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1.	This television star has been named Most Desirable Woman by AskMen.com:
		Katherine Heigl
		Kristin Chenoweth
		Tina Fey
		Jorja Fox

2.	This famous do-gooder has been named UN ~~Fiery Vengeance Mercenary~~ Peace Ambassador:
		Bono
		Bill Gates
		Oprah Winfrey
		George Clooney

3.	David Beckham has made news by getting a new tattoo on his arm. What is featured in the tat that makes it notable?
		A burning Union Jack
		A scene from Star Wars
		A nude portrait of his wife
		Woodland creatures holding hands and singing

4.	This week's TV Guide features an athlete from this sport, the season for which is about to start, on its cover:
		NASCAR
		Tennis
		Golf
		Professional off-shore yacht racing

5.	Numero uno at the movies over the weekend was the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert movie. What fact made its win at the box office remarkable?
		No one over the age of 20 was admitted
		More than half the theatres showing the film suffered power outages during the movie
		It was released on a very small number of screens
		Hilary Duff was on hand to personally tear the stub for each ticket sold

6.	Super Bowl!!! Congratulations to those bastards the New York Giants. We got a chuckle this week when we learned that Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning's full first name is actually the same as that of which celebrity?
		Elisha Cuthbert
		Eliza Dushku
		Elsa Benitez
		Elle Macpherson

7.	Rapper _____ made news over the weekend when, at a pre-Super Bowl concert, kicked spoiled rich girl ______ off the stage during his performance, reducing her to tears:
		Eminem / Lindsay Lohan
		50 Cent / Paris Hilton
		Ludacris / Nicole Richie
		Fat Joe / Kim Stewart

8.	Which of the following was not a film whose trailer played during the Super Bowl telecast?
		Prince Caspian
		Iron Man
		Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
		Leatherheads

9.	One of the more talked-about ads to air on Super Bowl Sunday wasn't actually shown during the game. Which company sponsored the ad that highlighted the hearing-impaired culture?
		Ford
		Vonage
		The Gap
		Pepsi

10.	American Idol standout Katherine McPhee married producer Nick Cokas over the weekend. We've mentioned the upcoming nuptials in SLW before, but we hadn't made note of the age difference between the two. What is it?
		They are the same age
		She is about five years older
		He is about five years older
		He is about twenty years older

11.	The Heath Ledger story approached closure this week when the autopsy report that the cause of the actor's death was:
		Food poisoning
		Accidental overdose
		Suicide by overdose
		Homicide by poison

12.	Variety reports that an odd contractual conflict has forced NBC to recast the voice of KITT in its upcoming series Knight Rider. Originally voiced by Will Arnett, the car will now feature the dulcet tones of which Top Gun actor?
		Anthony Edwards
		Val Kilmer
		Tom Skeritt
		Michael Ironside

13.	Which game show host made big news by donating big bucks (to the tune of one million semolians) to his alma mater?





14.	In more news of high finance, aged crooner Tom Jones took out a $7 million insurance policy this week. What did he have underwritten?
		His vocal chords
		His collection of ladies' undergarments
		His face
		His chest hair

15.	You're in bad shape if you quit a celebrity rehab TV show because you were "inappropriate" to a porn star. And yet that is just what one of the following did, after making untoward advances to Mary Carey. Who is Dr. Drew's greatest failure?
		Chyna
		Daniel Baldwin
		Jeff Conaway
		Ricco Rodriguez

16.	This headline needs no embellishment. "______________ stars in a lesbian 'orgy' for a video campaign to support the Writer's Guild Association's strike." Which actress's name fills the blank above?
		Maggie Gyllenhaal
		Anne Hathaway
		Zooey Deschanel
		Hilary Swank

17.	Spice News! This week Victoria, Emma, Geri and the Mels:
		Announced a line of new perfumes
		Announced they would record a new album together
		Announced they were cutting short their reunion tour
		Were each robbed at gunpoint on separate days

18.	Monday night's Late Night with Conan O'Brien featured a joint appearance by which two other funnymen, with whom Conan has been "feuding" lately?
		Steve Martin & Martin Short
		Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
		David Letterman & Jay Leno
		Chevy Chase & Bill Murray

19.	In a cautionary tale, the mother of R&B singer Brandy Norwood loaned a particular item to Kim Kardashian, only later to file suit, claiming the heiress "abused" the item. What was the article in question?
		Her vintage car
		Her pet dog
		Her credit card
		Her cell phone

20.	This Grey's Anatomy star recently spent a few days in a psychiatric ward for alleged sleep disorders:





21.	In fact, it's getting easier these days to ask who isn't in rehab, instead of who is. Three of the following were admitted to care this week for various reasons. Who was not, and still remains a danger to herself and others (we can only assume):
		Delta Burke
		Uma Thurman
		Kirsten Dunst
		Eva Mendes

22.	Family Spears made an accusation toward Britney hanger-on Sam Lufti. What was Brit's purported manager accused of doing?
		Trying to assume her identity
		Drugging her
		Embezzling from her
		Signing her out from rehab without the family's permission

23.	More Brit news! The drawn face of Ms. Spears appears on the current cover of which magazine, accompanied by the caption "Inside an American Tragedy"?
		Seventeen
		Time
		Rolling Stone
		Good Housekeeping

24.	In the March issue of Harper's Bazaar, Lindsay Lohan gets totally reflective. In an excerpt of the article made public this week, Linday is quoted as saying, "When I look back on this last year:"
		I have no complaints
		....um, what was the question?
		It's like, what was I thinking?
		I can now clearly see the signs of economic downturn as having seeds in the Clinton administration

25.	Thursday night brought the premiere of Lipstick Jungle. The ABC series is based on a book by the author of a work was itself the basis for which other show?
		Sex and the City
		Grey's Anatomy
		Will and Grace
		The L Word