Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Jan. 6, 2009
Average score:6.60/10 (21 teams)
1) In January, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien both got rid of what that they’d cultivated during the writer’s strike?
2) Photographer Annie Liebovitz said, “She loved taking that picture, and she was ready to take that picture. It’s just that her audience wasn’t ready.” Who was she talking about, and what magazine published that photograph? (half point each)
3) In February, HD DVD conceded the high-definition DVD market to Blu-ray Discs. What color is the laser used most often in HD DVD?
4) Martha Sharp Crawford, depected in the movie Reversal of Fortune, was better known by what name when she died in December?
5) Stephen Fry, Britney Spears, the Mars Phoenix Lander, and Shaquille O’Neal are among the celebrities who tweeted using what Internet service?
6) When a TV series goes bad, it’s “jumping the shark.” What similar, 3-word phrase inspired by Kingdom of the Crystal Skull describes the moment when bad things happen to good movie sequels?
7) In episode 6 of the new 90210, Kelly reveals that the father of her child was what character from the original series?
8) To protest China’s policy towards the war in Darfur, what Hollywood director withdrew as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics?
9) After confessing to cheating on her husband, Lauren Cleri lost on The Moment of Truth when she answered yes to the question, “Do you think you’re a” what?
10) NBC announced Tim Russert’s death at 3:39pm. What online resource scooped them, adding a date of death and shifting from present to past tense at 3:01pm?