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1.	So, the Oscars, right? The Academy Award nominations came out this week, and this film tied a record for the most nominations. Don't worry, we're not going to ask you to remember the number. Which film tied the record?
		Moonlight
		Arrival
		Manchester by the Sea
		La La Land

2.	That part about not asking you the number of nominations La La Land received? Yeah, sorry, that was not exactly the truth. Can you pick the correct number from the options below?
		16
		10
		19
		14

3.	Oscar Good News (actual): Not only did this dude's film get a nomination, the day before the noms came out, he became a father again:
		Ryan Gosling
		Mel Gibson
		Denzel Washington
		Lin-Manuel Miranda

4.	Oscar Good News (Potential): Meanwhile, this man's nominations puts him in line for an EGOT (Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony):
		Ryan Gosling
		Mel Gibson
		Denzel Washington
		Lin-Manuel Miranda

5.	And from the Bad News for an Oscar Winner file, we read that this former award recipient and his wife have called it quits after 22 years of marriage:
		Cuba Gooding, Jr.
		Steven Spielberg
		Colin Firth
		Adrien Brody

6.	While we're talking about movies, the weekend's surprisingly strong #1 film was Split. What kind of "split" are we talking about here?
		A marital split
		An escape-type split
		Split personalities
		Banana splits

7.	RIP to one of our favorite actors Miguel Ferrer, who was super cool in RoboCop. We'll pretend we remembered that his parents were Oscar winner Miguel Ferrer and this Hollywood leading lady:
		Rita Moreno
		Rosemary Clooney
		Debbie Reynolds
		Natalie Wood
		*By way of explanation.....* ....which means that Miguel and George Clooney were cousins, which we're also totally pretending that we remember

8.	Also heading to the Great Dressing Room in the sky is classic TV star Mary Tyler Moore. In addition to her many acting credits, she started a production company, which fans of old-timey television will remember featured this animal in its logo:
		Lion
		Cardinal
		Kitten
		Butterfly

9.	The Force awakened interest in Star Wars fans this week, as the title for the upcoming eighth film in the series was revealed. Which word is contained in the title?
		Sith
		Jedi
		Revenge
		Master
		*By way of explanation.....* And fine funny folks at Imgur have figured out the title of the ninth film:

10.	The Trump administration is only days old, and yet controversy continues to mount. At the top of the list is press secretary Sean Spicer's rather unusual "quiet, one-sided Twitter feud with this snack food:
		Dippin Dots
		Tootsie Rolls
		Mike and Ikes
		Gummi bears

11.	And, in closing, if you're up on your reality(-ish) TV, you'll know the one-word title of the catch-me-if-you-can series that began on NBC Sunday night:
		Chase
		Hunted
		Flee
		Escape

12.	New to the small screen this week is Riverdale, an edgy-ish, angst-ish adaptation of this cartoon book series:
		Calvin and Hobbes
		Archie
		Dennis the Menace
		Ziggy