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1.	This animated group turned 50 this week:
		The Super Friends
		The Flintstones
		The Jetsons
		The Smurfs

2.	Either Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana was caught doing what during a concert this week?
		Lip-synching
		Briefly using a body double on stage
		Taking a swig from a beer bottle
		Wearing a Mike Huckabee campaign pin

3.	NBC entertainment co-chief Ben Silverman lashed at out striking writers for effectively cancelling the broadcast of the Golden Globes, saying: "It feels like the nerdiest, ugliest, meanest kids in the high school are trying to..."
		Cancel the prom
		Make everyone re-take drivers' ed
		Get detention during homeroom
		Steal all the trophies from the trophy case

4.	With most of the life sucked out of the proceedings by the writers' strike, the Globes were indeed held this week. Which of the following was not a winner of Best Drama, Comedy/Musical, Animated or Foreign film?
		Atonement
		Bee Movie
		Sweeney Todd
		The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

5.	Sunday's 60 Minutes featured an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, the entrepreneur/pipsqueak that invented the following internet phenomenon:
		Facebook
		YouTube
		MySpace
		The Drudge Report

6.	Psycho model Janice Dickinson made an odd accusation toward ex-paramour Sylvester Stallone. What did she accuse Sly of doing?
		Stealing all of her shoes
		Planting a tracking device in her clothes
		Bench-pressing her three times a day
		Injecting her with steroids

7.	Which Broadway production announced that it will end its run on June 1st?
		The Producers
		The Lion King
		Rent
		Spamalot

8.	Just as American Idol season is inflicted on the television public, this former Idol standout was given walking papers by his/her record label:
		Kellie Pickler
		Elliott Yamin
		Katharine McPhee
		William Hung

9.	The Washington, DC Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery saw fit to temporarily install a large portrait painting of which late-night TV figure?
		Stephen Colbert
		David Letterman
		Conan O'Brien
		Craig Ferguson

10.	Speaking of late-night, when asked by David Letterman how he was spending this free time created by the writers' strike, which nutjob answered: "doing karate and trying to get females pregnant?"
		Tracy Morgan
		Rob Schneider
		Andy Dick
		Charlie Sheen

11.	Roger Avary, the co-writer of which seminal film of the 90's, was held by police after he was involved in a fatal car accident:
		Speed
		Terminator 2: Judgement Day
		Pulp Fiction
		Toy Story

12.	Harris Polling released a survey of America's favorite movie star. For the second year in a row, Denzel Washington topped the list. He was followed by Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp. At #6, who was the only deceased actor to make the list?
		John Wayne
		Audrey Hepburn
		Cary Grant
		Orson Welles

13.	The brunette seen here: is featured in a spread in the new GQ, and also graces the cover with the title "American Beauty"
		Jessica Biel
		Rachel Bilson
		Charisma Carpenter
		Mischa Barton

14.	Cultish figure Maila Nurmi, creator of this macabre television figure, passed on this week at the age of 86:
		Morticia Addams
		Lily Munster
		Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
		Vampira

15.	The actor behind which television tough-guy got engaged this week to girlfriend Deborah Lin?
		NYPD Blue's Andy Sipowicz
		The Shield's Vic Mackey
		The Sopranos' Tony Soprano
		Numb3rs' Don Eppes

16.	Unfortunately, Afghanistan has banned the release of which film which debuted in the US around the holidays?
		The Kite Runner
		The Golden Compass
		National Treasure: Book of Secrets
		There Will Be Blood

17.	Their pregnancies having been very much in the news during the last year, which two stars both gave birth about an hour apart on Friday?
		Toni Collette and Summer Phoenix
		Gabrielle Reece and Brooke Burke
		Isla Fisher and Marica Cross
		Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie

18.	Which media mogul announced the creation of his/her own cable television network this week?
		Oprah Winfrey
		Martha Stewart
		Mark Burnett
		George Clooney

19.	Terms such as Orgs, PTS/SP, Out-ethics, and Criminon started to seep into the public consciousness this week. Why?
		They are scene titles for the much-hyped Cloverfield film
		They are code names for demands made by the striking writer guild
		They are names of albums up for awards at the upcoming Grammy awards
		They are terms Tom Cruise used in a widely-viewed Scientology video

20.	44 year old Renaldo Lapuz likely launched himself into pop culture relevance Wednesday night. What is his claim to fame?
		He performed an offbeat song at the American Idol auditions
		An attorney for the Spears family, he is suing Dr. Phil for malpractice
		He announced a new film festival to take place each year in Aspen
		He won $1 million on The Power of Ten

21.	This celeb and his "wife" announced the end of their very brief relationship, claiming that they had never actually married in the first place:
		Nick Nolte
		Eddie Murphy
		Owen Wilson
		Vince Vaughn

22.	We like this free-wheeling actor a lot, but we just don't associate him with fatherhood. Nevertheless, as of this week, he's an expectant dad. Who is it?
		Steve Zahn
		Jason Biggs
		Matthew McConaughey
		Jason Mewes

23.	Which actress made an appearance on CSI: Miami this week as Horatio Caine's ex-wife?
		Alyssa Milano
		Elisha Cuthbert
		Shannen Doherty
		Elizabeth Berkeley

24.	Oh, this is just too good. Rumors have swirled since the Sean Penn/Robin Wright split that there may have been another woman involved. But this week we learned that that other woman may have been this actress, herself having been the instrument of adultery:
		Winona Ryder
		Sienna Miller
		Jennifer Aniston
		Gwyneth Paltrow

25.	This actor who continues to win our esteem donated in the neighborhood of $2 million to the London hospital which saved his daughter's life:
		Russell Crowe
		Brad Pitt
		Johnny Depp
		Edward Norton