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1. New Year's wrap-up item #1: The 2010 Rose Parade featured, as its grand marshall, a genuine hero in the person of Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger. Hopefully you remember Sully from his 2009 act of heroism, which was:
Fighting off a bear who threatened campers
Saving passengers on a crashing airplane
Rescuing orphans from a burning building
Apprehending the perpetrator of a headline-grabbing celebrity murder
 
2. New Year's wrap-up item #2: For the second straight year, which intolerable comedic figure uttered a vulgarity during a live CNN New Year's broadcast, which got him/her banned from the network?
Dane Cook
Kathy Griffin
Carrot Top
Kevin James
 
3. "School is back in session." With these words, the lead singer of which righteous rock band delighted fans with news of a reunion?
Soundgarden
Poison
Smashing Pumpkins
Me First and the Gimme Gimme's
 
4. In your face Wilt Chamberlain! A new unauthorized biography claims that this Oscar-winning philanderer has slept with nearly 13,000 women. _____ must be really tired.
Jack Nicholson
Warren Beatty
Mel Gibson
Al Pacino
 
5. Which diminutive actress has been romantically linked to Ukranian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, who is almost a foot taller and twice her weight?
Jessica Alba
Kirsten Dunst
Kate Hudson
Hayden Panettiere
 
6. The producers of The Bachelor tapped a former contestant named Jake to be the new loveseeker. They tacked on the cutesy subtitle ______ to this season because of Jake is a _______?
On the Wings of Love / pilot
Rescuing His Heart / firefighter
Fighting for Love / soldier
Matters of the Heart / cardiologist
 
7. Following The Bachelor, ABC aired a show - and we still cannot believe that this isn't a spoof - called: _________ of Love
Gravy Train
Conveyor Belt
Petri Dish
Deejay
 
8. For its 20th season, Survivor stocks its cast full of former contestants that fall into two distinct sides of how to play the game. With its cast revealed this week, Mark Burnett accurately subtitled this season _______.
Good vs. Evil
Heroes vs. Villains
Good Guys & Bad Guys
Winners & Losers
 
9. The definition of 'celebrity' gets looser and looser. The next installment of Celebrity Apprentice includes which tandem of a retired sports figure and retired/disgraced politician?
Charles Barkley / Tom DeLay
Bobby Knight / Larry Craig
Pete Rose / Dan Quayle
Darryl Strawberry / Rod Blagojevich
 
10. Which star wasn't at all drunk as she stumbled her way through an acceptance speech at the Palm Springs Film Festival?
Diane Lane
Mariah Carey
Julie Andrews
Jessica Lange
 
11. First, she wore this bodysuit on a New Year's Eve telecast:

Then, later in the week, she proclaimed that she should have won an Oscar for a movie that no one remembers she was even in.

Who gave us plenty of material this week?
Jessica Simpson
Madonna
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Aniston
 
12. Celebrity death watch: Rest in peace Casey Johnson, socialite and heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. Johnson was rumored to be engaged to which 2009 pop culture newsmaker?
Michael Lohan
Jon Gosselin
Tila Tequila
Carrie Prejean
 
13. Celebrity near-death watch: Fans were shocked by the news that this comedian had attempted suicide, stabbing himself *9* times:
Steven Wright
Artie Lang
Jim Gaffigan
Zach Galifianakis
 
14. At the People's Choice Awards, the normal "Favorite Movie" and "Favorite TV Drama" were handed out. The "people" also got to pick some winners in MTV Movie Award-esque categories. Which of these was NOT a People's Choice category?
Favorite Web Celeb
Favorite TV Obsession
Favorite Animal Show
Favorite Canceled TV Show
 
15. On the music side of the People's Choice Awards, which performer scored two awards for "Breakout Music Artist" and "Pop Artist"?
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Adam Lambert
 
16. Variety magazine proclaimed this week that the "The Blind Side" is the first movie ______________ to break $200 million.
based upon a real person
ever driven solely by a top female star
co-starring a music artist
to not ever be #1
 
17. We're not sure if you can spay or neuter these animals but Bob Barker forked over $5 million for a/an ______ that will bear his name.
aviary conservatory
endangered beach where sea turtles lay their eggs
submarine for studying jellyfish
anti-whaling ship
 
18. Which celeb, who had a breakout year in 2009, broke our hearts with the announcement that she had gotten engaged to her comedian/actor boyfriend?
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Megan Fox
Kristen Stewart
 
19. In a sad attempt to copy Simon Cowell's (reported) American Idol departure, which judge is leaving America's Got Talent?
David Hasselhoff
Sharon Osbourne
Piers Morgan
Nick Cannon
 
20. DVD-by-Mail giant Netflix this week entered into a controversial agreement with Warner Brothers by which Netflix:
Will no longer offer WB movies to be streamed
Will charge more for rental of WB movies
Will delay making new WB movies available for four weeks
Will offer WB movies exclusively
 
21. While Charlie Sheen still remains employed as a sitcom actor following his New Year's mayhem, a famous __________ company has dropped him as its pitchman.
Underwear
Fast food
Insurance
Greeting card
 
22. Following the lead of both The Sopranos and Battlestar Galactica, ABC issued a promotional poster for the final season of Lost, featuring the show's characters in a photo recalling what famous painting?
The Scream
Guernica
The Last Supper
Dogs Playing Poker
 
23. For the first time ever, female solo artists occupy the top five spots on The Billboard 200, led, of course, by Susan Boyle at #1 again. Which of these women did NOT help the fairer sex make Billboard history?
Alicia Keys
Lady Gaga
Mary J. Blige
Norah Jones
 
24. This actress, a favorite of ours, hasn't been in the news much lately, so we latched on to a recent statement of hears.

In a Health magazine interview, speaking about filing the movie Burlesque with Christina Aguilera, who said: "I have never felt so much good female energy around me. I find that I can't take my eyes off them. I'm 99 percent sure I will leave this movie a lesbian."
Angelina Jolie
Kristen Bell
Mila Kunis
Jessica Biel
 
25. A pleasant surprise from the fall of 2009, Cougar Town returned to the air on Wednesday. In the much-publicized episode, Courteney Cox was reunited which which Friends costar who made a cameo?
A
B
C
D
 




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