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1. Here's a tattoo emblazoned on the side of a quasi-famous person:

It's supposed to read "Live without regrets" in Italian, which would be just super, except that IT'S MISSPELLED. Which actress might be due for some white-out/lasering?
Jessica Biel
Hayden Panettiere
Isla Fisher
Scarlett Johansson
 
2. Clay Aiken's not a fan of this recent American Idol contestant. Whose performance did he label, "Contrived, awful, and slightly frightening!"?
Danny Gokey
Kris Allen
Adam Lambert
Scott McIntyre
 
3. No doubt wishing he still had his Quicksilver messenger bike, Kevin Bacon was mugged on NYC subway and unsuccessfully chased after him. What notable item did Bacon lose to the mugger?
His Blackberry
A script
Antique pocketwatch
His Sunday shoes
 
4. Mel Gibson had a lot to say during his last appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. One nugget was that he confirmed girlfriend Oksana is pregnant. With this new baby, Mel will have the same number kids as what TV show?
My Three Sons
The Brady Bunch
Eight is Enough
18 Kids and Counting
 
5. Our hearts go out to Mike Tyson's family who suffered a tragic loss this week. After sustaining fatal injuries in a freak accident at their home, Tyson's daughter passed away. How old was she?
2
4
6
8
 
6. We encourage you to point and laugh at this atrocity:

part of the album art for which "singer"?
Britney Spears
Heidi Montag
Brooke Hogan
Joaquin Phoenix
 
7. What Joss Whedon TV series is on the block for a big screen treatment without its creator's involvement?
Angel
Buffy
Firefly
Dollhouse
 
8. Not that anyone's asked him yet but which of this season's American Idol contestants said he'd be happy to try his hand...er...feet at Dancing with the Stars?
Scott McIntyre
Kris Allen
Adam Lambert
Danny Gokey
 
9. What a killer role! Al Pacino is in talks to potentially star as high profile convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian in a HBO biography. No joking -- the current, tongue-in-cheek name of the film is ______?
You Don't Know Jack
The Hypocritical Oath
A Time to Kill
Suicidal Tendencies
 
10. Time to work on that line of maternity lingerie because this Victoria's Secret model and wife to the NBA's Marko Jaric is pregnant.
Gisele Bundchen
Adriana Lima
Daniela Pestova
Nikki Taylor
 
11. Seen here

is one of the tamer shots of this celeb, as featured in a Complex Magazine photoshoot:
Katie Holmes
Katy Perry
Monica Bellucci
Heather Graham
 
12. Forget swine flu and norovirus... the "Real Housewives" franchise, having infected cities from coast to coast, is ready to attach itself to which metropolis for its next incarnation?
Miami
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Washington, DC
 
13. "I am a proud non-reader of books....I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph." These strange words come from this noted nutjob, promoting his/her new book "Thank You And You're Welcome."
Kanye West
Courtney Love
Megan Fox
Kim Kardashian
 
14. The storm of controversy brewing in the weeks leading up the premiere catapulted the season debut of Jon and Kate Plus 8 to record ratings. On which network does the show air?
Hallmark
TLC
Lifetime
A&E
 
15. Asked to describe his ideal life, the boyfriend of which young star stated1: "[I'd be] one of those little lapdogs that gets petted all day. You know, they wake up, get fed, get attention. I like attention. I'd like to be one of those little dogs. Is that weird?"2
Miley Cyrus
JoJo
Avril Lavigne
Taylor Swift
1We don't expect you to know this, but this was too good not to include
2Um, yea, that's one of the weirder things we've heard this week, which is saying a lot
 
16. Because he tried to buy unlicensed firearms from an undercover agent, rapper T.I. is now serving a one-year and one-day sentence. If you wanted to drop in an say hello to Mr. I., you'd have to travel to a federal pen in which state?




 
17. Wednesday night, ABC began its new series, The Goode Family, brainchild of underappreciated writer/director Mike Judge. Which of the following is not a part of Judge's resume?
South Park
Beavis & Butt-head
Office Space
King of the Hill
 
18. Each of these was in the top five of TV's Funniest Catchphrases, as unveiled this week. Which one won (hint: it's probably the lamest of the set)?
"Oh my god! They killed Kenny" from "South Park"
"D'oh" from "The Simpsons"
"How you doin'" from "Friends"
"Yada, yada, yada" from "Seinfeld"
 
19. US postage just keeps going up. A stamp with an image of what film legend smoking a cigarette was auctioned for $93,800 this week?
Greta Garbo
Humpfrey Bogart
Audrey Hepburn
Bette Davis
 
20. The shooter on the grassy knoll, a staged Apollo moon landing and this season's American Idol finale votes. Conspiracy nuts/Adam Lambert fanatics are crying foul that which of the show's corporate sponsors provided power texting lessons at Kris Allen watching parties in Arkansas?
Coca-Cola
Ford
AT&T
Citizens for California Prop. 8
 
21. Along with Buffy and an announced Scott brothers-sanctioned Alien origin film, franchise reboot mania continues. Which action franchise is getting a fresh start courtesy of Dan Lin, producer of Terminator: Salvation?
Resident Evil
Tomb Raider
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
 
22. We thought renting one of these

was going all out for our kid's birthday. The Cruises put everyone to shame with the "epitome of an embarrassment of riches" 3rd birthday party for Suri that cost how much?
$25,000
$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
 
23. Trying to do some image repair by posting a YouTube video, which pop culture villain, who is clearly a monster, stated: "All my real fans, I love y'all, I ain't a monster."
Simon Cowell
Chris Brown
Robert Pattison
Kid Rock
 
24. Which describes a reality show that premiered on the CW this week?
Engaged couples have five days to marry at the alter, or they must break up
Contestants must survive three days in the wilderness while being hunted by Ted Nugent
Celebrities take a shot at predicting the weather for a midwestern city television station
With three hours of training, celebs must correctly identify patients as carriers of swine flu
 
25. Sadly, a star of Saving Private Ryan was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a drug offense this week. Next step, will be starring in his own reality series Saving _____ ________?
Edward Burns
Jeremy Davies
Tom Sizemore
Tom Hanks 1
1 Like it would be buried at the end of the quiz if Mr. Hollywood Nice Guy was the offender.
 




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