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1.	The week began with news (subsequently denied by the respective camps) that this famous pair were headed to Downtown Splitsville:
		Annette Bening and Warren Beatty
		Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
		Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhall
		Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin

2.	Stop...Grammy time. Well, the nominations at least. Not surprisingly, Beyonce and Taylor Swift are up for the "Big Three" awards (Album, Song, and Record of the Year). Which other artist is also nominated for all three?
		Kanye West
		Lady Gaga
		The Black Eyed Peas
		Whitney Houston

3.	Which pop star summoned the requisite discipline needed to squeeze into this dress for the Grammy nomination show?
		Katy Perry
		Fergie
		Christina Aguilera
		Jessie James

4.	At this year's Soul Train (wreck) Awards, which singer made out with another singer on stage during a performance with their spouse in the audience and then after the show announced they were splitting up?
		Beyonce
		John Legend
		Robin Thicke
		Toni Braxton

5.	If you have seen the cover of the current Rolling Stone magazine, you'd see headline text reading "Teen Wolf" along with a picture of Mr.
		Taylor Lautner
		Levi Johnson
		Colin Farrell
		Matt Damon

6.	One of these Baywatch stars was hospitalized this week for something that was, as their publicist said, NOT alcohol-related. So, we obviously assume that it was alcohol-related. Which former fictional lifeguard is it?
		1
		2
		3
		4

7.	Congratulations to Ashley Groussman! You are the fourth wife of this actor, effective as of their wedding over the weekend in Hawaii:
		Tom Arnold
		Mel Gibson
		Christian Bale
		Jeff Foxworthy

8.	Taylor Hicks rejoices this week as American Idol winner Kris Allen's debut sold a meager 80,000 copies. All of these "accomplishments" are true about Allen's debut except which one?
		is the first time a winner was outsold by a nonwinner
		sold less than half of runner-up Adam Lambert
		lowest debut for an Idol winner
		it debuted at #11

9.	Despite besting Kris Allen's debut, Adam Lambert's 198,000 albums sold couldn't even come close to the 701,000 copies of _________'s new album released this week.
		Janet Jackson
		Jay-Z
		Susan Boyle
		Josh Groban

10.	White House crasher Michaele Salahi is loosely affiliated with (meaning trying to get cast on) what reality show?
		Wife Swap
		What Not to Wear
		The Amazing Race
		The Real Housewives

11.	A career rebound for Britney Spears didn't keep her from losing her crown for being the "most searched" on Yahoo!. For 2009, which entertainment entity/individual now tops the list of most searches on Yahoo!?
		WWE
		Twilight
		Michael Jackson
		Megan Fox

12.	An actor with a movie coming out very soon said he will retire in 2012 and was quoted saying: "And now, the movies I've been in, I never give them a moment's thought. Every movie I've ever been in, I just avoid." Who is this one-man anti-marketing machine?
		Alec Baldwin
		Steve Martin
		Mel Gibson
		Robert de Niro

13.	If TMZ were around 60 years ago, they would be all over a recently discovered home video footage of the screen icon _________ gleefully smoking marijuana (supposedly).
		James Dean
		Marilyn Monroe
		Natalie Wood
		Fatty Arbuckle (get it...Fatty...Joint...oh nevermind)

14.	The reruns might never look the same. Which 80s TV mom told the Today show that she is a lesbian?





15.	Doubtful that Mrs. Keaton read this quote from openly gay _____ before her Today show confession. "It's not that advisable to be honest. It's not very easy. And, honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out."
		Stephen Fry
		Rupert Everett
		Ian McKellan
		Neil Patrick Harris

16.	The name Kylie Bisutti popped up this week. Why was this formerly unknown lady suddenly relevant in pop culture?
		Is one of Tiger Woods' ladies in waiting
		Was booted from So You Think You Can Dance for not disclosing criminal past
		Won the online vote to walk the runway during CBS' Victoria Secret show
		Was the winner of The Biggest Loser

17.	MTV wants to broaden your cultural boundaries even further, as the network has introduced a new Thursday night series set on the shore of which US state?
		Texas
		California
		New Jersey
		Florida

18.	Giving an interview in which she acknowledged that naked pictures circulated earlier this year were in fact of her, gave the rather odd statement: "They were for my boyfriend at the time. If you don't send your boyfriend naked pictures, then I feel bad for him."
		Rihanna
		Katy Perry
		Jessica Simpson
		Ashlee Simpson

19.	This noted smoker of cigarettes has claimed that he will kick the habit if a Facebook group dedicated to his efforts reaches 1 million members:
		John Mellencamp
		Willie Nelson
		Jack Nicholson
		Arnold Schwarzenegger

20.	Barbara Walters thought and thought, and thought some more, and after much contemplation named three of the following to her 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 list. Which of the below did not merit such a distinction?
		Kate Gosselin
		Sarah Palin
		Adam Lambert
		Michael Lohan