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Not to be mean, but why are you giving me an Emmy for Big Bang Theory instead of Newhart?

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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.
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
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
Charlie Hunnam
Robert Pattinson
Ian Somerhalder
 
4. Family Guy was, for at least a time, reduced by one family member. Who was it?
Brian
Chris
Meg
Stewie
By way of explanation.....
Brian was killed off, but returned a few episodes later when Stewie corrected the space-time continuum.
 
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.
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.
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
JK Rowling
By way of explanation.....
Rowling wrote the detective novel under a pseudonym.
 
8. Congratulations, you're the host of your own MSNBC show! Oh, wait. You went on a homophobic tirade. Never mind.
Alec Baldwin
Tina Fey
Keith Olbermann
Tracy Morgan
 
9. While not technically fired, this person finally left The View and then joined Fox News.
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
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
Kick-Ass 2
 
12. Another year, another Charlie Sheen feud. Which co-star quit his show this time?
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
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
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
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.
24
Friends
Futurama
The O.C.
 
17. Bridget Jones is a pretty unlucky woman. What fate befalls her in her latest book?
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
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
Frank Sinatra
 
20. Congratulations, Prince William and Princess Kate! You have a new baby named...
Beatrice Diana
Charles Andrew
George Alexander Louis
Stephen Douglas
 




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