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Who was the first black person to win on Survivor, having
conquered the Marquesas?
a. Vecepia Towery
b. Earl Cole
c. Ethan Zohn
d. Tina Wesson
Vecepia Towery - She was pregnant when All Stars filmed. Cole, an ad exec was the second black winner.
Which of these was a friend of the Tick's and not a real but
ridiculous member of the Silver Age version of the Legion of Super Heroes?
a. Bouncing Boy
b. Chameleon Boy
c. Matter Eater Lad
d. American Maid
American Maid - Bouncing Boy married Duo Damsel, who had once been Triplicate Girl
Who wanted to film a version of the New Testament as a Western,
directing himself as a cowboy Jesus?
a. Charlie Chaplin
b. Orson Welles
c. Kirk Douglas
d. Alfred Hitchcock
Orson Welles - He scouted locations in Mexico and wanted to use actual dialog from the Gospels.
Whose first major role was Karen, one of the especially
dim-witted plastics in the Lindsay Lohan high school movie "Mean Girls"?
a. Amanda Seyfried
b. Kristen Stewart
c. Anna Paquin
d. Dakota Fanning
Amanda Seyfried - She was also Lilly Kane, the murdered girl in the 2004 debut season of Veronica Mars
and Sarah, a teen girl in Big Love.
Who directed the disastrously bad 2010 movie "The Last
Airbender"?
a. Michael Bay
b. M Night Shymalan
c. Kevin Smith
d. John Woo
M Night Shymalan - The movie was based on a Nickelodeon series about 12-year-old Aang.
Married to talent agent Larry Rosen, what Gilligan's Island
cast member got her contract changed so that she got residuals as long as the show was rerun?
a. Florence Henderson
b. Tina Louise
c. Dawn Wells
d. Natalie Schafer
Dawn Wells - At the time, the idea of perpetual reruns was preposterous, so most contracts only provided
residuals for the first five reruns.
When NCIS was spun off from JAG, what redundant word was added
to the title?
a. Service
b. General
c. Navy
d. Justice
Navy - The real Naval Criminal Investigative Service is a civilian agency that investigates crimes that
occur in the United States Navy or Marines Corps.
What MTV reality show spoof follows one of the stars of the
cancelled Greg the Bunny?
a. Phil the Kangaroo
b. Warren the Ape
c. Hank the Cat
d. Bucky the Beaver
Warren the Ape - Warren is a recovering alcoholic.
You dun goofed. Consequences will never be the same, after what
controversial web site coordinated an internet-bullying attack on an 11-yr-old fan of Blood on the Dancefloor?
a. TMZ
b. Rotten.com
c. 4chan
d. Pirate Bay
4chan - Jessi Slaughter's dad eventually made a 2010 YouTube video defending her, which brought out all
the trolls. And the cops.
According to Rolling Stone Magazine's list "The 100 Best Debut
Albums of All Time", which is the best debut album ever released?
a. Are You Experienced
b. Is This It
c. Licensed to Ill
d. Appetite for Destruction
Licensed to Ill - Recorded by the Beastie Boys, 'Licensed to Ill' was released in 1986.
A controversial Newsweek article complained about what gay
actor, who played straight opposite Kristin Chenoweth in Promises Promises?
a. Jonathan Groff
b. Neil Patrick Harris
c. Sean Hayes
d. Rupert Everett
Sean Hayes - The article insisted gay actors were not credible as straight men.
This 2004 cult comedy was a such a hit on the film festival
circuit that Fox Searchlight added a five-minute stinger showing the wedding of Kip and LaFawnduh ... and that
cost half as much to make as the movie itself did. What is it?
a. Napoleon Dynamite
b. The Blair Witch Project
c. Slumdog Millionaire
d. Borat
Napoleon Dynamite - The movie's opening credits have dishes of food with character names on them. During
the film, each character eats that dish.
The first season was hosted by the monotone Katie Lee Joel, who
was replaced thereafter by Padma Lakshmi. What show?
a. Top Chef
b. America's Next Top Model
c. Hell's Kitchen
d. So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef - Harold Dieterle, known for his spicy duck meatballs, won the first season.
Which David Bowie/Queen song contains a melody that was later
used in a song by Vanilla Ice?
a. China Girl
b. Sorrow
c. Velvet Goldmine
d. Under Pressure
Under Pressure - Recorded in 1981, Under Pressure is featured on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space.
The yo-yo trick where a yo-yo is kept spinning while remaining
at the end of its uncoiled string is known as?
a. Sleeping
b. Looping
c. Walk the Dog
d. Around the World
Sleeping - First invented in ancient Greece, yo-yo's first became popular during the 1920's.
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