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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