IDOL INTEL

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Can you ace our quiz on past winners and present personalities? (Don't worry: We won't ask you to predict this week's winner.)

1
Match the "Idol" finalist with the TV show on which he or she guest-starred:

a. "One on One"

b. "Tru Calling"

c. "Days of Our Lives"

d. "Reba"

e. "Bones"

f. "Ugly Betty"

___ Clay Aiken

___ Kelly Clarkson

___ Tamyra Gray

___ Katharine McPhee

___ Ruben Studdard

___ Ace Young

2
Assign the following scathing critiques from Simon to the correct contestant from this season:

a. "Where you're lucky is that this is a TV show and not a radio show, because your face saved that song."

b. "No, no, no. . . . Corny verging on desperate."

c. "I thought your performance was robotic."

d. "At best, it was secondrate Whitney Houston."

___ Jason Castro

___ Kristy Lee Cook

___ Asia'h Epperson

___ David Hernandez

3
Which "Idol" winner starred in "The Color Purple" on Broadway and will reprise her role in an adaptation on the big screen?
4
Name the comedian who co-hosted with Ryan Seacrest in Season 1.
5
Which guest judge called Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard a "velvet teddy bear"?
6
Which former "Idol" contestant alleged a secret affair with judge Paula Abdul?

___ Ruben Studdard ___ Sanjaya

___ Corey Clark ___ Clay Aiken

7
Match the "Idol" runner-up with the contestant who won that season:

a. Katharine

McPhee

b. Bo Bice

c. Blake Lewis

d. Justin Guarini

___ Carrie Underwood

___ Taylor Hicks

___ Jordin Sparks

___ Kelly Clarkson

8
Before judge Randy Jackson was a top dawg on 'Idol,' he worked for eight years at what major record label?
9
How many people watched the 2007 finale?

a. 40.3 million

b. 30.7 million

c. 20.4 million

d. 10.9 million

10
Season 3 hopeful William Hung notoriously mangled which of the following Ricky Martin standards?

a. "Livin' La Vida Loca"

b. "She's All I Ever Had"

c. "She Bangs"

d. "Private Emotion"

11
She didn't win "Idol," but this finalist did pick up an Academy Award. Name her.
12
Two "Idol" champions have gone on to win Grammys. Name them.

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ANSWERS

1. a. Ruben Studdard; b. Tamyra Gray; c. Clay Aiken; d. Kelly Clarkson; e. Ace Young; f. Katharine McPhee

2. a. Jason Castro; b. David Hernandez c. Kristy Lee Cook; d. Asia'h Epperson

3. Fantasia

4. Brian Dunkleman

5. Gladys Knight

6. Corey Clark

7. a. Taylor Hicks; b. Carrie Underwood c. Jordin Sparks; d. Kelly Clarkson

8. Columbia

9. b. 30.7 million

10. c. "She Bangs"

11. Jennifer Hudson

12. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood