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1. The Beijing Olympic games began with a bang and a fireworks display on August 8th, 2008. The same day, a movie was released with a flop, making less than 10% of its budget. It starred Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, and Willie Nelson, and it follows a pair of sheriffs as they try and rescue Keith's girlfriend from the leader of a drug cartel. Based on one of Toby Keith's songs from the eponymous title, what movie is this?
2. During the Beijing Olympic games, there were two songs that held the #1 spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and two songs at #1 on the U.K. Top 40 chart. In the U.S., Rihanna's "Disturbia" claimed #1 at the tail end of this time period, while in the U.K., Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" was #1 going into the Olympics. But there was a song that reigned over the majority of both the U.S. and U.K. #1 spots. Which song, from Katy Perry's "One of the Boys" albums, reigned as #1 for most of the Games?
3. On August 10th, Michael Phelps set a world record in the men's 400m individual medley trials to begin his monstrous list of achievements at the 2008 summer olympics. The next day, India air rifleman Abhinav Bindra won a gold medal for India, the first they had won since 1980; the same day, a website was launched to help businessmen create, find and reserve lodgings for business reasons. Created by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk, what site is this?
4. On August 15th, Ryan Lochte took home a WR gold medal in the mens 200m backstroke; the next day, Usain Bolt would shatter the mens 100m sprint record with a time of 9.69s; and the day after that, Rafael Nadal claimed gold at the mens tennis singles against Chilean Fernando Gonzales. On the 18th, there was also news of President Pervez Musharraf resigning from his post and going into exile. From which country was he exiled?
5. Great Britain's dominance of the cycling events at the Beijing Olympics with Victoria Pendleton's gold medal in the women's cycling sprint final on August 19th. You could say that it catapulted her into FAME, which coincidentally is the name of an artist's debut album that came out this same day. Whose album, featuring songs like "Just Dance," "Pokerface," and "Paparazzi," was it?
6. Also happening on August 19th was a massive protest against Evo Morales, the president of which South American country?
7. August 22nd saw gold medals rewards to Australian Steven Hooper in the men's pole vault and Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba in the 5K run. The same day, the U.K. saw the return of pop icon Paul Gadd with several charges of sexual misconduct, where he registered with the Sex Offenders' Registry for life. What was Gadd's stage name?
8. The day before the end of the Olympics, Argentina won gold in men's football, while the U.S. won the women's basketball. As the world began to prepare to depart Beijing, the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama announced his running mate. Who was this person?
9. August 24th rolled around, seeing the U.S. men's basketball team (including Lebron James and Kobe Bryant) winning gold. We would have to say goodbye to the cute mascots Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini; the television world would prepare for an upcoming sci-fi television show from J.J. Abrams. A New York Times article about this show explains that Abrams was frustrated with people losing track of his shows, and hoped this new one would be more accessible. Introducing us to FBI agents Olivia Dunham, Walter and Peter Bishop, what show was this?
10. Perhaps the most lasting conflict during the Beijing Summer Olympics was a five day war between Russia and another country over the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. What other country was involved in this war?
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