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1. According to the title of a new reality show on CW network, what is the occupation of a man who "Wants a Wife?"
Farmer
Fireman
Systems Analyst
Bank Teller
 
2. The purpose of Paula Abdul is to flip out and amuse people with her nuttiness. Consider this week's version of American Idol, when she:
Asked for a "bathroom break" during the live telecast
Pretended she was stroking a kitten for the entire length of the show
Critiqued two songs that a contestant had sung; in reality, he had only sung one
Proposed a consumption tax as opposed to the current US income tax
 
3. A host of 26 women resplendent in Princess Leia gold bikinis were featured in what broadcast?
The View
Deal or No Deal
Ghost Whisperer
The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
 
4. TV Guide features this actor on its cover, and declares him "The Sexiest Man on TV:"
Boston Legal's James Spader
Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey
Lost's Matthew Fox
House's Hugh Laurie
 
5. Magic guy David Blaine set a record this week by:
Maintaining 15 boomerangs in the air at the same time
Swallowing 16 knives
Holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes
Juggling 18 kittens at the same time
 
6. Embattled baseball pitcher Roger Clemens made the news again this week, as we learned that he had a long-term relationship with which country singer, going back to when she was 15 years old?
Mindy McCready
LeAnn Rimes
Shania Twain
Faith Hill
 
7. From the world of rock: what signature music item was recovered a few days after it went missing from a California music festival?
Avril Levigne's necktie
Pink Floyd's pink elephant
Socks worn by Red Hot Chili Peppers on their....feet
Spinal Tap's less-than-regulation-size Stonehenge backdrop
 
8. Checking the scorecard, we see that it's The Man: 1, Wesley Snipes: 0. What sentence did Mr. Willy Mays Hayes himself get for his inadequate tax payment?
Suspended sentence
Six months
1500 hour community service
Three years
 
9. In other troubling legal news, which entertainer-turned-politician owes $70,000 in back taxes:
Jesse
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Fred Thompson
Al Franken
 
10. Miley Cyrus and her handlers were all twitter-pated this week. What was the subject of their distress?
She was beat out for a prime movie roll by Vanessa Ann Hudgens
A Vanity Fair photoshoot depicted her sans shirt
Paparazzi hounded her during a family vacation
She was denied a performance spot on the American Idol season finale
 
11. What notable non-American director has been named to head the two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit?
Sam Mendes
Guillermo del Toro
Roberto Benigni
David Cronenberg
 
12. Charlie Sheen might be falling back onto old, bad habits. New reports suggest that he has recently been revisiting which vice?
Using an escort service
Drug use
Dating Denise Richards
Attending dogfights
 
13. The Rock of Love franchise has apparently had enough of Brett Michaels. The next installment of the show will ditch the Poison frontman for this rocker, who has been the subject of unflattering news reports lately?
Richie Sambora
Pete Doherty
Scott Weiland
Paul McCartney
 
14. In another story from the intersection of rock and amour: now available for our viewing is - yep, you guessed it - a sex tape featuring which long-deceased music star:
Jimi Hendrix
Keith Moon
Buddy Holly
Jim Morrison
 
15. Which star of a TV crime drama has been busted for possession of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and expired Flintstones Chewables?
Numb3rs' Rob Morrow
CSI's Gary Dourdan
Cold Case's Rob Morrow
Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay
 
16. Dancing with the Stars featured a performance by which hard rock act?
Def Leppard
Korn
Rage Against the Machine
Linkin Park
 
17. Tom Cruise made the news in a variety of ways this week. While we read that wife Katie was reportedly sent to __________, we also were treated to tales of ______, several years Tom's senior, dating him decades ago.
an African good-will tour / Barbara Walters
"Mommy school" / Barbara Streisand
"Scientology boot camp" / Cher
A "deprogramming therapist" / Diane Lane
 
18. Several higher education institutions in Florida have reportedly denied admission to this figure, fearing that her ties to reality TV shows would decrease the quality of campus life:
Brooke Hogan
Lauren Conrad
Kim Kardashian
Kelly Osbourne
 
19. Life imitated art (well, film) this week as:
Jason Statham, who played a robber in The Bank Job, was arrested for robbing a bank
Amy Poehler, who played a surrogate in Baby Mama, is pregnant
Kevin Spacey, who played a gambling guru in 21, was arrested for counting cards in Vegas
Simon Pegg, who played an aspiring marathoner in Run Fatboy Run, completed a London marathon
 
20. A slew of new photos suggest that comely Jennifer Aniston is now romantically linked to which man, himself no stranger to the celeb dating scene?
Chace Crawford
John Mayer
Jason Wahler
Tony Romo
 




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