1. | The fall premiere of this series debuted with 16.1 million viewers, an all-time record for cable entertainment programming. | ||
Breaking Bad | |||
Duck Dynasty | |||
Suits | |||
The Walking Dead | |||
2. | While we're on the subject of massive cable ratings, the fourth season premiere of this show became the most watched non-fiction cable telecast in history. | ||
Duck Dynasty | |||
Storage Wars | |||
Top Chef | |||
The Walking Dead | |||
By way of explanation.....
If you chose The Walking Dead, you need to google the definition of "non-fiction". |
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3. | Speaking of ratings, the ones for this summer series were the best on network television for the June through August time frame. | ||
The Bridge | |||
Crossing Lines | |||
The Hero | |||
Under the Dome | |||
4. | This television series may have ended in 2007, but thanks to the magic of Kickstarter, it will return in movie format in 2014. | ||
Battlestar Galactica | |||
The Dead Zone | |||
Jericho | |||
Veronica Mars | |||
5. | In July, one of the stars of this television series died unexpectedly at the tender age of 31. | ||
Game of Thrones | |||
Glee | |||
Pretty Little Liars | |||
Vampire Diaries | |||
By way of explanation.....
We'll always remember Cory Monteith singing "Don't Stop Believin'" |
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6. | The hills were alive with the Sound of Music, but this musician discovered that the internet was more alive with angry tweets about her performance. | ||
Faith Hill | |||
Miranda Lambert | |||
Taylor Swift | |||
Carrie Underwood | |||
7. | Oh, great. There's another Kardashian. You've probably heard of the baby daddy. Who is it? | ||
Chris Brown | |||
Frank Ocean | |||
Jay-Z | |||
Kanye West | |||
8. | After decades of trying, Universal Studios finally gained relevance when they added the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in 2010. They upped the ante in 2013 with the debut of... | ||
Itchy and Scratchy Land | |||
Family Guy Island | |||
Simpsons Land | |||
Transformers Land | |||
9. | The next four questions are the nerd portion of the quiz. Which comic book hero turned 75 this year? | ||
Batman | |||
Green Lantern | |||
Superman | |||
Wonder Woman | |||
By way of explanation.....
All he got for his birthday was a lousy Man of Steel. |
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10. | The news was much worse for this comic book hero, who had his identity stolen by an arch enemy while he was on his deathbed. | ||
Captain America | |||
Iron Man | |||
Spider-Man | |||
Thor | |||
11. | Undeniably, the seminal moment of COMICON occurred when this film was announced. | ||
The Avengers: Civil War | |||
Batman vs. Superman | |||
Justice League | |||
Serenity 2 | |||
12. | This celebrity tripped on their way to the stage to accept their Academy Award? | ||
Anne Hathaway | |||
Daniel Day-Lewis | |||
Jennifer Lawrence | |||
Christoph Waltz | |||
13. | This celebrity was hilariously prevented from buying a purse because the store employee felt she could not afford it. | ||
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss | |||
Madonna | |||
JK Rowling | |||
Oprah Winfrey | |||
14. | This program premiered to only a million viewers when it debuted years ago. Its final episode did *slightly* better, garnering 10.3 million viewers. | ||
30 Rock | |||
Breaking Bad | |||
One Tree Hill | |||
The Walking Dead | |||
By way of explanation.....
30 Rock also ended this season, but its ratings went the other way. It debuted to 8.1 million viewers but ending with only 4.9 million. |
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15. | Vaunted author Elmore Leonard passed away in 2013. Before he died, he did gift us with this magnificent television character: | ||
Jack Bauer | |||
Raylan Givens | |||
Sam Malone | |||
Robb Stark | |||
By way of explanation.....
Leonard's last book was Raylan, which was a return to the character he created in 2001. |
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16. | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. represents ABC's attempt to do a weekly television version of the Marvel universe. Which of their movies has already tied into an episode of the show? | ||
Capain America: The First Avenger | |||
Iron Man 2 | |||
Thor | |||
Thor: The Dark World | |||
By way of explanation.....
The inclusion of Thor: The Dark World so soon after the release of the movie is an example of corporate synergy run amok. |
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17. | This actress had the strangest meltdown of 2013. Highlights included her request for a musician to "murder her vagina", her arrest for reckless endangerment/pot possession, and ongoing Twitter feuds with Cher and Rihanna. | ||
Amanda Bynes | |||
Miley Cyrus | |||
Lindsay Lohan | |||
Nicki Minaj | |||
By way of explanation.....
To the best of our knowledge, Drake politely but reasonably declined the vagina-murder request. |
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18. | Hollywood icon Ray Harryhausen passed away in 2013. You obviously know that he was a legend in the field of... | ||
cartoon animation | |||
costume design | |||
puppeteering | |||
stop motion animation | |||
By way of explanation.....
Harryhausen invented Dynamation, which was the 3D/IMAX of the 1950s. |
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19. | This classic Bob Dylan song was adapted into an interactive video that became a social media sensation... | ||
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | |||
All Along the Watchtower | |||
Blowin' in the Wind | |||
Like a Rolling Stone | |||
20. | This actor closed out 2013 in true #EpicFail fashion. First, he copped to plagiarizing the idea for a short film. Then, people realized that the apology offered was itself plagiarized. You say ________, we say THIEF! | ||
Zac Efron | |||
Jonah Hill | |||
Shia LeBeouf | |||
Frankie Muniz | |||
By way of explanation.....
We plagiarized this question from LeBeouf for the sake of symmetry. |
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