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1.	Everyone else is plumb out of ideas, so perhaps the newly crowned Miss America has a solution for the American financial mess. So let's turn our supplications to Katie Stam, who represents which state?
		Indiana
		Rhode Island
		South Dakota
		Kentucky

2.	On this season of American Idol, Joanna Pacitti joined last season’s Carly Smithson as another controversial contestant who:
		Already released a major label record that flopped
		Posed for nude photos
		Has been arrested for assault and DWI
		Had a problem getting a US work visa

3.	Which Star Wars alumni recently took the pro-carriage horse owner side in a campaign PETA is waging against them?
		Ewan McGregor
		Carrie Fisher
		Natalie Portman
		Liam Nesson

4.	The Saturday morning cartoon nostalgia lovers got a bit of hope from Warner Bros. They are developing a live action CG version of what cartoon duo?
		Heckyll and Jeckyll
		Tom and Jerry
		Dick Dastardly and Muttley
		Pinky and the Brain

5.	The big party this week was found at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Which of the following did not win a film acting award at the SAG awards?
		Kate Winslet
		Sean Penn
		Anne Hathaway
		Heath Ledger

6.	Life (kinda) is imitating art. On the SAG Awards red carpet, Best Actor contender for The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke, said he was willing to wrestle who at Wrestlemania 25?
		John Cena
		Chris Jericho
		The Undertaker
		Vince McMahon

7.	Who rebelled against fashion at the SAG Awards and intentionally wore this dress backwards?
		Salma Hayek
		Meryl Streep
		Angelina Jolie
		Anne Hathaway

8.	Megan Fox (no, we're not contractually obligated to do an item on her in each edition of SLW - it just turns out that way) has been named as a top candidate to take over which established film role?
		Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
		Sarah Connor from Terminator
		Lara Croft from Tomb Raider
		Jean Grey from X-Men

9.	If the former bit didn't make you want to forswear filmdom completely, how about this: Who has been named to play Bonnie Parker in a new version of Bonnie and Clyde?
		Hilary Duff
		Abigail Breslin
		Vanessa Hudgens
		Mandy Moore

10.	Arrests have been made in an extortion plot centered on which Hollywood star?
		Mel Gibson
		Nic Cage
		Harrison Ford
		John Travolta

11.	About three days having gone by without this star saying something crazy, who asked the press to be called "Martin Louis the King, Jr."?
		Hammer
		Ludacris
		Kanye West
		The Ghost of Tupac Shakur

12.	"I keep up with the Oscars about as much as I do the Miss America pageant. I think it's just a dog and pony show. It's horses---." Which former Oscar winner probably lost a few friends in the Academy with this statement?
		Clint Eastwood
		Adrien Brody
		Jack Nicholson
		Billy Bob Thornton

13.	Alas for film/real-life cross-over couples! Glen and Marketa, the stars of this recent film, have ended their relationship:
		Once
		The Good German
		Music and Lyrics
		Disturbia

14.	Which Pulitzer-winning author who had written about a Rabbit died this week?
		John Updike
		Richard Adams
		William Styron
		John Irving

15.	RIP also to Billy Powell, the keyboard player for this, one of our favorite classic rock bands:
		The Who
		Lynyrd Skynyrd
		Rush
		Canned Heat

16.	Because of 'a rare and extraordinary circumstance,' the AMPAS will allow all four producers of which Best Picture nominee eligible for Oscar beyond the normal limit of three producers?
		Curious Case of Benjamin Button
		The Reader
		Milk
		Frost/Nixon

17.	Although no casting has been announced, the big screen adaptation of seminal 80's series The A-Team now has a director (Joe Carnahan), a release date (June 11, 2010) and a pair of high profile producing team. Who are newly announced producers behind this potential masterpiece?
		Joel and Ethan Coen
		The Wayans Brothers
		Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
		Tony and Ridley Scott

18.	"Bond is an imperialist, misogynist sociopath who goes around bedding women and swilling martinis and killing people. He's repulsive." These words denouncing the 007 character came from which action star?
		Matt Damon
		Daniel Craig
		Jason Statham
		Kevin James

19.	Conservative broadcaster Bill O'Reilly got into an ill-advised verbal dust-up with this actress over whether or not Sweden was a neutral country during World War II (spoiler alert: it was!)?
		Jessica Alba
		Renee Zelwegger
		Eva Mendes
		Susan Sarandon

20.	From the "you can't get blood from a turnip" category, notable film director John Landis is suing Michael Jackson for profits from which video he shot for Jackson?
		Black or White
		Remember the Time
		Bad
		Thriller

21.	A classic Clint Eastwood film is about to be the unlikely source material for a new off-Broadway musical by Robyn Hitchcock. We can't wait to see what seminal Clint movie is about to be set to music and dance numbers?
		Magnum Force
		Every Which Way But Loose
		Unforgiven
		Million Dollar Baby

22.	Which singer incurred the wrath of the celebrity blogosphere when she appeared at a performance looking curvy and wearing high-waisted jeans?
		Joss Stone
		Kelly Clarkson
		Jessica Simpson
		Carrie Underwood

23.	Liens for unpaid bills totaling nearly $200K have been filed against the home and studio of which African American filmmaker?
		Spike Lee
		F. Gary Gray
		Tyler Perry
		John Singleton

24.	Which big-name star has reportedly turned down a $4 million offer to pose nude for Playboy?
		Jennifer Aniston
		Tina Fey
		Jessica Biel
		Winona Ryder

25.	Finally, let us pick your brain: Rumors heated up again that George Clooney will return to ER for its series finale, the show that launched him into sex symbol and film stardom (of course, we aren't counting Facts of Life or Roseanne). In 1994, ER premiered along with what NBC sitcom?
		Single Guy
		Jesse
		Friends
		Seinfeld