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1.	We are big fans of frozen dairy treats. So too, apparently, are Gossip Girl stars Leighton Meester and Blake Lively. On which magazine's cover did this appear?
		Entertainment Weekly
		TV Guide
		Rolling Stone
		Seventeen

2.	The acclaimed video game subtitled Arkham Asylum dealt with the adventures of which superhero?
		Superman
		Batman
		Iron Man
		Wonder Woman

3.	Another comic-related pop culture item! Which comic book hero met up with Barack Obama in a special issue that coincided with the US Presidential Inauguration?
		Captain America
		Swamp Thing
		Thor
		Spider-Man

4.	More presidential pop culture news! In an interview before the Super Bowl, Barack Obama was shown a picture of which celebrity, whom he referred to as being "in a weight battle, apparently"?
		Jessica Simpson
		Kelly Clarkson
		Kelly Osbourne
		Jennifer Lopez

5.	2009 saw the release of some unbelievably horrible album covers. Which of the below was not unleashed upon the public in 2009?





6.	While 2008 marked a huge comeback for Mickey Rourke, the actor had a rough time personally in 2009 when his 18-year-old chihuahua died. What was his beloved canine's god-like name?
		Thor
		Zeus
		Hades
		Loki

7.	Which band fired its lead singer, who had reportedly developed a cocaine addiction, in the middle of the Hong Kong airport?
		Velvet Revolver
		Panic! At the Disco
		Fallout Boy
		INXS

8.	Complex magazine rendered this newsmaker as a cyborg on the cover of its April/May issue:
		Kanye West
		Tiger Woods
		David Letterman
		Slash

9.	*Which celebrity couple among those listed below did not* divorce during 2009?**
		Sean Penn and Robin Wright
		Hugh Hefner and Kimberly Conrad
		Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman
		Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane

10.	On the heels of his own divorce, which celebrity was romantically linked to at least four different women who were all named Oksana (one of which he is still dating)?
		Ron Howard
		Jack Black
		Mel Gibson
		Will Ferrell

11.	"'Cause we're aliens, and that's how we roll" was the catchphrase for the marketing campaign for which product/service?
		Netflix
		Droid
		Hulu
		iTunes

12.	(Indulge us on this one) Actress Maggie G. married boyfriend actor Peter S. in Italy in May. If these two took each others' name, it would correctly be spelled:





13.	US magazine put which person/persons on its over on the editions dated: May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 ....at which point we stopped keeping track?
		Jon & Kate
		Susan Boyle
		Megan Fox
		Justin Timberlake

14.	A video by which artist included Penn & Teller being kicked out of a Las Vegas hotel room?
		Taylor Swift
		Rob Thomas
		Katy Perry
		Robin Thicke

15.	On the same day in 2009 that saw the Grim Reaper take both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, a widely-spread internet hoax claimed that which other actor had died?
		Lee Majors
		Bill Paxton
		Jeff Goldblum
		Matthew McConaughey

16.	One of the darker stories to emerge from pop culture during 2009 was the murder of one Jasmine Fiore, strangled to death on by her husband Ryan Jenkins. The incident forced a television network to pull which reality dating show, on which Jenkins was to appear?
		The Bachelor
		Megan Wants a Millionaire
		Rock of Love: Charm School
		I Love Money 2

17.	Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt brought predictable egomaniacal mayhem to their short stay on the reality show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. We feel very, very sorry for this country that played host to this travesty:
		Indonesia
		Algeria
		Costa Rica
		Brazil

18.	The garment crafted of sewn-together Kermit the Frog heads: entered Pop Culture Infamy when it was worn during an interview with a German TV station by:
		Britney Spears
		Lady Gaga
		Mariah Carey
		Lily Allen

19.	*"Seriously man, you and me, we’re f@!&$ done professionally" was the oft-repeated highlight of which star's fiery on-set tirade at one Shane Hurlbut?**
		Christian Slater
		Christian Bale
		Hugh Jackman
		Daniel Craig

20.	The Bachelor had just about run its course as a reality series....until the wacky finale of the show's 13th iteration, during which bonehead Jason Mesnick announced that he was kicking the "winner" to the curb and getting it on with the runner up. Most likely, you remember that the scorned woman was Melissa Rycroft, who went on to appear on Dancing With the Stars. But can you recall the name of the woman that Jason ultimately dated?
		Heather
		Tiffany
		Molly
		Cate

21.	Employing his usual subtlety, which movie honcho directed a Victoria's Secret commercial which ran at the end of 2009?
		James Cameron
		Steven Soderberg
		Michael Bay
		Ang Lee

22.	What you're seeing here is a selection from the July 2009 cover of Esquire. For the cover shot, the words of a famous author are scrawled across the nude body of model Bar Rafaeli. Whose prose enhances Bar's thigh in such an unusual way?
		Cormack McCarthy
		Stephen Colbert
		James Patterson
		Stephen King

23.	Brothers/cousins Anthony, Ivan, Michael and Cameron perform as Caleb, Nathan, Jared and Matthew perform as this group, which had their biggest year to date in 2009:
		Kings of Leon
		Owl City
		Boys Like Girls
		Shinedown

24.	In 2009, American Idol unleashed Adam Lambert and Kris Allen on the music scene. Which of these notable AI alumni did NOT release an album in 2009?
		Kelly Clarkson
		Chris Daughtry
		Carrie Underwood
		David Cook

25.	Perhaps our favorite celebrity Tweet of the year came when this star, who has previously displayed difficulty differentiating various species, tweeted from Sea World: "Just overcame my fear of sharks by kissing a killer whale!"
		Tara Reid
		Lindsay Lohan
		Britney Spears
		Jessica Simpson

26.	Carrie "I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn't get breast implants" Prejean became a household name during the 2009 Miss USA pageant. Carrie came to the world's attention with her answer to a question relating to:
		Same sex marriage
		Gun control
		Immigrant rights
		The validity of the Obama presidency

27.	Which celebrity welcomed twin girls, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, by way of surrogate?
		Kelly Ripa
		Alyson Hannigan
		Jenny McCarthy
		Sarah Jessica Parker

28.	A certain celeb got a tattoo on her side which was supposed to read "Live without regrets" in Italian. Which was great and all. Except that it was misspelled. Which actress might be due for some white-out/lasering?
		Jessica Biel
		Hayden Panettiere
		Isla Fisher
		Scarlett Johansson

29.	During 2009, the Kardashians continued their push towards pop culture omnipresence. Consider the following list: Kris and Bruce divorced Khloe got married Kourtney gave birth Kim got engaged Which of the above actually happened during 2009?
		A, C and D
		B only
		B, C and D
		B and C

30.	"Make a sex tape and grow up. Get like Britney Spears and do some heroin. Do like Lindsay Lohan and start seeing a lesbian and get some crack in your pipe. Catch Chlamydia on a bicycle seat. That's what I want." Dubious advice of the year came from which actor, and was directed towards which young actress?
		Eric Dane / Hilary Duff
		Jamie Foxx / Miley Cyrus
		Robert Downing, Jr. / Dakota Fanning
		James Gandolfini / Kristen Stewart