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| 1. | Despite promoting a spring series heavily, ABC rather famously cancelled it after only one episode. Who was the star of the show? | ||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | |||
| Rena Sofer | |||
| Candice Bergen | |||
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Heather Graham | ||
| 2. | Singer Usher joined the cast of what musical? | ||
| 42nd Street | |||
| Showboat | |||
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Chicago | ||
| The King and I | |||
| 3. | At the 2006 Golden Globes, Scarlett Johansson was groped on the red carpet by which fashion designer? | ||
| Todd Oldham | |||
| Vera Wang | |||
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Isaac Mizrahi | ||
| Karl Lagerfeld | |||
| 4. | Shaun White took America by storm in February when he won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Men's Halfpipe. What was his unique nickname? | ||
| Bode | |||
| Hero on the Halfpipe | |||
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The Flying Tomato | ||
| Red-X | |||
| 5. | Which actress starred in a music video for a group, in which she played the lead singer for an earlier, fictitious incarnation of the band? | ||
| Paris Hilton | |||
| Mandy Moore | |||
| Hayden Panettiere | |||
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Elisha Cuthbert | ||
| 6. | Which show held the coveted broadcast slot immediately following the Super Bowl in February? | ||
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Grey's Anatomy | ||
| Lost | |||
| Desperate Housewives | |||
| Numb3rs | |||
| 7. | Which fall addition to the network schedule contained episodes with the titles "Collision," "Seven Minutes to Midnight" and "Six Months Ago"? | ||
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Heroes | ||
| Friday Night Lights | |||
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | |||
| Justice | |||
| 8. | Which star athlete was treated for an overdose of hydrocodone, forcing his publicist to claim, "he has 25 million reasons why he should be alive today"? | ||
| Barry Bonds | |||
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Terrell Owens | ||
| Tony Stewart | |||
| Mike Tyson | |||
| 9. | What did Slash, John Mayer and Nigel Tufnel have in common in 2006? | ||
| The all performed during the 7th inning stretch at World Series games | |||
| Each was arrested for drug possession | |||
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They all appeared in commercials for VW | ||
| Each was a guest judge on American Idol | |||
| 10. | This summer, Oprah Winfrey made a rather big deal in making sure that everyone knew that her relationship with a certain woman was just friendship, nothing more, no siree bob.... even though few people seemed to be suggesting otherwise. What was the woman's name? | ||
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Gayle King | ||
| Roberta Stewart | |||
| Gloria Johnson-Barr | |||
| Violeta Smulders | |||
| 11. | Which band that broke out in 2006 is associated with this hair? | ||
| Snow Patrol | |||
| The Decemberists | |||
| Gnarls Barkley | |||
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Wolfmother | ||
| 12. | A group known as El Chupacabra won: | ||
| Best Duo or Group at the Latin Grammys | |||
| Canadian Idol | |||
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The World Series of Pop Culture | ||
| Treasure Hunters | |||
| 13. | Despite an announcement in the spring that the 2005-06 season would be its last, this series survived the WB/UPN merger to appear on the CW fall schedule: | ||
| Everybody Hates Chris | |||
| America's Next Top Model | |||
| Veronica Mars | |||
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7th Heaven | ||
| 14. | In December, this figure of pop culture infamy graduated from the London School of Economics: | ||
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Monica Lewinsky | ||
| Rob "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle | |||
| Boy George | |||
| Kato Kaelin | |||
| 15. | Innertube: | ||
| Was the name of Tommy Lee's band searching for a lead singer in the summer edition of Rock Star | |||
| Was an album released by Nickelback in 2006 | |||
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Is the CBS online broadband video channel | ||
| Was the nickname for one of the characters on The Unit | |||
| 16. | Which unheralded cyclist captured the world's attention by winning the Tour de France, only to have his title contested in the wake of a failed drug test? | ||
| Ivan Basso | |||
| Thor Hushovd | |||
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Floyd Landis | ||
| Jan Ullrich | |||
| 17. | Football fans were sufficiently puzzled at NBC's choice of singer to perform the opening song for the network's NFL broadcast. The artist in question was born with the name: | ||
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Alecia Moore | ||
| Dana Elaine Owens | |||
| Clayton Holmes Grissom | |||
| Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere | |||
| 18. | Saturday Night Live surprised viewers when it aired a recording of its host performing a profanity-riddled rap. Who was the host? | ||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | |||
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Natalie Portman | ||
| Matt Damon | |||
| Alanis Morissette | |||
| 19. | Who was on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine's The Hot List issue? | ||
| Johnny Depp | |||
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Fergie | ||
| Mariah Carey | |||
| Stephen Colbert | |||
| 20. | Michael Richards suffered a career meltdown when he launched into a racial tirade while onstage at what Los Angeles comedy club? | ||
| The Improv | |||
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The Laugh Factory | ||
| The Comedy Store | |||
| The Ice House | |||
| 21. | The Pam Anderson/Kid Rock marriage didn't last long, but their union got off to a fabulous start. Over the summer, they held wedding ceremonies in four different cities. Which of the following was not one of the locations? | ||
| Detroit | |||
| Nashville | |||
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Miami | ||
| Malibu | |||
| 22. | After a protracted battle to keep it open, this legendary New York City music club finally closed in October: | ||
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CBGB's | ||
| The 9:30 Club | |||
| The Apollo Theatre | |||
| Paradise Garage | |||
| 23. | Which top-selling video game had an advertising campaign featuring Gary Jules' cover of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World"? | ||
| Final Fantasy XII | |||
| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | |||
| Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | |||
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Gears of War | ||
| 24. | This group surprised many by winning Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards held in New York: | ||
| Dixie Chicks | |||
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Panic! At the Disco | ||
| OK Go | |||
| Black Eyed Peas | |||
| 25. | According to Book Sense, the year's bestselling hardcover fiction book had which animal in the title? | ||
| Peacock | |||
| Mongoose | |||
| St. Bernard | |||
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Elephant | ||
| 26. | It was announced that which female novelist would take over writing duties for the Wonder Woman comic? | ||
| Kim Edwards | |||
| Annie Proulx | |||
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Jodi Picoult | ||
| Audrey Niffenegger | |||
| 27. | Thomas Pynchon leaped to the defense of which British author after the man was accused of plagarizing portions of a 2003 novel? | ||
| John Banville | |||
| Julian Barnes | |||
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Ian McEwan | ||
| David Mitchell | |||
| 28. | Which soccer legend was ejected from his final match at the 2006 World Cup final due to the head butt heard round the world? | ||
| David Beckham | |||
| Marco Materazzi | |||
| Jackie Pascoe | |||
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Zinedine Zidane | ||
| 29. | Which TV/Internet personality and BOP fave set off a massive missing persons search when his/her family became snowbound in Oregon over the Thanksgiving holiday? | ||
| Amanda Congdon | |||
| Lonelygirl15 | |||
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James Kim | ||
| Gabe Tycho | |||
| 30. | Which does not correctly match the reality show to its winner(s)? | ||
| Big Brother All-Stars: Mike Boogie | |||
| Survivor Panama: Aras | |||
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Amazing Race 9: Eric & Jeremy | ||
| American Idol 5: Taylor Hicks | |||
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