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How Well Do You Know: 2008: The Year in Pop Culture Part I

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1.	This cartoon character became a political icon in 2008 when his candidacy for President of the United States was announced.
		Cartman
		Stewie Griffin
		Stan Smith
		Ralph Wiggum

2.	Which of these American Idol contestants did not lose their record contract in 2008?
		David Archuleta
		Taylor Hicks
		Blake Lewis
		Katharine McPhee

3.	The career of this 1980s pop star received an unlikely boost when his music became the inspiration for the title of every episode of Eli Stone, a show in which he also guest starred.
		Bryan Adams
		Rick Astley
		George Michael
		Rick Springfield

4.	If you are the president of the Al Kaplon fan club, you're a huge fan of the portly actor who played the tournament referee in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. You probably also would have been a devotee of this competition TV show, which featured your man Al as the official:
		Wipeout
		American Gladiators
		Greatest American Dog
		I Survived a Japanese Game Show

5.	This smartie/hottie published a book in August called Kiss My Math:
		Jeri Ryan
		Christina Applegate
		Danica McKellar
		Tori Spelling

6.	Which of the following Rolling Stone covers is not from an issue published in 2008?





7.	Which of the following was NOT a celebrity baby name from 2008?
		Bronx Mowgli
		Sunday Rose
		Buster Timothy
		Barack Maxwell

8.	"The taste of her cherry Chapstick" was mentioned in a hit song by which artist?
		Paramore
		Katy Perry
		Leona Lewis
		Kanye West

9.	Which magazine ran a controversial cover depicting Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim?
		New Yorker
		The Weekly Standard
		The Atlantic
		Life

10.	Which daily comic strip ended its original run in August 2008, but continued publication by re-telling its original story?
		Rose Is Rose
		Mutts
		The Boondocks
		For Better or Worse

11.	Which of these classic TV shows was not revived in 2008?
		American Gladiators
		90210
		Happy Days
		Knight Rider

12.	Advertising for which TV show emblazoned with "OMFG" caused controversy?
		Privileged
		Gossip Girl
		Smalville
		America's Next Top Model

13.	Which musical act was featured in a documentary by Martin Scorsese?





14.	Which funnyman mounted a campaign to see his Christmas album topple Kanye West's release from the top of the iTunes chart?
		Stephen Colbert
		Craig Ferguson
		Jay Leno
		David Letterman

15.	Guns N' Roses finally released its Chinese Democracy album right before Thanksgiving. Aside from Axl Rose, who was the only Gunner who had contributed to the Use Your Illusion albums to play on Chinese Democracy?
		Slash
		Gilby Clarke
		Izzy Stradlin
		Dizzy Reed

16.	Who appeared on the cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue?
		Ana Beatriz Barros
		Marisa Miller
		Tori Praver
		The Denver Broncos

17.	Which singer had a Top 20 hit that shared a name with a film that spent multiple weeks at the top of the box office in 2007?
		Rihanna
		Taylor Swift
		Madonna
		Mary J. Blige

18.	Vanity Fair caused a stir when it ran a topless photo shoot, directed by Annie Leibovitz, of which young star?
		Sabrina Bryan
		Miley Cyrus
		Vannessa Hudgens
		Dakota Fanning

19.	Which actress had a recurring guest role in a CBS sitcom and starred in commercials in which she was plagued by ill-fitting underwear?
		Sarah Gilbert
		America Ferrera
		Brittany Snow
		Sarah Chalke

20.	The word "uncool" was pivotal in the trumped-up feud between which two famous people?
		Angelina Jolie & Jennifer Aniston
		Elisabeth Hasselbeck & Joy Behar
		Lauren Conrad & Heidi Montag
		Jessica Simpson & Carrie Underwood

21.	Which music star/act passed Elvis Presley for the second most No. 1 singles on the Billboard singles chart, and is now behind only The Beatles on the all-time list:
		Madonna
		Carrie Underwood
		Mariah Carey
		Bjork

22.	Scarlett Johansson had a busy year. She appeared in movies. She auctioned off a mucus-encrusted tissue for charity. And she released an album featuring covers of which singer/songwriter?
		Leonard Cohen
		Tom Waits
		Joni Mitchell
		Elvis Costello

23.	Which video game title released its World Tour edition?
		Grand Theft Auto
		Rock Band
		Call of Duty
		Guitar Hero

24.	We saw some cool album covers in 2008. Which correctly pairs the album cover with its music act?
		Taylor Swift:
		The Killers:
		Kanye West:
		Tom Petty:

25.	Right after the premiere of his big film, this star was detained by British police in connection with verbally assaulting his his mother and sister (the charges later evaporated):
		Christian Bale
		Harrison Ford
		Robert Downey, Jr.
		Shia La Boeuf