1. | And it came to pass that a second Sharknado film was unleashed onto the public by the Syfy network. Please, identify the subtitle of the second Sharknado film: | ||
Son of Sharknado | |||
Cloudy with a Chance of Sharknado | |||
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The Second One | ||
Sharknadoer | |||
2. | Television announcing legend Don Pardo passed away in August at the age of 96. What show did he lend his distinctive voice to for 39 years? | ||
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3. | Dance, monkeys, dance! This online dating site admitted that it purposefully manipulated or truncated select user data, in order to study the effects of such changes on potential matches: | ||
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OKCupid | ||
eHarmony | |||
match.com | |||
ChristianMingle | |||
4. | The May fracas between Solange Knowles and Jay Z - which pop culture experts erroneously guaranteed us would herald the swift end of the Beyonce/Jay Z marriage - occurred in/on a/n: | ||
Luxury yacht | |||
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Elevator | ||
Miami nightclub parking lot | |||
Corn field | |||
5. | People were mad, mad, mad at some guy named Arthur Chu and the tactics he used to "ruin" this much-loved game show: | ||
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6. | If you spit your gum out at Zach Galifianakis during a mock-cantankerous appearance on Between Two Ferns, you have an awful lot in common with this Hollywood bigshot: | ||
Matt Damon | |||
Christian Bale | |||
Seth Rogen | |||
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Brad Pitt | ||
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Kaley Cuoco | |||
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Anna Kendrick | ||
Kat Dennings | |||
Mindy Kaling | |||
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8. | Much less fun was the late-summer celebrity nude photo leak. Which of the following was not among those exploited when Apple's cloud storage was hacked? | ||
Kate Upton | |||
Jennifer Lawrence | |||
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Carrie Underwood | ||
Kaley Cuoco | |||
9. | In November, the highly cerebral Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce became this network's first scripted television show: | ||
A&E | |||
AMC | |||
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Bravo | ||
Lifetime | |||
10. | Defying experts who thought he would be a bachelor forever, George Clooney went and got himself married. The lovely and accomplished woman that wed George is named: | ||
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Amal | ||
Farizah | |||
Alessia | |||
Rosalita | |||
11. | It was Matthew McConaughey's really big year. Of the Oscar for Lead Actor and the Emmy for Lead Actor did the smoooooth-talking Texan win? | ||
The Emmy | |||
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The Oscar | ||
Both | |||
Neither, so forget what we said about him having a really big year | |||
12. | Revisiting its schlocky reality dating roots, Fox launched a new series "I Want to Marry Harry" about ladies being courted by a dude pretending to be _____. | ||
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Prince Harry | ||
Daniel Radcliffe | |||
Harrry Hamlin | |||
Bigfoot | |||
13. | Reclusive artist Bill Watterson, best known for this beloved comic, secretly drew several panels of Pearls Before Swine in June: | ||
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Calvin and Hobbes | ||
Bloom County | |||
Rose Is Rose | |||
Family Circus | |||
14. | TV fanatics, rejoice! Your ability to pinpoint your favorite moments from this show will soon become easier. FFX announced plans for a searchable archive spanning the influential, quotable show's 552 episodes. | ||
Seinfeld | |||
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The Simpsons | ||
How I Met Your Mother | |||
Monday Night Football | |||
15. | Hi, I was arrested for causing a disturbance during a Broadway performance of Cabaret, shortly after chasing a man hysterically through Times Square. I am the pop culture oddity known as: | ||
Lindsay Lohan | |||
Justin Bieber | |||
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Shia LaBeouf | ||
Amanda Bynes | |||
16. | Notoriously addictive and difficult game Flappy Birds was pulled from app stores in February, sparking worldwide (we assume) outrage. The game was pulled for this unusual reason: | ||
It violated international law | |||
It caused epileptic seizures in a small number of players | |||
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Its creator voluntarily removed it from further purchase | ||
Its creator was fired from Apple | |||
17. | Banzinga! cried the fans of this network series, upon the return of their show after its stars struck (its three leads nearly tripling their salaries in the process): | ||
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Amanda Seyfried | |||
Amanda Bynes | |||
Jennifer Love Hewitt | |||
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Lindsay Lohan | ||
19. | Tackling serious subjects like net neutrality LGBT rights in Uganda and an more playful topics like space sex geckos and Scottish Independence Unicorns, Last Week Tonight was a terrific addition to the TV landscape in 2014. Name the host of Last Week Tonight: | ||
Mike Judge | |||
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John Oliver | ||
Louis CK | |||
John Mullaney | |||
20. | Jenny McCarthy's very long and strange journey through celebritydom continued in August with her marriage to one of the brothers of this showbiz family: | ||
Jonas | |||
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Wahlberg | ||
Baldwin | |||
Wilson | |||
21. | Marvel made headlines in July with the announcement that the mantle of _____ would now be carried on as a new female character in the comic books. | ||
Captain America | |||
Professor X | |||
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Thor | ||
Iron Man...er...Woman | |||
22. | With the titular parent of How I Met Your Mother unveiled, the March series finale finally gave viewers how it turned out for her and Ted. Who played the mother? | ||
Sarah Chalke | |||
Jennifer Morrison | |||
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Cristin Milioti | ||
Alice Eve | |||
23. | Not among this superhero actor's abilities is the ability to avoid casino surveillance. Which of the following was banned from the Hard Rock for counting cards? | ||
Tobey Maguire | |||
Robert Downey, Jr. | |||
Chris Hemsworth | |||
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Ben Affleck | ||
24. | Charmed by it, annoyed by it, charmed and then annoyed by it, there was no escaping the Ice Bucket Challenge this summer. There was no denying the success of the monster viral phenomenon, which was staged to benefit this charity: | ||
American Cancer Society | |||
American Heart Association | |||
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ALS Association | ||
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | |||
25. | Finally, this type of "uncoupling" spelled doom for the marriage of Gwyneth Paltrow and lead Coldplayer Chris Martin: | ||
Palable | |||
Ethereal | |||
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Conscious | ||
Remorseful | |||