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1.	Move over, Jessica Alba, you're no longer the World's Sexiest Woman, according to FHMonline.com. You fell to #3 and lost your title , but it wasn't to Jessica Biel (#2) or Elisha Cuthbert (#4), but rather to:
		Kate Beckinsale
		Lauren Conrad
		Megan Fox
		Jessica Simpson

2.	RIP, Danny Federici, 58, best known as the keyboard player for this rock star's band:
		Jon Bon Jovi
		Bruce Springsteen
		Kid Rock
		Scott Stapp

3.	Capt. Joseph Kobes, competing on an episode of this game show, got a big surprise when George W. Bush hailed him via a pre-recorded video message (Bill Clinton probably would have shown up in person, right?):
		The Price Is Right
		Duel
		Deal or No Deal
		The Power of 10

4.	What is Italian for "tow truck?" We don't know either. A car being used in the latest installment of this franchise had to be fished out of an Italian lake after it plunged in while being driven to the set:
		James Bond
		Bourne
		Transformers
		The Fast and the Furious

5.	This musical maven was the inspiration for this week's American Idol:
		Stephen Sondheim
		Andrew Lloyd Weber
		Phillip Glass
		Randy Newman

6.	Carly Smithson - not Brooke White - got the AI boot this week, even though Brooke did the following in the middle of her song:
		Sang deliberately off-key
		Got so nervous she had to stop singing altogether
		Held up a advertisement for Coca Cola
		Started performing a striptease

7.	Speaking of AI, this person, who gained a bit of fame through his connection to the show, has apparently given up on music and has enrolled California State University Northridge to complete a Bachelors degree in math and education?
		Reuben Studdard
		Brian Dunkelman
		Justin Guarini
		William Hung

8.	Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give concluded this week. Which star was on hand not only to name the winner, but to award $30,000 of her own money to each of the three finalists?
		Jennifer Aniston
		John Travolta
		Nicole Kidman
		Julia Roberts

9.	Picturing the show's young cast on its cover in their underwear, which TV offering does the current New York Magazine declare "Best. Show. Ever."
		Heroes
		Gossip Girl
		Reaper
		How I Met Your Mother

10.	Mariah Carey doesn't want kids. She made that plain in an interview this week, and said that having offspring would make her feel:
		Awkward
		Violated
		Frazzled
		Contemplative

11.	Last week, this rapper was engaged to lovely Alexis Phifer. This week? Not so much. Who is singing the Splitsville blues?
		Kanye West
		Common
		Lil Wayne
		TI

12.	Which of the Spice Girls has been signed as "the new face and body" of underwear label Ultimo?
		Scary
		Posh
		Baby
		Sporty

13.	Which current or former TV cop has joined a handful of other actresses in posing in her altogether for Allure Magazine?
		The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick
		NYPD Blue's Kim Delaney
		Cold Case's Kathryn Morris
		Law & Order's Angie Harmon

14.	Comic strips such as Blondie, The Family Circus, Mutts and Zippy the Pinhead banded together to celebrate what on Tuesday?
		Earth Day
		Arbor Day
		The 150th anniversary of comics in US newspapers
		The birthday of late Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.

15.	More cartoon news! Wacky film director John Waters spoke of his affection towards this cartoon character who has recently appeared in a movie: "I'm erotically obsessed with ____. I talk about that on my Christmas show, how I wanted to have sex with _______."
		Alvin the Chipmunk
		Bart Simpson
		Underdog
		Garfield

16.	More bizarre director news! A dispute with notoriously unstable film director David O. Russell led this film tough-guy to walk out on the film Nailed, after a single day on the set: (question suggested by Summer Hunter)
		James Caan
		Clint Eastwood
		Vin Diesel
		Colin Farrell

17.	Marlee Matlin ended her gutsy run on Dancing With the Stars this week. Meanwhile, which other contestant was caught kissing and canoodling her partner Derek Hough on a beach?
		Kristy Yamaguchi
		Marissa Jaret Winokur
		Monica Seles
		Shannon Elizabeth

18.	Sandra Bullock and husband Jesse James survived near tragedy this week when they:
		Barely escaped their house which caught on fire
		Almost drowned when their yacht capsized
		Were hit head-on by a drunk driver
		Chose the wrong city bus to board

19.	Which Cosby show alum has signed on to play a prostitute in Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail?
		Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair
		Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy
		Lisa Bonet, who played Denise
		Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Theo

20.	Such pop culture luminaries as Christopher Knight, Rachel Hunter, Blu Cantrell and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, have been thrown their hats into the ring to participate in which upcoming reality show? (Question courtesy of NDogg5523)
		Celebrity Newscaster
		Celebrity Circus
		Stars in Space
		The Great Famous Person Waffle Eating Contest

21.	It's sad when a 23-year-old actress is deemed "too old." That's the reason a certain big name has been passed over for the starring role in the film Napoleon and Betsy. Who will be replaced by Harry Potter star Emma Watson?
		Scarlett Johansson
		Brittany Snow
		Blake Lively
		Kate Hudson

22.	While it's just not right to make light of any marriage gone awry, [deep breath] WelcomeToFreedomAlReynolds, as this annoying person, your soon-to-be-ex, filed for divorce:
		Kathy Griffin
		Star Jones
		Rosie O'Donnell
		Marla Maples

23.	The cosmos will allow a very fixed number of famous people to be wed at one time, so when one union is dissolved, another is created. This NFL notable married Abby McGrew over the weekend:
		Eli Manning
		Terrell Owens
		Tom Brady
		LaDanian Tomlinson

24.	The makers of which video game franchise were approached by HWDYK's good friend Uwe Boll with a proposal to adapt their game into a film? (The reply was "thanks, but no thanks.")
		Halo
		World of Warcraft
		Grand Theft Auto
		Call of Duty

25.	Finally, in a fitting synthesis of fame and nature, which actress is seen below, as she is wizzed upon by a dog? (Thanks to KateNKate for the pic)
		Kate Bosworth
		Natalie Portman
		Rhona Mitra
		Anne Hathaway