1. | RIP Ralph Waite. Damn. More recently playing the father to Mark Harmon's Gibbs on NCIS, Waite came to fame playing the papa on this classic TV series: | ||
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The Waltons | ||
Father Knows Best | |||
Green Acres | |||
The Beverly Hillbillies | |||
2. | Break out your countin' fingers. This many people appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, that came out this week: | ||
4 | |||
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3 | ||
2 | |||
Strangely, none | |||
By way of explanation.....
Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Crissy Teigen all landed on the coveted cover shot. |
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3. | Having dominated the recent years, Kate Upton did not make the cover of the Swimsuit Issue this year. Instead, Kate appears in the issue in a photo taken in this unusual environment: | ||
Under water | |||
Absolute zero | |||
Atop Mount Everest | |||
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Zero G | ||
4. | Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show debut received a decent enough reception. This famous dude was the show's very first guest, as he and Fallon marked the opening with "the evolution of hip-hop dancing" bit: | ||
Eminem | |||
Hugh Jackman | |||
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Will Smith | ||
Mark Wahlberg | |||
5. | Speaking of the new Tonight Show, which of the people that came onstage in the "$100 bet" segment during Fallon's first night was actually banned from the show by former host Johnny Carson 25 years ago? | ||
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Joan Rivers | ||
Robert de Niro | |||
Joe Namath | |||
Rudy Guiliani | |||
6. | Are We Not Men? Well, you are, but there's one less of you, as Bob Casale, founding member of this pioneering music group died of heart failure this week: | ||
ABBA | |||
The Clash | |||
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | |||
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Devo | ||
7. | What is the unlikely profession of Charlie Sheen's new fiancé Brett Rossi? | ||
Preschool teacher | |||
Addiction therapist | |||
Cop | |||
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Just kidding...she is totally a porn star, which is not shocking at all. | ||
8. |
The performer who inhabits the film version of X-Men's ______ came out as gay this week because s/he was: |
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Kitty Pryde | ||
Professor X | |||
Wolverine | |||
Ice Man | |||
9. | Facebook decided to pony up a tidy $19 *b*illion for an app which few people, at least in the US, have ever heard of. So, what is the name of the app? | ||
WhosApp | |||
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WhensApp | |||
WhysApp | |||
By way of explanation.....
I'm repeating my own joke here....if you don't know what the app does, it's clearly spelled out in the file called WhatsApp.doc |
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10. | Someone mentioned in this quiz decided to get with the program an launch an Instragram account. In doing so, s/he gained nearly half a million followers in the first 24 hours. Who? | ||
Ellen Page | |||
Jimmy Fallon | |||
Charlie Sheen | |||
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Kate Upton | ||