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How Well Do You Know: 2014: The Year in Celebrity, Entertainment and Pop Culture, Part 2
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1. This person, who has an infamous sex tape, allegedly tried to break the internet by posting a naked photo of herself.
Pamela Anderson
Khloe Kardashian
Kim Kardashian
Minka Kelly
 
2. Which of these talk show hosts did not air their final episode in 2014?
Stephen Colbert
Craig Ferguson
Jay Leno
David Letterman
By way of explanation.....
David Letterman is retiring, but his final show will be in 2015.
 
3. All of the following celebrities passed away in 2014 except:
James Garner
Bob Newhart
Joan Rivers
Robin Williams
 
4. It's time for the reality television scandal portion of the quiz. This show's future was clouded when one of the leads started dating a known sex offender.
Duck Dynasty
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Real Housewives of New Jersey
The Voice
 
5. In what has to be an industry first, a cast member of this show is being sent to prison for fraud.
Real Housewives of Atlanta
Real Housewives of New Jersey
Real Housewives of Orange County
Real Husbands of Hollywood
By way of explanation.....
Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe will both serve time.
 
6. While all of these celebrities may be douchebags, only this one faced accusations of rape and sexual assault from several women.
Alec Baldwin
Bill Cosby
Jimmy Fallon
Jim Parsons
 
7. Believe it or not, this couple was never married prior to 2014. They rectified that by exchanging vows this year.
Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
 
8. In a shocking turn of events, a Wal-Mart truck almost ended the life of this celebrity.
Jeff Foxworthy
Larry the Cable Guy
Tracy Morgan
Chris Rock
 
9. In a wuss fight for the ages, Justin Bieber mixed it up with this franchise star:
Orlando Bloom
Hayden Christensen
Zac Efron
Robert Pattinson
 
10. In a story sure to be turned into a romantic comedy at some point, one of the writers of this show divorced her husband in order to start dating one of the cast members.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Castle
House of Cards
Orange Is the New Black
 
11. A major franchise was forced to use CGI to artificially render this actor after they died unexpectedly this year prior to the end of principal photography.
Fan Bingbing
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Paul Walker
Robin Williams
By way of explanation.....
Hoffman finished most of his Hunger Games/Mockingjay scenes, but passed away before filming wrapped.
 
12. 2014 was the end of the road for three of these couples. Which one did not split up this year?
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey
The Captain and Tennille
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
Robin Thicke and Paula Patton
 
13. This celebrity had a bad year. Things started to take a turn when it was discovered he was sexting an underage girl on Instagram.
James Franco
Jonah Hill
Seth Rogen
Jason Segel
 
14. Later in the year, James Franco (did you get it right?) starred in a movie whose impending release set off an international incident. Which country took offense?
China
Cuba
North Korea
Russia
 
15. When John Travolta says Adele Dazeem, what he means is...
Adele Adkins (aka the singer of Rolling in the Deep)
Idina Menzel
Lupita Nyong'o
Spike Lee
 
16. If you are the owner of an NBA team and have never said anything racist about your players, please step forward. Not so fast...
Mark Cuban
Mikhail Prokhorov
Jerry Reinsdorf
Donald Sterling
 
17. If you were eagerly waiting each week to find out more information about Adnan Syed, Hae Min Lee and some guy named Jay, you were probably obsessed with a podcast known as...
The Thrilling Adventure Hour
Serial
This American Life
Welcome to Night Vale
 
18. Within hours of this picture being taken, it had already been re-Tweeted more than two million times...
Ellen's Oscar selfie
Grumpy Cat's movie announcement
Jennifer Lawrence's hacked naked selfie
Kim Kardashian's naked picture
 
19. This storied band released a free album on iTunes... and people hated them for it.
Coldplay
Nickelback
The Rolling Stones
U2
 
20. If you watched this movie on Lifetime, you must have hated it. That was the universal consensus on the internet after (and prior to) its release.
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
Flowers in the Attic
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever
Sharknado 2: The Second One
 
21. HBO took the world by storm once again with a TV show starring soon-to-be Academy Award winning Matthew McConaughey and this actor.
Cate Blanchett
Colin Farrell
Woody Harrelson
Vince Vaughn
By way of explanation.....
Farrell and Vaughn will appear in Season 2, but did not show up in Season 1.
 
22. The circumstances surrounding this celebrity's death were quite bizarre, as his whereabouts was unknown for some time before he was reported to be in critical condition in a hospital in Washington. After he passed away a few days later, there was a battle over his funeral plans.
Sid Caesar
James Garner
Casey Kasem
Tommy Ramone
 
23. Adult Swim has had some viral shows in the past, but this 2014 short parody of '80s family sitcoms has proven to be their most hypnotic yet.
High School USA
Mike Tyson Mysteries
Too Many Cooks
Venture Bros.
 
24. In 2014, this artist pulled their music catalog from Spotify, saying that the music streaming service doesn't appropriately value their art.
Garth Brooks
Peter Gabriel
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
 
25. Which of the following did not appear in the final sendoff for Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Report?
Big Bird
Ian McKellan
George Lucas
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
By way of explanation.....
Ian wasn't there, but his best friend Patrick Stewart was as was Lord of the Rings/Hobbit director Peter Jackson.
 




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