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1. Council Bluffs (Nebraska) Police, responding to a disturbance call, drew weapons one knife-brandishing Debra Danielsen this week. This is relevant here because Danielsen's daughter Farrah has appeared on this MTV series:
Made
Teen Mom
Jersey Shore
The Real World: DC
 
2. You can't correctly type the name of the musical artist who is currently at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart without including this symbol:
%
#
$
~
 
3. Thanks to some weirdo dufus who appeared on American Idol last week, you can't go anywhere on the web without hearing reference to the now-viral "______ on the Ground."
Glue
Spaghetti
Tubes
Pants
 
4. The Golden Globes spread the wealth this year with no film winning more than two awards. Which of these films was NOT a multi-Globe winner on Sunday?
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Up
Julie and Julia
 
5. The Globes were rather restrained, fashion-wise, this year, so there's not much to mock. One of our favorite actresses turned heads on the red carpet with this fetching dress:
Jessica Biel
Anne Hathaway
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Bell
 
6. Then again, some folks still tried waaaaaayy too hard to get noticed. We're pretty sure that this actress tore, by hand, the slit in her dress all the way up to approximately her armpit:
Drew Barrymore
Jennifer Aniston
Kate Hudson
Jessica Alba
 
7. The brillant Ricky Gervais served as Golden Globes host and used the job to celebrate TV, film and alcohol. Here's his actual introduction of a notorious alcohol-prone celebrity, while drinking a beer no less: "I like a drink as much as the next man, unless the next man is _________."
Colin Ferrell
Robert Downey, Jr.
Mel Gibson
Charlie Sheen
 
8. Now for Globes fun at the expense of NBC who was broadcasting the show with two very big stars clearly on Team Conan. On the rain-soaked red carpet, following Julia Roberts' proclaiming that NBC is in the toilet, ______ added: "NBC said it wasn’t going to rain at 10 and then they moved it to 11:30."
George Clooney
Matt Damon
Tom Hanks
Denzel Washington
 
9. Soon after the awards, this Golden Globe winner announced s/he had donated donated a million dollars to aid victims of the Haitian earthquake
James Cameron
Mo'nique
Anthony Michael Hall
Sandra Bullock
 
10. We probably should have mentioned this before, but we'll be charging $50 a head to take this quiz, as we found out that this hottie will be auctioning herself off in order to benefit the Haiti relief efforts:
Scarlett Johansson
Sofia Vergara
Charlize Theron
Jessica Biel
 
11. Meanwhile, this celeb who has set up a charity to aid earthquake victims has been accused of misappropriation of funds:
Bono
Clint Eastwood
Wyclef
Paul McCartney
 
12. If you've been waiting for some major movie casting news, we're happy to inform you that the title role of The Hobbit has gone to the man most famous:
For playing Jason Bourne
For playing Spider-Man
For briefly dating Jennifer Aniston. No, not him, the other one...no the one before him...no, not that far back. Nevermind.
For hosting American Idol
 
13. In the Lame Excuse Hall of Fame, Demi Moore lodged a doozy for her no-show at the Golden Globe. What was her reason for not attending with her husband who was a presenter?
"Bad hair day."
"I lost track of time because my watch stopped."
"I had a headache."
"The dog ate my homework."
 
14. Actor Dennis Hopper is a pair of harsh battles currently: prostate cancer and divorcing his wife. What number wife is this for the Blue Velvet/Easy Rider star?
2
3
4
5
 
15. Editors and readers of AskMen.com have pooled their collective wisdom and named Emanuelle Chriqui to the head of the Top 99 of 2010 list. While Emanuelle isn't necessarily a household name, you may recognize her as a star of which cable series?
Californication
Entourage
Damages
Sons of Anarchy
 
16. With its new series The Deep End, ABC is looking to do for glib, horny ________ what Grey's Anatomy did for glib, horny doctors:
Politicians
Lawyers
Lifeguards
Reporters
 
17. Let the web-spider puns fly. With Sam Raimi out, director Marc Webb just landed the job for the next Spider-Man chapter. What acclaimed 2009 film did Webb helm?
(500) Days of Summer
The Blind Side
Zombieland
Taken
 
18. Hot dudes, Part 1: GQ magazine has proclaimed this actor as the most stylish man in the world for 2010:
Johnny Depp
Pierce Brosnan
Mel Gibson
Ryan Reynolds
 
19. Hot dudes, Part 2: The editors of Rolling Stone magazine decided that it would be a good idea to feature a photo of this guy,shirtless, on their current issue:
John Mayer
Ashton Kutcher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Kevin James
 
20. Let's see...political turmoil....humanitarian crises.....worldwide financial ruin......OMFG, Victoria's Secret fires __________!

The simultaneous heart attack/brain aneurysm caused by this news was apparently unnecessary, as the lingerie company stated later in the week that news of the split was false. Which model was at the center of this tempest?
Brooklyn Decker
Marisa Miller
Bar Refaeli
Candice Swanepoel
 
21. The Conan O'Brien/NBC catastrophe draws to a close this week as the host prepares to leave the network. Which of the following is not a term of the deal?
Conan is not allowed to move to another network for several years
Conan cannot publicly bad-mouth NBC
The financial deal totals roughly $35 million
A portion of the financial package includes a considerable sum for Conan's staff
 
22. We learned this week that Heidi Montag's album has sold in its first week:
More than 1 million copies
50,000 copies
Less than 1,000 copies
Approximately one copy for every plastic surgery procedure she's had
 
23. The heart of country music skipped a beat this week as which old-school legend suffered a minor stroke in Colorado?
Charlie Daniels
Loretta Lynn
Emmylou Harris
George Jones
 
24. Known somewhat for his proclivity for song and dance, which actor signed on this week to guest star in an episode of Glee?
Hugh Jackman
John C. Reilly
Neil Patrick Harris
Robert Downey, Jr.
 
25. The fantasies of possibly dozens were answered this week when this daytime TV hostess was instructed in the finer points of exotic dancing on her show:
Ellen DeGeneres
Martha Stewart
Kelly Ripa
Rachel Ray
 




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