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1. A pair of singers caused quite a stir, in different ways, during the US presidential inauguration weekend.

First, who turned many heads when she wore this figure-emphasizing stars-and-stripes number to the kids' inaugural concert:
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Beyonce
Carrie Underwood
 
2. Meanwhile, a different one of the aforementioned singers caused a different kind of scandal when she was accused of lip-synching the American national anthem at the inauguration:
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Beyonce
Carrie Underwood
 
3. Congratulations, ______. You have achieved the very rare feat of starring in the #1 and #2 at weekend box office:
Joel Edgerton
Chris Pratt
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jessica Chastain
By way of explanation.....
Chasatin starred in Mama and Zero Dark Thirty, which, in some ways, are very, very different movies
 
4. Apparently, trouble-magnet Lindsay Lohan isn't as hard up for money as we think according to reports that she turned down a $555K offer to appear where?
In the Mean Girls sequel
Dancing with the Stars
At a car show as her Herbie: Fully Loaded character
In court for her parole violation (the judge thought this might be the only way she would show up.)
By way of explanation.....
Her reason for not doing DWTS: She 'doesn't do reality.' Another current media punching bag has also turned down DWTS: Lance Armstrong.
 
5. More than a full week before the Big Game, we caught our first glimpse of a Super Bowl commercial.



This Mercedes Benz spot has turned heads, primarily because it features which well-endowed female?
Kate Upton
Christina Hendricks
Brooklyn Decker
Sophia Vergara
By way of explanation.....
Dig:
 
6. Adios TV shows, Part 1: What is the correct pairing of a show whose series finale aired this week and a show that was unexpectedly dropped from its network's schedule?

Hint: Both are...rather...were ABC shows.
Private Practice / Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23
Parenthood / Happy Endings
Chicago Fire / The Neighbors
Grey's Anatomy / The New Normal
 
7. Adios TV shows, Part 2: Which long-running, low-rated cult show finally was given a series finale this week to...wait for it...low ratings?
Vampire Diaries
Fringe
Supernatural
Psych
 
8. Who provided a multi-national vocabulary lesson, when she noted that Milan, the name of her new baby as of this week, means "dear, loving and gracious in Slavic; in Ancient Roman, eager and laborious; and in Sanskrit, unification"?
Kellie Pickler
Jessica Simpson
Jennifer Nettles
Shakira
 
9. Amazon.com, a web site you may well have heard of, has announced plans to push forward developing an original series based on this popular, recent horror movie:




 
10. Hey, you Taylor Swift, you stay away from my son! Which well-known actor has warned the serial-dating celeb from pursuing a romantic relationship with his child?
Tom Selleck
Mel Gibson
Brad Pitt
Michael J. Fox
 




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