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1.	Leukemia claimed the life of Majel, the widow of this sci-fi maven:
		Isaac Asimov
		Gene Roddenberry
		Ray Bradbury
		Robert Heinlein

2.	Fish kill theater! Which notable actor has dropped out of the Broadway play Speed-the-Plow due to what he claims is a high level of mercury in his body from eating too much sushi?
		Daniel Radcliffe
		Paul Bettany
		Vince Vaughn
		Jeremy Piven

3.	Actor Lillo Brancato was acquitted in the murder of a NYPD officer. With which crime show is he associated?
		Law and Order
		The Sopranos
		The Mentalist
		CSI: Miami

4.	There are roughly 345 sexiest women polls each year. Fandango closes out 2008 by naming which actress to the top of its list?
		Megan Fox
		Anne Hathaway
		Jessica Simpson
		Jessica Biel

5.	Which Dancing With the Stars veteran confirmed this week that she is going to pose in Playboy?
		Kelly Monaco
		Lisa Rinna
		Brooke Burke
		Cloris Leachman

6.	If you believe UK tabloids, and we always do, which music legend is shopping around for a new lung?
		Robert Plant
		Michael Jackson
		Joni Mitchell
		Pete Townsend

7.	Which reality show mom was involved in a car accident in Clearwater, Florida this week?
		Linda Hogan
		Sharon Osbourne
		Kris Jenner
		Lynn Spears

8.	Which SNL alum donated $100K to the Phoenix police department so that they may purchase new rifles?
		Al Franken
		David Spade
		Dana Carvey
		Tim Meadows

9.	Which actor-director broke his hand snowboarding over the weekend?
		Ben Stiller
		Clint Eastwood
		Ben Affleck
		Denzel Washington

10.	Katie Holmes announced this week she would not be accompanying husband Tom Cruise to the Golden Globe awards in January. Why?
		She is expecting to file for divorce at the beginning of the new year
		She will be finishing her run in a Broadway play
		She will be in the middle of a European vacation with Suri
		She will be filming a Dawson's Creek reunion show

11.	Do you find these things as ridiculous-looking as we do? Yes, you do. Who was seen in Aspen wearing these:
		Beyonce
		Mariah Carey
		Fran Drescher
		Barbra Streisand

12.	Want some good news? How about the item about this NBA star who bought a new house for a Florida family whose residence was accidentally burned down by a family member:
		LeBron James
		Kobe Bryant
		Dwyane Wade
		Tim Duncan

13.	Whose stash of jewels is roughly $2 million lighter after her LA mansion was burgled?
		Paris Hilton
		Kim Kardashian
		Jennifer Connelly
		Brooke Shields

14.	Which woman who portrayed Catwoman passed on this week?
		Eartha Kitt
		Julie Newmar
		Michelle Pfeiffer
		Halle Berry

15.	Also expiring this week was Harold Pinter, whom we loved. Why did we love him?
		We loved him for the game shows he hosted
		We loved him for bringing Survivor to US television
		We loved him for the comic books he drew
		We loved him for his poetry

16.	A suit is being brought against CBS over which of its comedies?
		How I Met Your Mother
		Worst Week
		Two and a Half Men
		The Big Bang Theory

17.	Which summer blockbuster will not be screened in China due to "cultural sensitivities"?
		Iron Man
		The Dark Knight
		Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
		Starship Dave

18.	"To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material." Roger Ebert used this zinger in his review of which Christmas Day release?
		The Spirit
		Bedtime Stories
		The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
		Marley & Me

19.	Disney announced that it would not pursue any further installments in this film series:
		Narnia
		Toy Story
		The Nutty Professor
		High School Musical

20.	Newspaper editors and broadcasters voted this person the AP Entertainer of the Year:
		Tina Fey
		Howie Mandell
		Marion Cotillard
		Angelina Jolie