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| 1. | In the immortal words of Boyz II Men, this entertainment company came to the end of the road in the last quarter of 2013. | ||
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Blockbuster | ||
| MySpace | |||
| Redbox | |||
| Zynga | |||
| 2. | Blockbuster was the correct answer. We hope you got it right. What was the final movie ever rented at Blockbuster? | ||
| Be Kind Rewind | |||
| Last Night | |||
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | |||
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This Is the End | ||
| 3. | Congratulations, Actor X! You have been chosen as the lead in 50 Shades of Grey. Please ignore the outcry against you. Wait, what's that you say? You're already quitting?! | ||
| Matt Bomer | |||
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Charlie Hunnam | ||
| Robert Pattinson | |||
| Ian Somerhalder | |||
| 4. | Family Guy was, for at least a time, reduced by one family member. Who was it? | ||
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Brian | ||
| Chris | |||
| Meg | |||
| Stewie | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Brian was killed off, but returned a few episodes later when Stewie corrected the space-time continuum. |
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| 5. | This reality show is racist. At least, that's what some former cast members say. They filed a quarter billion dollar lawsuit against the program, claiming that African-American contestants were treated unfairly. | ||
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American Idol | ||
| Big Brother | |||
| Survivor | |||
| The Voice | |||
| 6. | Speaking of racist shows, the cast of this reality show program was almost immediately anointed the most racist in the history of television. Four of them were either publicly admonished or lost their jobs after the show aired. | ||
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Big Brother | ||
| Duck Dynasty | |||
| Real World | |||
| Survivor | |||
| 7. | Hey, you're not Robert Galbraith! You, the author of The Cuckoo's Calling, are actually... | ||
| Suzanne Collins | |||
| Stephen King | |||
| James Patterson | |||
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JK Rowling | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Rowling wrote the detective novel under a pseudonym. |
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| 8. | Congratulations, you're the host of your own MSNBC show! Oh, wait. You went on a homophobic tirade. Never mind. | ||
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Alec Baldwin | ||
| Tina Fey | |||
| Keith Olbermann | |||
| Tracy Morgan | |||
| 9. | While not technically fired, this person finally left The View and then joined Fox News. | ||
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck | ||
| Jenny McCarthy | |||
| Sherri Shepherd | |||
| Barbara Walters | |||
| 10. | Out with the old, in with the new...even though the new is technically older than the old. Who replaced Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View? | ||
| Julie Chen | |||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfuss | |||
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Jenny McCarthy | ||
| Sarah Jessica Parker | |||
| 11. | Hiring Jim Carrey is always a bad idea these days. In 2013, it was an *especially* bad idea. Carrey badmouthed this film, which co-starred Jim Carrey | ||
| Anchorman 2 | |||
| The Hangover Part 3 | |||
| Incredible Burt Wonderstone | |||
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Kick-Ass 2 | ||
| 12. | Another year, another Charlie Sheen feud. Which co-star quit his show this time? | ||
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Selma Blair | ||
| Bree Olson | |||
| Denise Richards | |||
| Martin Sheen | |||
| 13. | While we're on the subject of weird celebrities, Michael Douglas made the outlandish claim that he got cancer by... | ||
| Alien probing | |||
| Licking telephone poles | |||
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Performing oral sex | ||
| Tractor | |||
| 14. | Better late than never, we guess. This Hollywood icon finally won their first Emmy at the tender age of 84. | ||
| Alan Alda | |||
| James Earl Jones | |||
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Bob Newhart | ||
| Jerry Stiller | |||
| 15. | After approximately 85 years of buildup, what happened on How I Met Your Mother? | ||
| Ted married the mother | |||
| Ted met the mother | |||
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The mother was revealed | ||
| Lily finally hooked up with Robin | |||
| 16. | This show had its series finale in May of 2010, so everyone was fairly surprised when a new season was announced in the spring of 2013 for a season that would air in 2014. | ||
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24 | ||
| Friends | |||
| Futurama | |||
| The O.C. | |||
| 17. | Bridget Jones is a pretty unlucky woman. What fate befalls her in her latest book? | ||
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Her husband, Mr. Darcy, dies | ||
| Her parents die during a cruise hijacking | |||
| She literally breaks her neck skiing | |||
| She loses a finger on an amusement park ride | |||
| 18. | As usual, the performance was widely panned. Which sucker was the host of the Oscars in 2013? | ||
| Billy Crystal | |||
| Whoopi Goldberg | |||
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Seth MacFarlane | ||
| Steve Martin | |||
| 19. | Mia Farrow's son Ronan suddenly became famous, at least for a couple of days, when he announced that his father is... | ||
| Woody Allen | |||
| Dean Martin | |||
| Roman Polanski | |||
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Frank Sinatra | ||
| 20. | Congratulations, Prince William and Princess Kate! You have a new baby named... | ||
| Beatrice Diana | |||
| Charles Andrew | |||
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George Alexander Louis | ||
| Stephen Douglas | |||
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