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If you've made it this far into the magazine, you're now properly refreshed on the myriad entertainment events that shaped 2002. So let's put that knowledge to the test with our year-end quiz. -- Dan Snierson

ARE YOU A WIZARD ABOUT OZZY? KNOW YOUR J. LO? FIND OUT! WHY WAS AMERICAN IDOL A BIG SUMMER HIT FOR FOX?

-- Every generation needs its Star Search.

-- Never, ever underestimate the drawing power of the word Dunkleman.

-- Viewers were scared that if they didn't watch, Fox would go ahead with Temptation Island 3.

-- Turns out Justin's hair contained 3,800 Nielsen boxes.

WHY DID J. LO GET ENGAGED TO BEN AFFLECK?

-- After working with him on Jersey Girl, she couldn't resist his hunky charm.

-- An E! True Hollywood Story producer begged her to.

-- One step closer to Casey Affleck... One step closer to Casey Affleck...

-- The nickname J. Af was awkwardly intriguing.

NOW THAT VIN DIESEL'S LATEST ACTION MOVIE, XXX, HAS GROSSED $141 MILLION, WHAT CAN HE DO NEXT?

-- Sign on to any testosterone flick for a $20 mil payday.

-- Star in an MTV-ified remake of Remington Steele and really stick it to that Brosnan dude.

-- Teach us how to save the world, like, for real?

-- Silence his critics by taking scale to play a Willy Loman-esque car insurance salesman in AAA.

WHY DID ABC CANCEL ITS PRIME-TIME VERSION OF WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE THIS YEAR?

-- The audience demographics were aging too rapidly.

-- For some reason, people grew tired of watching a charisma-free day-care-center owner from Des Moines win more money than they'd make in their entire lifetime.

-- The missing question mark from the show's title showed up at ABC headquarters and threatened to blow the whistle on a horrific grammar scandal.

-- With Push, Nevada on the fall schedule, execs felt there was room for only one million-dollar giveaway show that the public couldn't give a rat's ass about.

WHAT DID OZZY OSBOURNE ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN HE UTTERED ''I RRRUHUHSETUH BLOODY DRAGGERDUN I THETHELINUH!'' DURING AN EPISODE OF THE OSBOURNES?

-- ''Sharon! I've fallen out of my chair and I can't get up!''

-- ''Oh, bollocks -- those satanic hounds have purged their bowels on the divan again!''

-- ''I think, therefore I am Iron Man!''

-- ''I rrruhuhsetuh bloody draggerdun I thethelinuh!''

Which of the following stunts was featured in Jackass The Movie?

-- Snorting lines of wasabi.

-- Provoking Eminem with cheap-looking dog puppet.

-- Dangling infant from fourth-floor balcony.

-- Removing one's eyeballs after watching entire episode of NBC sitcom Hidden Hills.


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Posted Dec 20, 2002 | Published in issue #687-688 Dec 20, 2002 | Order Article Reprints