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1. After roughly 67 years in development, Guns N' Roses finally released a new album this week. What was the name?
Chinese Democracy
Mexican Taoism
Guatemelan Oligarchy
Canadian Communism
 
2. With the release of the GnR album, which soda pop brand made good on its promise to give a free beverage to all?
Sprite
Mr. Pibb
Dr. Pepper
Mountain Dew
 
3. Cheers to Ashlee Simpson, who gave birth to a baby boy, and named it this NY borough/Disney character combination:
Bronx Mowgli
Brooklyn Ariel
Manhattan Grumpy
Queens Simba
 
4. As our previous edition was put to bed, SLW editors learned that ABC (bastards!) canceled three of its series. Which of the following did not get the axe?
Pushing Daisies
Dirty Sexy Money
Life on Mars
Eli Stone
 
5. Twilight performed laps around the competition at the movie box office. In its debut weekend, which record did it set?
Biggest opening for a November release
Biggest opening for a film based on a literary work
Biggest opening for a 2008 release
Biggest opening for a film by a female director
 
6. The annals of legal precedence will reflect that this was the week that a celebrity settled a lawsuit with a sheik. Who is no longer staring litigation in the face?
Michael Jackson
Roseanne
Gary Busey
Pink
 
7. "It was like being naked -- I would love to be naked in front of you." Which meathead, during an interview, made a female Newsweek reporter understandably uncomfortable?
Chuck Norris
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Sylvester Stallone
Mr. T
 
8. You may not know the name Karolina Kurkova, but you should: E! has named her the World's Sexiest Woman. What does Ms. Kurkova do for a living?
She's a CBS News foreign correspondence
She's a Victoria's Secret lingerie model
Nothing. She's George Clooney's new girlfriend
She's a member of the US Women's soccer team
 
9. What could possibly have gone wrong??!? This star admitted that her marriage to some named Blake was over:
Amy Winehouse
Mariah Carey
Kate Moss
Sienna Miller
 
10. The celebirshpere was shocked to learn that this attention-mongering duo apparently eloped:
Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt
Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush
Jessica Simpson & Tony Romo
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
 
11. This week saw the final episode of which long-running cable series?
The Shield
Inside the NFL
Iron Chef America
Monk
 
12. Good gravy! Which SNL alum dropped 100 pounds recently?
Tracy Morgan
Horatio Sanz
Julia Sweeney
David Spade
 
13. Which Sex and the City star stripped to her birthday suit as part of a fundraising effort in Britain to keep a Titian masterpiece on public display?
A
B
C
D
 
14. Huh. Which famous pair of exes reportedly planned to spend Thanksgiving together (with *her* new boyfriend along, no less!)?
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
Liza Minelli and Gest
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown
Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora
 
15. Dancing With the Stars crowned its seventh champion this week. What is the correct spelling of the name of the winner?
Brook Burke
Brooke Burk
Brooke Burke
Warren Sapp
 
16. This week: Buzz Lightyear, Horton (of Dr. Seuss fame) and The Smurfs:
Were inducted into the Animated Character Hall of Fame
Will be the subjects of newly greenlit films
Were featured on new floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
Defeated the Detroit Lions in the Thanksgiving NFL game
 
17. Which current or former member of The View hosted a variety show that aired on Wednesday night?
Rosie O'Donnell
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Barbara Walters
Whoopie Goldbert
 
18. This 80's cinematic comedy offering will be remade into a new film:
Back to the Future
Better Off Dead
Three Men and a Baby
Meatballs
 
19. Which sitcom actress, the co-star of a newly pregnant actress, is herself expecting as of this week?
How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders
Kath and Kim's Selma Blair
Gary Unmarried's Paula Marshall
The Office's Jenna Fischer
 
20. This PBS children's series will be reworked in a new version airing in January:
Reading Rainbow
Electric Company
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
321 Contact
 




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