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Paid very little attention to the news this week. Surprised myself with 13 right.

M1KEL0VESMOVIES 1/27/12 7:22 pm

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1.	New at the box office over the weekend was Steven Soderbergh's new film Haywire, which starred Gina Carano, who you might know better from her career as a:
		Weather Channel anchorwoman
		Mixed martial artist
		Congresswoman
		Opera star

2.	By any chance, were you sued this week for hitting a woman with your Maserati as she crossed the street back in 2010? If so, then you have a surprising amount in common with:
		Lindsay Lohan
		Scarlett Johansson
		Charlie Sheen
		Ben Stiller

3.	We approve of ___________'s new ad campaign in which they "kill off" longtime pitchman __________:
		Priceline / William Shatner
		Allstate / Dennis Haysbert
		Nikon / Ashton Kutcher
		GEICO / the Gecko

4.	Alas, at last we had to bid farewell to this renown pop/blues singer who died at the age of 73:
		Eartha Kitt
		Billie Holiday
		Ruby Winters
		Etta James

5.	It's not often that a product of Brazil makes a pop culture splash, but we all got a good laugh of out this commercial which presupposed the existence of __________ Island, and which also featured a humorous appearance by ___________:
		Kate Beckinsale / Bob Dole
		Jessica Alba / Tom Brady
		Megan Fox / Mike Tyson
		Kristen Stewart / Conan O'Brien
		*By way of explanation.....*

6.	If you're Seal, you had one reason to happy this week and one REALLY big reason to be unhappy. What were these reasons?
		Good: Been cast as a new coach on The Voice / Bad: Being sued by his record label.
		Good: Got a new reality show with wife Heidi Klum / Bad: She cheated on him.
		Good: Released a new album on Tuesday / Bad: Heidi filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.
		Good: Expecting a new baby / Bad: It's not with Heidi.

7.	While not as highly anticipated of a reunion that Van Halen fans have been clamoring for, 80s/90s rap act _____ are getting back together to tour later this year.
		Eric B. & Rahim
		Boogie Down Productions
		2 Live Crew
		D12

8.	Looking at it negatively, we'll soon be up to our necks in second-generation reality TV stars. Looking at it more positively, congratulations to this star of Laguna Beach on her pregnancy:
		Kristin Cavallari
		Lauren Conrad
		Lo Bosworth
		Heidi Montag

9.	Which person associated with American Idol butchered the National Anthem before the Patriots-Ravens game in Boston?
		Steven Tyler
		Scotty McCreery
		Jennifer Lopez
		Adam Lambert

10.	Yet another American Idol question: Sunday's auditions was an In Living Color reunion of sorts, when the daughter of which cast member auditioned for former Fly Girl Jennifer Lopez?
		A
		B
		C
		D

11.	Falling Down, Part I: Sundance was the cite of this star's collapse after receiving an award - a collapse that he blamed on exhaustion:
		Alec Baldwin
		Tracy Morgan
		Chris Rock
		Matt Damon

12.	Falling Down, Part II: Rumors abounded following the news of Demi Moore's emergency hospitalization, with most of the scuttlebutt pointing to:
		An extreme diet regimen
		Use of inhalants
		Excessive drinking
		Use of sleeping pills

13.	Clearly, PGA Golfer Bubba Watson has too much money on his hands. The golfer plopped down $110,000 for the original of what famous TV car?
		The General Lee
		KITT from Knight Rider
		The Batmobile
		The A-Team Van

14.	The Oscar nominees are announced. While not as shocking as we can now legitimately use the phrase Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill, which movie surprised with walking away with the most nods at 11?
		Hugo
		The Artist
		Moneyball
		The Tree of life

15.	With Drive, The Ides of March and Crazy, Stupid Love, surely, Ryan Gosling got an Oscar nomination, right?
		Right. Two nominations: Drive and Crazy, Stupid Love
		Right. One nomination: The Ides of March
		Right: Nominations for all three. An Oscar first.
		Wrong. He was completely shut out.

16.	Speaking of Oscar nominees, which of this year's Best Actress nominees has admitted that she spent from age 7 to 22 as a member of a cult but that it helped her as a performer later in life?
		Michelle Williams
		Viola Davis
		Glenn Close
		Rooney Mara

17.	Joan Rivers sunk her claws into this celeb, who she assailed as: "an ordinary girl who was [expletive] somebody high up in the industry," adding "Wherever she is, she’s drunk."
		Katy Perry
		Jennifer Aniston
		Paris Hilton
		Chelsea Handler

18.	Prime-time viewers bid a farewell to this long-running female character this week:
		30 Rock's Liz Lemon
		The Closer's Brenda Leigh Johnson
		The Simpsons' Lisa Simpson
		CSI:'s Catherine Willows

19.	*Possibly dozens of celebrity news adherents were shocked - shocked!* - at this game show host's admission that he used to appear on the show while drunk:**
		Pat Sajak
		Alex Trebek
		Chuck Woolery
		Wink Martindale (is he even still alive anymore? At any rate, he was the only other game show host we could think of)
		*By way of explanation.....* Sajak confirmed that not only he hosted Wheel of Fortune while tipsy, so did Vanna "The Brains of the Operation" White

20.	A television network announced plans to develop a spin-off show based on this sitcom character:
		Dwight from The Office
		Sheldon from The Big Bang Theroy
		Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation
		Molly from Mike and Molly