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Answers:

1. Which young star appears here


unnecessarily tarted up on the set of Sex and the City 2?
Taylor Swift
Rumer Willis
Miley Cyrus
Dakota Fanning
 
2. Hollywood bosses are demanding that stars such as Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers cease which activity, stating that doing so is damaging the industry?
Downloading bootlegged movies, and then bragging about it (think of Manny the Stuntman!)
Performing their own stunts
Signing autographs for free
Tweeting
 
3. Obscure death - Part 1. You likely don't know the name Vic Mizzy, who passed away this week, unless you are groupie of 93-year-old composers. Well he is responsible for two of the most distinctive TV theme songs, Green Acres and _______.
Addams Family
A-Team
Love Boat
Mr. Ed
 
4. Obscure death - Part 2. An actor named Joseph Wiseman also died this week. He has a distinct place in pop culture for playing what seminal Bond villain?
Jaws
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Octopussy
 
5. While Miss Litigious Carrie Prejean sues the Miss America organization, they are countersuing her for money they spent on her _______.
Publicist
Talk show travel expenses
Breast implants
Dental work
 
6. Which unnecessarily famous and entirely overexposed person declared that Jon Gosselin is "hot" and "I kind of have a crush on [him]"?
Paris Hilton
Heidi Montag
Octomom Nadya Suleman
Khloe Kardashian
 
7. In a recent highly publicized ballon boy hoax (which we are more sick of reading about than Gosselins or Octomom), the family had previously appeared on what reality show?




 
8. GQ magazine stated "Yes They’re Real. And They’re Spectacular" to fend off charges that it had digitally enhanced the breasts of which actress that appeared on its recent cover?
Olivia Wilde
Eliza Dushku
Elisha Cuthbert
January Jones
 
9. While promoting an upcoming film, which object of many women's affections had this to say about aging? "I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead."
Tom Cruise
Bradley Cooper
George Clooney
Nicolas Cage
 
10. TV and comedy icon Bill Cosby is dipping his toe into the music world by releasing an album, which surprisingly falls into the _______ genre.
Hip-hop
Jazz
Rock
Bluegrass
 
11. Christian Bale revealed this week that he patterned his portrayal of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho after this Hollywood wacko:
Tom Cruise
Mel Gibson
Russell Crowe
Val Kilmer
 
12. Something called an Adam Jaminski, 2008 champion of particular reality shows, was busted in Massachusetts for drug distribution charges. Adam was on:
The Amazing Race
Survivor
Big Brother
Pirate Master
 
13. The Weather Channel plans to show movies for the first time in its 27-year history. Of these actual movies that are slated to air, it makes sense that _______ will be the first one.
A Perfect Storm
Misery
March of the Penguins
Deep Blue Sea
 
14. The Spike TV Scream awards named which notable as the best sci-fi actress:
Megan Fox
Kristen Stewart
Summer Glau
Moon Bloodgood
 
15. Trying desperately to sink his/her talons back into the meat of youthful, relevant pop culture, which artist has given rights to his/her entire music catalog to the Fox series Glee?
Tom Petty
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Elton John
 
16. Who got all riled up at the suggestion that she demanded an appearance fee to attend her sister's birthday party? (We're 99% sure she totally made such a request.)
Kim Kardashian
Mariah Carey
Heidi Montag
Jessica Simpson
 
17. Youtube viewers were treated to a video extolling the virtues of a public option health care initiative.

Now that you've awaken from the nap induced by that sentence, we'll ask which movie hottie starred in the video?
Heather Graham
Jessica Alba
Natalie Portman
Keira Knightley
 
18. Comedy Central continued to add to the treasure trove of pop culture by debuting a show featuring Jeff Dunham. Dunham is known for comedy based on:
Hypnotism
Stand-up
Pranks
Ventrilloquism
 
19. A further blow was dealt to the world of comic as this classic funnyman died this week:
Red Buttons
Redd Foxx
Soupy Sales
Sid Caesar
 
20. In her return to The View from maternity leave, Elisabeth Hasselbeck recounted a story about sending a picture of her newborn to her contact list....which would have been great, except:
The picture was of very poor quality
She accidentally included her ex boyfriend in the distribution list
The child in the photo wasn't actually hers
Her nipple was exposed in the picture
 




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