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1.	Quirky altruism at its finest. Stephen King donated $12,999 to bring troops home to Maine for the holidays. Why such a strange amount?
		That was all that was asked for
		To skirt past IRS gift giving restrictions
		Because he thinks the number 13 is unlucky
		He needed the extra dollar to buy postage to mail the donation

2.	Rock star rebels, even when others take his side! Which frontman called the media "no fun, spoil sport, communist bastards" for saying that a recent scuffle by paparazzi was unprovoked by the singer?
		Henry Rollins
		Axl Rose
		Scott Weiland
		Dave Matthews

3.	Which singer took to the cover of the January GQ... ...wearing only slightly more clothes than the New Year Baby?
		Rihanna
		Fergie
		Kristiana deBarge
		Keri Hilson

4.	Likely wearing more clothes than Rihanna, Stephen Colbert is the unusual choice for cover model of what magazine?





5.	Those of you going through Kardashian withdrawals got your fix this week with the birth of Kourtney's baby boy. The eldest Kardashian's bundle of joy has been named ______ Dash Disick.
		Jason
		Kason
		Mason
		Chason

6.	Now this has to sting but we can't say we were shocked to hear it. This week, ________ lost custody of her daughter, who asked to go live with her grandmother.
		Dina Lohan
		Katie Holmes
		Whitney Houston
		Courtney Love

7.	The Twitter-verse has one less star twinkling in it now that which 2009 newsmaker hightailed away from Twitter this week?
		Chris Brown
		Lindsay Lohan
		Kanye West
		Jon Gosselin

8.	Pop culture punchline Tara Reid has taken to the pages of Playboy. But why? Well, since you asked, she said it is in part to ___________.
		Let people see that her plastic surgery is fixed
		Get back at ex-boyfriend Carson Daly for calling her ugly
		Show she looks better nude than Shannon Elizabeth
		Pay her mortgage

9.	Golden Globe nominations are out. As expected, Up in the Air received the most film nominations (6) but surprisingly, this show earned the most TV nominations.
		Glee
		The Good Wife
		The Mentalist
		Cougar Town

10.	The Hollywood Foreign Press doesn't seem to like regular network programming, except for Glee and 30 Rock. Which beloved cable network scored an amazing 17 Globe nominations?
		Showtime
		AMC
		HBO
		FX

11.	OK...last Globes question, promise. Previous Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Matt Damon both received two nominations. Which other performer nabbed two nominations this year?
		Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock and It's Complicated
		Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones and Julie & Julia
		Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side and The Proposal
		Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

12.	The Writers Guild also announced their nominations. For its Television Animation category, the Guild took the bold step to fill ALL five nomination slots with episodes from one show. Which cartoon will definitely go home a winner?
		The Family Guy
		South Park
		King of the Hill
		The Simpsons

13.	Parental pariah and anti-Father of the Year Michael Lohan was reportedly arrested this week for _______.
		Violating an order of protection for ex-wife Dina
		Driving under the influence
		Tax fraud
		Contributing to the delinquency of a Gosselin

14.	A bit late to the party to defend Adam Lambert, which American Idol alum told People magazine: "I thought it was Adam being Adam. I'm going to get a shirt that just says, 'That's Adam.' "
		Paula Abdul
		Kris Allen
		Danny Gokey
		Kara Dioguardi

15.	It's time for the European Invasion of Ohio. Of this year's list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, which is the only one that hails from the U.S.?
		Genesis
		ABBA
		The Stooges
		The Hollies

16.	Singer-songwriter Evan Taubenfeld has created his own holiday song about his love for _______. His parody (we think) song is titled "_________ (Even Though I Celebrate Chanukah)"
		Katy Perry / Perry Christmas
		Megan Fox / Fox the Halls
		Taylor Swift / Merry Swiftmas
		Beyonce / Do You Knowles What I Know

17.	We found out this week that Kate Hudson and Madonna have something in common. What is it?
		They are now both exes of A-Rod
		Their sons attend the same New York school
		Both have been nominated for a Golden Globe for singing
		Neither one can do a convincing British accent

18.	Sadly, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are kaput. Hilariously, the break up nicely coincides with the airing of Jake's previously recorded segment on Sesame Street explaining the importance of what word?
		Accountability
		Loneliness
		Separate
		Freedom

19.	To celebrate the 1,000th episode of his show, Craig Ferguson performed the entire show _________.
		In the dark
		As his crocodile puppet, Wavy
		As Aquaman
		In a kilt

20.	It wasn't exactly in the spirit of peace when Toby Keith offended which ethnicity with a questionable hand gesture during the Nobel Awards concert in Norway?
		Asian
		African
		Hispanic
		Norwegian

21.	NBC stocked its primetime schedule this week with multiple editions of The Sing-Off. Which of the following female singers was a member of the judging panel?
		TLC's T-Boz
		Pink
		Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines
		Pussycat Dolls's Nicole Scherzinger

22.	If you find your wallet a little light for your liking, consider rubbing up against this star, who was (somewhat unexpectedly) named as the highest paid actress of the decade this week:
		Emma Watson
		Meryl Streep
		Julia Roberts
		Hilary Swank

23.	Saturday Night Live's monologue was filled with unexpected kung fu fighting, as host Taylor Lautner performed a karate kick to the head of a cardboard cut-out representing which prominent newsmaker?
		Robert Pattinson
		Penn Badgley
		Kanye West
		Rush Limbaugh

24.	2009 must have brought several images before our eyes which are more offensive than the cover for this dufus's album.... ...but blast it if we just can't think of any off the bat.
		Nick Hogan
		David Hasselhoff
		Pee Wee Herman
		Spencer Pratt

25.	The internet was abuzz over a widely-viewed video showing the 9 year-old sister of which star dancing inappropriately to the Akon song "Smack That":
		Miley Cyrus
		Vanessa Hudgens
		Zac Effron
		Abigail Breslin