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1.	The Super Bowl is as much a pop culture event as it is a sports event. So you should know that this notable name was the headliner for the halftime show:
		Madonna
		Faith Hill
		Kelly Clarkson
		Prince

2.	Yeah, Madge was the headliner, but she didn't make the most news. Rapper MIA provided a spark of controversy during the halftime show, during which she may or may not have:
		Exposed her breast
		Flipped the bird
		Thrown up a gang sign
		Lobbied for The Artist to win the Best Picture Oscar

3.	The Super Bowl ads were collectively, as the French say, blah. One of the few standouts was the "Halftime in America" spot for Chrysler which featured this screen legend:
		Martin Scorsese
		Clint Eastwood
		George Clooney
		Nick Nolte

4.	A lost wager on the Super Bowl led to this TV host donnning a NY Giants-themed bikini on camera later in the week:
		Kat Deeley
		Padma Lakshmi
		Julie Chen
		Maria Menounos

5.	At Saturday's pre-Super Bowl show, gal of manners Katy Perry dedicated a performance of her ridiculously suggestive song “Peacock” to this oft-in-the-news fellow:
		Jonah Hill
		Alec Baldwin
		Tim Tebow
		Conan O'Brien

6.	In other Katy news, we were a bit surprised at this development concerning the Russell Brand/Katy Perry divorce this week:
		The two crazy kids are back together again!
		According to a clerical error, the two were never actually legally married
		Russell is having a tattoo of Katy removed from his arm
		Despite not having a prenup, Russell won't seek any of Katy's money

7.	So you're an outspoken celebrity but not always politically so though. That changed this week when you submitted paperwork to the Green Party for your presidential candidacy. You must be ______.
		Roseanne Barr
		Rosie O'Donnell
		Alec Baldwin
		Sam Waterston

8.	New TV news, part I: NBC debuted its musical/drama Smash, starring fetching Katherine McPhee, which you may or may not remember from this talent competition show:
		America's Next Top Model
		America's Got Talent
		The Sing-Off
		American Idol

9.	New TV news, part II: If you've missed promos for the new ABC series The River, which started Tuesday, then: Where the heck have you been, sailing in an uber-creepy stretch of the Amazon? You probably are so out of touch we're wondering what you're doing taking this quiz You probably aren't aware that the series was created by the mastermind behind this horror movie franchise:
		Paranormal Activity
		Saw
		Final Destination
		Spooky Buddies

10.	Celebs in trouble, detox edition: You have seen this coming, so it's no surprised that entering rehab this week was:
		Ke$ha
		Demi Moore
		Charlie Sheen
		Taylor Momsen

11.	Celebs in trouble, awesome mugshot edition: This country star was arrested for public intoxication outside a church in Texas:
		Tim McGraw
		Randy Travis
		Jason Aldean
		Either Brooks or Dunn. Perhaps both
		*By way of explanation.....* If you're gonna have a mugshot taken, then have a damn mugshot taken. Like this:

12.	The name 'Exton' popped up on the pop culture radar this week. What the heck is 'Exton'?
		The name of Robert Downey Jr's new baby
		The just-announced sequel to number one film Chronicle
		The new VW car featured in its Super Bowl-Star Wars ad
		Samsung's latest tablet to challenge iPad

13.	Movie trailers, web slinger edition: Here's an image from the brand-new trailer for the upcoming Spider-Man movie: Starring Andrew Garfield, the official name of the movie is:
		Spider-Man 4
		The Amazing Spider-Man
		Spider-Man: Origins
		Friendly, Neighborhood Spider-Man

14.	Movie trailers, when-is-a-Bourne-not-a-Bourne edition: Also new this week is the trailer for the next installment in the Bourne franchise, which stars Jeremy Renner, not Matt Damon, as Aaron Cross, not Jason Bourne. Got that? Anyway, this film is called The Bourne:
		Legacy
		Discovery
		Strategy
		Substitution

15.	A conservative group called Million Moms is demanding that JC Penney fire its newest spokeswoman because she is gay. Which 'out' celebrity is at the center of the controversy?
		Rosie O'Donnell
		Ellen DeGeneres
		Cynthia Nixon
		Melissa Etheridge

16.	"[In] the McCarthy era of the 1950s, they were trying to hunt down communist sympathizers and not let them work and put them on a blacklist...What is the difference between the McCarthy era communist blacklist in the ‘50s and the Million Moms saying, ‘Hey, J.C. Penney and all you other stores, don’t you hire any gay people. Don’t you dare.’ What is the difference?"Which unlikely broadcaster came to the defense of DeGeneres with this valid argument?
		Bill O'Reilly
		Rush Limbaugh
		Sean Hannity
		Don Imus

17.	This celebrity nutjob, having recently appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, confirmed his/her business acumen when he/she declared bankruptcy this week:
		A
		B
		C
		D

18.	Eight is enough. Wednesday we learned that this long-running show would call it quits this spring, ending its eight year run:
		Survivor
		The Office
		House
		CSI: Miami

19.	Action star buddies in surgery! This pair of Expendable castmates, and co-stars of the upcoming film The Tomb, wound up in the hospital together:
		Dolph Lundgren and Bruce Willis
		Jason Statham and Randy Couture
		Steve Austin and Mickey Rourke
		Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone
		*By way of explanation.....* Dig:

20.	Each of the below figured into a question we asked earlier in the quiz. Only one of them, though, is launching a "golf lifestyle channel," featuring such shows as Extreme Golf and Hole Lotta Love. Who is it?
		Russell Brand
		Clint Eastwood
		Demi Moore
		Bill O'Reilly