SHOWBIZ NEWS QUIZ

Last updated: Thursday, December 27, 2007

SHOWBIZ NEWS QUIZ

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Have you been paying attention in 2007? Do you know your Jason Bournes from your Beyonces, your Ushers from your Kanyes?

Well, let's see shall we.

Test your showbiz knowledge with this brain-teasing celebrity quiz based on all the happenings of a busy 2007.

Good luck!

1: Which band with a 'sting' it its tail reunited in 2007 for a world tour 21 years after splitting?

The Police

Led Zeppelin

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2. This actor was 'Bourne' to become People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2007

Ben Affleck

Matt Damon

Matthew McConaughey

3: Who urged the British public to help save the planet by drinking milk from rats and dogs, but not 'beatles'?

Heather Mills

Kate Moss

Claudia Schiffer

4: Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep were unlikely castmates in one of the year's big movie flops. Name the Robert Redford-directed film.

Silence of The Lambs

Lions For Lambs

Lambs To The Slaughter

5. Who was the movie star behind Hairspray's heavyweight Edna Turnblad?

Michelle Pfeiffer

Bruce Willis

John Travolta

6. And who played Edna's husband?

Christopher Walken

Robert De Niro

Sylvester Stallone

7. Who suddenly went bald in February after coming to a major 'crossroads' in her life?

Lindsay Lohan

Natalie Portman

Britney Spears

8. Nicole Richie is due to give birth to her first child next year. The baby's father, Joel Madden, is the lead singer of which rock band?

Sum 41

Good Charlotte

Fall Out Boy

9. The New York nightclub of which 'destiny-loving' hip-hop star was sued by Michael Jackson and R. Kelly for breaking music licensing laws?

50 Cent

Ja Rule

Jay-Z

10. Which hit TV series was criticised by the U.S. military for its intense torture scenes?

Prison Break

Heroes

11: How many days was Paris Hilton sentenced to spend in jail for driving with a suspended licence?

12. And how many days did Paris' party pals Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie spend behind bars combined for other driving offences?

less than one

13. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopted a three-year-old Vietnamese boy. What is his name?

Pax

Fax

Stax

14. Who did Spice Girl Melanie Brown take to court over a paternity dispute?

Wesley Snipes

Eddie Murphy

Martin Lawrence

15: What song did Britney Spears shambolically perform at the MTV Video Music Awards?

More Or Less

Less Is More

Gimme More

16: Which 'mean' and 'freaky' Hollywood actress has recently announced plans to record her third album - with 50 Cent?

Hilary Duff

Hayden Panettiere

Lindsay Lohan

17: Which 'sly' actor was caught carrying vials of human growth hormone into Australia?

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Sylvester Stallone

Bruce Willis

18: Name R+B star Usher's wife and the mother of his new baby son.

Monica Foster

Maria Foster

Tameka Foster

19: Which kinda country act stole the show at the Grammy Awards by claiming Song and Record of The Year among their five-prize haul?

The Eagles

Dixie Chicks

Kenny Chesney

20: What's the name of Johnny Depp's daughter, who brought filming on the set of musical Sweeney Todd to a standstill this summer when she became seriously sick with a mystery illness?

Lily-Rose

Ava

Apple

21: Which 'cultured' singer was charged in November with falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old man?

Jon Bon Jovi

Boy George

George Michael

22: Quentin Tarantino directed one segment for the Grindhouse movie double bill. What was it called?

Death Proof

Death Wish

Death Run

23. And who directed the second film, Planet Terror?

Guy Ritchie

Wes Anderson

Robert Rodriguez

24: Which woman 'from the block' announced she was expecting her first baby months after everyone had already realised?

Beyonce Knowles

Rihanna

Jennifer Lopez

25: Which actress sued a British newspaper after it linked a picture of her to a news story about a girl who had died from anorexia?

Emily Blunt

Kate Winslet

Keira Knightley

26: In a case of life imitating art, which TV actor failed to catch a 'break' when he was jailed after pleading guilty to a vehicular manslaughter charge?

Milo Ventimiglia

Lane Garrison

James Gandolfini

27: Who 'reigned' on the international pop charts this summer with megahit Umbrella?

Rihanna

Pink

Beyonce Knowles

28: Which Hollywood beauty knows what she's doing next summer (or thereabouts) after Scottish actor Ross McCall proposed to her in November?

Scarlett Johansson

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jessica Alba

29: Who won the Best Actor gong at this year's Oscars for his commanding portrayal of Ugandan leader Idi Amin?

Denzel Washington

Will Smith

Forest Whitaker

30. Which star was hospitalised in August after attempting to take his own life by slashing his wrists?

Owen Wilson

Luke Wilson

Brian Wilson

31. Which movie star made his directorial debut with the acclaimed missing girl thriller Gone Baby Gone?

Matt Damon

Leonardo DiCaprio

Ben Affleck

32. She wed in Miami, cancelled a number of concerts and struggled with a late-summer health crisis, but she wouldn't go to Rehab - no, no, no! Name the heavily-tattooed British singer.

Lily Allen

Amy Winehouse

Natasha Bedingfield

33. Name 50 Cent and Kanye West's albums which clashed when they were released in the same week?

Curtis/Graduation

American Gangster/College Dropout

The Massacre/Graduation

34. 2007 will go down as the year of the supergroup reunion, but which of the following did NOT reform in 2007?

Crowded House

Led Zeppelin

Spice Girls

The Police

The Sex Pistols

Pink Floyd

35. What's the name of sports superstar/model David Beckham's new Los Angeles soccer team?

Chivas

Spurs

Galaxy

36. Who wed basketball superstar Tony Parker in a lavish July ceremony held on the estate of a 17th century French chateau?

Teri Hatcher

Eva Longoria

Marcia Cross

37. Name Paris Hilton's new fragrance.

Paris by Paris

Ooh La La

Can-Can

38. Which rock anthem played at the climax of hit TV series The Sopranos?

Don't Stop Believing by Journey

You Ain't Seem Nothing Yet by Bachman Turner Overdrive

Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin

39. Which American Idol reject won gold at the Oscars for her portrayal of a Dreamgirl?

Kelly Clarkson

Jennifer Hudson

Carrie Underwood

40. Which Dirrty star is expecting a little Bratman in 2008?

Britney Spears

Jennifer Lopez

Christina Aguilera

Answers:

1. The Police

2. Matt Damon

3. Heather Mills

4. Lions For Lambs

5. John Travolta

6. Christopher Walken

7. Britney Spears

8. Good Charlotte

9: Jay-Z

10: 24

11: 45

12: less than one - Richie was jailed for 82 minutes back in August, while Lohan served 84 minutes behind bars in November

13. Pax

14: Eddie Murphy

15: Gimme More

16: Lindsay Lohan

17: Sylvester Stallone

18: Tameka Foster

19: Dixie Chicks

20: Lily-Rose

21. Boy George

22: Death Proof

23. Robert Rodriguez

24: Jennifer Lopez

25: Keira Knightley

26: Lane Garrison

27: Rihanna

28: Jennifer Love Hewitt

29: Forest Whitaker

30: Owen Wilson

31. Ben Affleck

32. Amy Winehouse

33. Curtis/Graduation

34. Pink Floyd

35. Galaxy

36. Eva Longoria

37. Can-Can

38. Don't Stop Believing by Journey

39. Jennifer Hudson

40. Christina Aguilera, who is legally Mrs. Jordan Bratman.

Source: WENN

| Thursday, December 27, 2007

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