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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
 




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