| 1. | It's not often that an individual can make Apple turn tail, but the company's music service announced a change in its payment policy after this artist announced she would not license use of her music: | ||
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Taylor Swift | ||
| Lady Gaga | |||
| Katy Perry | |||
| Beyonce | |||
| 2. | The film world lost a big name this week. Oscar winner James Horner died in a plane crash. Horner was best known for his work as a: | ||
| Screenwriter | |||
| Cinematographer | |||
| Producer | |||
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Composer | ||
| 3. | So, with Inside Out opening and Jurassic World in its second week, just a few people went to movies over the weekend. Record-wise, which of the following is true? | ||
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Jurassic World set the record for most money taken in by a during its second week of release | ||
| Inside Out became Pixar's biggest opener ever | |||
| Unsurprisingly, both records were achieved | |||
| Huh. Actually, neither record was set. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Jurassic World's weekend total of $106 million just beat The Avengers' $103 million record for biggest second weekend ever. And Inside Out's $90.4 million put it in second place behind Toy Story 3's $110 million |
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| 4. | If you allegedly assaulted coaching personnel over your son's treatment on the UCLA college football team, then wow...you have a lot in common with this rap music figure: | ||
| Suge Knight | |||
| Rob van Winkle | |||
| Dr. Dre | |||
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Sean Combs | ||
| 5. | Dick Van Patten, worthy of consideration for the Mount Rushmore of TV Dads, passed away this week. On which show did Van Patten star? | ||
| My Three Sons | |||
| Happy Days | |||
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Eight Is Enough | ||
| The Wonder Years | |||
| 6. | A new reboot - we think they're up to #27 now - of the Spider-Man franchise was announced this week. The actor tabbed to play the web-slinger has a last name the name of this country: | ||
| Argentina | |||
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Holland | ||
| Britain | |||
| Montenegro | |||
| 7. |
Channing Tatum got frank with Howard Stern in an interview:
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | ||
| Step Up | |||
| Haywire | |||
| White House Down | |||
| 8. | If you read the sad news about former child star Jake Lloyd's diagnosis of schizophrenia, then you were reminded that Lloyd was the promising-turned-forgotten young star of: | ||
| I Am Legend | |||
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | ||
| The Sixth Sense | |||
| Jerry Maguire | |||
| 9. | Title, Please (Part 1): It's the beginning of the end for the Paranormal Activity franchise. This week saw the debut of the final film in the series. What is the film's subtitle? | ||
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The Ghost Dimension | ||
| The Dead Dimension | |||
| The Spirit Dimension | |||
| The Next Dimension | |||
| 10. | Title, Please (Part 2): You and/or your videogameloving friends might well have re-immersed yourselves in the latest Batman game. The franchise's newest installment is: | ||
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Arkham Knight | ||
| Arkham Justice | |||
| Arkham Revenge | |||
| Arkham Rise | |||
| 11. | Hosted by Julie "Chenbot" Chen, Big Brother began its new season this week. This summer's batch of houseguests boasts one who is: | ||
| A former Miss America | |||
| A previous season's winner | |||
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Transgender | ||
| A well-known porn star | |||
| 12. | This network is losing Finding Your Roots, suspending further production of the show over last year's incident with Ben Affleck: | ||
| A&E | |||
| Discovery | |||
| MTV | |||
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PBS | ||