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1.	In what we sincerely hope isn't foreshadowing of Wall-E being robbed of the Best Animated Feature award at the Oscars, which film was named the best of 2008 at the Annie Awards?
		Kung Fu Panda
		Bolt
		Waltz with Bashir
		Delgo

2.	More movie awards news! Another week means another award for Slumdog Millionaire. Whose top prize did the Danny Boyle film take home on January 31?
		Director's Guild
		People's Choice
		BAFTAs
		Independent Spirit

3.	Consulting the "hot, young actress in a room with a bunch of technical geeks that don't merit Oscar airtime" file, we learn that this actress will host this year's Academy Scientific and Technical Awards:
		Natalie Portman
		Kate Bosworth
		Jessica Biel
		Scarlett Johansson

4.	Hey, was the Super Bowl played over the weekend? Yes! Which songbird had to wade through accusations that she lip-synched her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner to start the game?
		Faith Hill
		Pink
		Jennifer Hudson
		Aretha Franklin

5.	Something odd happened during the Super Bowl broadcast carried by the Tucson, Arizona NBC affiliate. What was it?
		The second half of the game was blacked out
		The fourth quarter was dubbed entirely in Spanish
		About ten seconds of pornographic material was aired
		The end of the game was pre-empted for a broadcast of Heidi

6.	Thankfully, he didn't heed her advice, but which loud-mouthed comedienne urged Bruce Springsteen to use his Super Bowl performance to denounce the US support of Israel?
		Joan Rivers
		Rosie O'Donnell
		Roseanne Barr
		Brett Butler

7.	Various retailers throughout the US handed out special goofy-looking glasses so that Super Bowl viewers could watch a 3D commercial for what upcoming movie?
		Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
		Year One
		Monsters vs. Aliens
		Angels and Demons

8.	Hopefully you held onto said 3D glasses, so you could enjoy the dimensionally-enhanced presentation of which NBC show that aired Monday night?
		Chuck
		Heroes
		Medium
		NBC Nightly News

9.	Which action star's profanity-laden tirade on the set of a movie was captured and widely circulated throughout the interweb?
		Christian Bale
		Matt Damon
		Daniel Craig
		Kevin James

10.	Donning his Literary Critic smock in a recent interview, Stephen King blasted the author of which hugely popular series as not being able to "write worth a darn. [He/She] is not very good"?
		Harry Potter
		Twilight
		The Spiderwick Chronicles
		The Dark Tower

11.	As somewhat of an extension of one of his film roles, Kevin Costner announced that he will:
		Thoroughly investigate the JFK assassination
		Save Whitney Houston's life
		Try to qualify for the PGA tour
		Own a minor league baseball team in rural Illinois

12.	Even though the convention doesn't happen in Las Vegas until April, ShoWest named this star of a summer film as its "Star of Tomorrow."
		Chris Pine of Star Trek
		Anton Yelchin of Star Trek and Terminator Salvation
		Paul Rust of Inglorious Basterds and I Love You, Beth Cooper
		Channing Tatum of G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

13.	Attention, young stars living in the age of the Internet: Any boneheaded move can and will be spread like wildfire! Exhibit A: this teen star who offended the entire Asian population for pulling her eyes sideways while posing with an Asian friend.
		Taylor Swift
		Miley Cyrus
		Dakota Fanning
		Jamie Lynn Spears

14.	Eschewing her usual blonde color, the star seen here: made news by going brunette at the premiere of her upcoming movie.
		Scarlett Johansson
		Charlize Theron
		Kate Bosworth
		Kate Hudson

15.	Which former American Idol contestant caught our attention this week when she spoke thusly: "People are like, 'Are you secretly a lesbian? Because I'd really love it.' Lesbians tell it to me all the time. I'm like, 'I'm glad it works for you and I wish I liked women like that because oftentimes men are very hard for me, but I happen to like boys.'"
		Kellie Pickler
		Carrie Underwood
		Nikki McKibben
		Kelly Clarkson

16.	More AI! One of the hopefuls cut on Wednesday night was the son of a member of this musical family:
		Jackson
		Partridge
		Osmond
		Brady

17.	Which fallen celeb continues to populate the earth, as he is expecting his fifth child with current partner Alicia Etheridge (their first together)?
		Jack Osbourne
		Bret Michaels
		Nick Nolte
		Bobby Brown

18.	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (original title: Major Movie Star), featuring this reality show star, went straight to DVD Wednesday:
		Kelly Osbourne
		Jessica Simpson
		Heidi Montag
		Omarosa

19.	At a recent technology conference, which very rich man approached Howard Hughes Kookiness Territory as he unleashed a jar of mosquitoes upon the room, saying: "Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some. Here I'll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected"?
		Steve Jobs
		Richard Branson
		Bill Gates
		Donald Trump

20.	The cast for the newest season of Survivor has been announced. In the tradition of semi-recognizable people playing the game, like Olympic medalist Crystal Cox and former NFL quarterback Gary Hogeboom, a member of which '90s R&B group is among the castaways?
		En Vogue
		SWV
		Boyz II Men
		Tony! Toni! Toné!