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1. What country music star shouted to one over-exuberant audience member, 'Somebody needs to teach you some class, my friend'?
2. A long-time musical mystery was solved in 2007, when singer Neil Diamond revealed who he was singing about in his 1969 hit song, 'Sweet Caroline'. He told a reporter, 'I've never discussed it with anyone before -- intentionally. I thought maybe I would tell it to (Caroline) when I met her someday. Who is she?
3. What comedian was uncharacteristically not funny when she tearfully pleaded on live TV, 'Please, please, please just give the dog back'?
4. What long-time U.S. TV personality said of his now-former job, 'How many 83-year-old men get up every morning, knowing they're going to have a standing ovation sometime during the day'?
5. Who jubilantly told a press conference on April 10, 2007, 'I hate to be the one who told you so, but I told you so: I'm the father'?
6. What foreign leader told students at Columbia University on September 24, 2007, '... We don't have homosexuals like in your country"?
7. What 2007 Oscar-winner quipped when the award was presented, 'Could you double-check the envelope'?
8. What best-selling author said this about their 2007 book: 'Finishing it was very, very emotional. It was a combination of relief and sadness really'?
9. What nominee for Quote of the Year went to University of Florida student Andrew Meyer at a public appearence by former U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry?
10. In this unforgettable Oscar moment, what Academy Award winner said, 'Even though I honestly had not planned on doing this, I guess with a billion people watching, it's as good a time as any. So, my fellow Americans, I'm going to take this opportunity right here and now to formally announce ...' before being drowned out by the orchestra?
11. In what venue did the following quote come about why only a small percentage of U.S. students can find the U.S. on a world map?
'I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future.'
12. What entertainer happily said of his daughter, 'The biggest phenomenon in all this is that the kid's been able to keep her head on her shoulders. She hasn't flipped out. I'm going to knock on wood.'?
13. What book-turned-movie was the following quote attributed in 2007: 'The book just kind of reawakened what was possible. It was like 'On the Road' without all the Benzedrine.'
14. Who was director Julie Taymor talking about when she said, 'He loved it. Under his breath, he was mouthing the songs'?
15. What U.S. political leader said in 2007, 'I've been asked if that nickname bothers me, and the answer is, no. After all, Darth Vader is one of the nicer things I've been called recently'?
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