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1. A baby girl named Satyana was born March 24, which happily coincides with the birthday of her mama. You best know the proud mother as actress:
Portia DiRossi
Alyson Hannigan
Kate Bosworth
Jessica Alba
 
2. Playboy Playmate and star of The Girls Next Door, Kendra Wilkinson has started her own line of an unusual item. The entrepreneur noted "It's like Carmen Electra's, but mine is better!" What is she selling?
Doggie sweaters
Sewing machines
Stripper poles
Designer slippers
 
3. Hang in with us here:

Add the number attached to the name of Outkast member Andre, to the speed at which he was arrested for driving in Atlanta this week, and you get this number:
2185
3109
3030
1010
 
4. Fans of this show, which was all but canceled a few years ago, will rejoice upon learning that the show has been renewed for two more seasons:
Numbers
Ghost Whisperer
Friday Night Lights
Medium
 
5. NBC mainstay ER ended its run this week. Which of the following "classic" ER actors returned for an appearance on the show during the last few weeks?
Eriq LaSalle
George Clooney
Juliana Margulies
Each of the above appeared
 
6. DVD rental bigshots Netflix Inc. made quite a few of its customers mad this week when the company announced it is:
Canceled its streaming service
Raising its prices for Blu-ray discs
Buying rival Blockbuster
Not offering Twilight in its rental catalog
 
7. The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly in negotiations to acquire a stake in which online TV medium, already co-owned by News Corp. and NBC Universal?




 
8. Let's see if any watches this time around. A redo of which short-lived series premiered this week on ABC?
Firefly
Cupid
My So-Called Life
Boomtown
 
9. Thankfully forgoing their usual "I'd rather be naked..." ads, PETA dressed which silverfox in a dress made of lettuce to promote vegetarianism?
Cloris Leachman
Betty White
Jane Fonda
Olympia Dukakis
 
10. The Nickelodeon-produced Kids's Choice Awards, turned essentially into a Disney lovefest. What award did a Disney-affiliated performer or product NOT win that night?
Favorite Movie - High School Musical 3
Favorite Movie Actress - Vanessa Hudgens
Favorite Female Singer - Miley Cyrus
Favorite Animated Movie - WALL-E
 
11. Which actor/screenwriter is faced with the task of retooling his upcoming movie so that can escape being branded with the dreaded NC17 rating?
Sacha Baron Cohen
Mike Myers
Mel Gibson
Johnny Knoxville
 
12. "To do another one, I feel like it takes away the reality of it all." Which star of a film series spoke thusly this week about not making further movies?
Miley Cyrus, speaking about the Hannah Montana movies
Zac Effron, speaking about the High School Musical movies
Matt Damon, speaking about the Bourne movies
Vin Diesel, speaking about the The Fast and the Furious movies
 
13. What do a Playmate and a computer guru have in common (this isn't a joke, though we have no doubt a lot of readers will send in their own punchlines....)?
Both traveled overseas to advocate for Darfur
Both were booted from Dancing With the Stars this week
Got married in Vegas and then an immediate annulment
Were both fired on the Celebrity: Apprentice
 
14. Which soap opera, having been broadcast for 72 years (15 of those on radio before moving to TV), was canceled this week?
General Hospital
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless
Guiding Light
 
15. The US Postal Service has commemorated a series of stamps honoring this TV family:
The Huxtables
The Simpsons
The Bundys
Whichever family Charles was In Charge of
 
16. Months of messy legal wrangling finally resolved, Project Runway has finally found a new network home. You'll find the former Bravo show this summer on:
USA
Lifetime
E!
Spike
 
17. What former sitcom star and frequent commercial fixture is being awarded this year's Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for Humor?
Bill Cosby
Ellen DeGeneres
Roseanne
Jerry Seinfeld
 
18. Take it for what it's worth, since there is no script and Christopher Nolan has even committed to it but this week Michael Caine declared that he thinks that Batman's next villain will be _____?
Catwoman
The Penguin
The Riddler
Bane
 
19. A lasting reconcilation wasn't in the cards for Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler. The last straw came when he accused her of having an affair with what actor while he was in the hospital recovering from the plane crash?
David Spade
Pauly Shore
Clive Owen
Gerard Butler
 
20. "It was unbelievable ... I didn't want to leave, it was such a relaxing place, so calm and beautiful." These glowing words from Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza were in reference to what unlikely locale?
Greenland
Grand Central Station
Guantanamo Bay
Panama Canal
 
21. Hollywood was in uproar this week when a high-quality copy of which major upcoming release was leaked online?




 
22. Which physical feature of Megan Joy Corkrey, this week's American Idol reject, is most notable?
Her tattoos
Her height (she's not even 5' tall)
Her hair (it's bright pink)
The jack-like device at the back of her head that lets her interface with The Matrix
 
23. MTV viewers were treated this week to a biopic about which early Real World cast member?
Puck
Pedro Zamora
Eric Nies
Dominic Griffin
 
24. The variety show featuring the Osbourne family, officially debuting this week, got off to a rocky start, as a number of Fox affiliates refused to air the show. What is the name of the program?
Osbournes: Reloaded
Ozzy and Sharon and Jack and Kelly
'F' me, I'm an Osbourne
Ooohs and Oz
 
25. The claws are out between Tom Brady's ex, Bridget Monahan, and his wife, Gisele Bundchen. What did Gisele say that got Bridget all fightin' mad?
Gisele was quoted as saying that Tom thought sex with her was the best he'd ever had
Gisele said that she considers Bridget's son to be her own
Gisele made unflattering comments about Bridget's physique
Gisele is considering rooting for the Jets this year
 




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