
		All were busted for DUI
		All were expelled from the Screen Actors guild
		All were kicked off airline commercial flights
		All were propositioned at a Hollywood party by Megan Fox

21.	Scantly clad supermodels veritably poured out of newsstands this week with the publication of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which included a segment featuring women of which reality TV franchise?





22.	As SLW favorite Friday Night Lights has ended its run, this series alum was named to the highly coveted role of Wonder Woman in the TV series remake, which never made it to the air:
		Adrianne Palicki
		Aimee Teegarden
		Minka Kelly
		Connie Britton

23.	If you enrolled in the Harvard School of Business, then you have more in common with this supermodel than you might realize:
		Hedi Klum
		Elle MacPherson
		Tyra Banks
		Christy Turlington

24.	We apologize if you were holding an invitation for ______'s 2011 wedding. You didn't get to use it because his financee Crystal dumped in just days before the big day.
		Hugh Hefner
		Kelsey Grammer
		George Clooney
		Larry King

25.	To close out the craziness that was 2011, let's see if you can identify which of these absurd Miley Cyrus headlines did NOT happen in the last 12 months:
		She was inducted into the celebrity bowling hall of fame.
		She was recorded calling herself a pothead with her Bob Marley birthday cake.
		She got some sizable fresh ink in the form of a dreamcatcher tattoo on her ribs.
		She publicly admitted to having gotten breast implants.