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Answers:
| 1. | Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" was used in a promo for an episode of which ABC show airing this week? | ||
| Castle | |||
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Desperate Housewives | ||
| Dancing With the Stars | |||
| Scrubs | |||
| 2. | If you thought last week's feud between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer was weird, which unlikely pop singer has sided with Kanye West because Radiohead's Thom Yorke wouldn't meet with them at the Grammys? | ||
| Hilary Duff | |||
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Miley Cyrus | ||
| Nick Jonas | |||
| Taylor Swift | |||
| 3. | Moving on from a broken engagement is apparently not that difficult for Jennifer Love Hewitt. Hewitt, a Kevin Williamson horror film alumni, is now dating which star from another Williamson film, Scream? | ||
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Jamie Kennedy | ||
| Matthew Lillard | |||
| Skeet Ulrich | |||
| Neve Campbell | |||
| 4. | During the promotional blitz for Race to Witch Mountain, Dwayne Johnson made a phobic confession that doesn't sound very "Rock-like". What did he admit to being afraid of? | ||
| Drowning | |||
| Elevators | |||
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Rollercoasters | ||
| Failure | |||
| 5. | After a two-year battle with cancer, actor Ron Silver has passed away at only 62 years old. Around here, he will likely be best remembered for having a recurring role on which Aaron Sorkin TV series? | ||
| Sports Night | |||
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The West Wing | ||
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | |||
| Picket Fences | |||
| 6. | A new, minty fresh arrest warrant -served, ironically, for a DUI charge nearly two years old - was issued for which celeb, before being quashed by a judge? | ||
| Mel Gibson | |||
| Courtney Love | |||
| Paris Hilton | |||
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Lindsay Lohan | ||
| 7. | RIP also to acclaimed actress Natasha Richardson. The wife of Liam Nesson, passed away at age 45 following an accident performing what type of outdoor activity? | ||
| Shoveling snow | |||
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Skiing | ||
| Parasailing | |||
| Jogging | |||
| 8. | In a move that we just can't understand, which cable network will phonetically change its name this coming July? | ||
| Spike | |||
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Sci Fi | ||
| Lifetime | |||
| A & E | |||
| 9. | We assume there was hair-pulling, exchange of unkind words and - perhaps - kung-fu fighting as bedlam broke out at the NYC site of auditions for which reality show? | ||
| Survivor | |||
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America's Next Top Model | ||
| The Bachelor | |||
| American Idol | |||
| 10. | Cashing product placement checks from Coca-Cola and Ford apparently isn't enough. American Idol announced what new product line featuring the likenesses of past and current contestants? | ||
| Playing cards | |||
| Commemorative coins | |||
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Trading cards | ||
| Pogs | |||
| 11. | A couple of engagements were announced this week. First, Christina Ricci got engaged to a fellow named Owen Benjamin. What is her soon-to-be husband's job? | ||
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Comedian | ||
| Agent | |||
| Pro football player | |||
| Musician | |||
| 12. | Bijou Phillips recently became betrothed to which That 70's Show star? | ||
| Topher Grace | |||
| Wilmer Valderrama | |||
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Danny Masterson | ||
| Kurtwood Smith | |||
| 13. | Which Star Wars alumni, who appeared in all the original films but never showed his face, confirmed he is battling cancer? | ||
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David Prowse (Darth Vader) | ||
| Kenny Baker (R2D2) | |||
| Anthony Daniels (C3P0) | |||
| Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) | |||
| 14. | Also in the Hollywood medical file, we read that this actor, famous from playing a detective, is recovering this week from a mild stroke: | ||
| Tom Selleck, who played Thomas Magnum | |||
| Robert Urich, who played Spenser for Hire | |||
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Stacy Keach, who played Mike Hammer | ||
| Angela Lansbury, who played Jessica Fletcher | |||
| 15. | Congratulations on your new baby! Which late night talk show host can now use the late, sleepless nights of new fatherhood to watch his own show? | ||
| Conan O'Brien | |||
| Jimmy Fallon | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel | |||
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Carson Daly | ||
| 16. | We don't know about being too rich, but apparently you can be too thin. Which waifish actress is being made to put on some weight if she wants to keep her role as a model in the upcoming CW drama "A Beautiful Life"? | ||
| Keira Knightly | |||
| Lara Flynn Boyle | |||
| Tori Spelling | |||
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Mischa Barton | ||
| 17. | One of the culinary top guns on Food Network's Iron Chef America, Cat Cora, is pregnant. Why is this news? | ||
| It will be her eighth child | |||
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Both she and her lesbian partner are carrying babies from the other's egg | ||
| The father is fellow Iron Chef Bobby Flay | |||
| She has signed a deal to deliver the baby live on The View | |||
| 18. | President Obama pulled a rare feat for a U.S. President by appearing on which late night talk show? | ||
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Tonight Show with Jay Leno | ||
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | |||
| Late Show with David Letterman | |||
| The Daily Show | |||
| 19. | This playwright offered to pay for his play to be produced off-campus when he heard it had been banned at an Oregon high school. Which play got this potential reprieve? | ||
| David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross | |||
| Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues | |||
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Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile | ||
| Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | |||
| 20. | Ads for the DVD release of the Angelina Jolie movie Wanted are being ordered off British television because: | ||
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Of the portayal of guns | ||
| They are deemed too sexy | |||
| The ads contain gang signs | |||
| The movie was misogynistic | |||
| 21. | On the heels of Lauren Conrad's departure, which other star of The Hills is also leaving the show, this time to star in her own reality show? | ||
| Stephanie Pratt | |||
| Lo Bosworth | |||
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Audrina Patridge | ||
| Heidi Montag | |||
| 22. | The cover of the current Rolling Stone reads "The Nasty Thrill of" which TV show currently on the air? | ||
| 90210 | |||
| Privileged | |||
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Gossip Girl | ||
| 60 Minutes | |||
| 23. | Also on newsstands is Entertainment Weekly, which features this actress "& Her (Very Sexy) Men": | ||
| Scarlett | |||
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Julia | ||
| Nicole | |||
| Jennifer | |||
| 24. | Which famous musical act, which hasn't performed together for a really, really long time, is reuniting for a tour of Asia and Australia? | ||
| Led Zeppelin | |||
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Simon and Garfunkel | ||
| Pet Shop Boys | |||
| Heavy D and the Boyz | |||
| 25. | Finally: Project Runway finalist and unlikable nutjob Kenley Collins was arrested this week for throwing an unusual object at her fiance. What did she throw? | ||
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A cat | ||
| A blender | |||
| A console television | |||
| A hot iron | |||
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