Test Your Pop Culture Trivia Skills Online and Win Gold

(ARA) - Mark Burnett (“Survivor” and “The Apprentice”) has teamed up with AOL.com to launch “Gold Rush” (www.aol.com/goldrush) – a first of its kind seven-week online reality game where over $2 million in gold is up for grabs.

Pop culture trivia challenges are at the heart of this Web-based competition, so those with real pop culture savvy will have an edge. To see how you might fare in the game, take this quiz from the producers of “Gold Rush” to test your own pop culture knowledge. You’ll know you’ve gotten a perfect score if combining the first letter of each answer in order forms a phrase.

1. What former “ER” actor played the title role in Batman after Val Kilmer and before Christian Bale?

2. What famous actor played an elf in the “Lord of The Rings” films and is featured alongside Johnny Depp in “The Pirates of the Caribbean” films?

3. What U.S. state does pop star Britney Spears hail from?

4. Name the popular television series set on Wisteria Lane that features the characters Bree, Susan, Lynette and Gabrielle.

5. Name the rock band whose hits include “Losing My Religion,” “Man on the Moon,” and “Everybody Hurts.”

6. What actress starred in the films “Kill Bill” and “Pulp Fiction?”

7. What horror film begins with actress Drew Barrymore being slain after her character fails to correctly answer a series of horror movie trivia questions?

8. Fill in the blank: Paris Hilton’s fiery catch phrase is “That’s ________?”

And, if you didn’t do well on this test, just start paying more attention to the world of pop culture and media around you – online and off.

“Gold Rush is an unprecedented event that will allow real people from across the United States to tap into their own pop culture know-how in order to go for the gold,” says Burnett, reality-TV legend and creator of “Gold Rush.”

Answers:

1. George Clooney

2. Orlando Bloom

3. Louisiana

4. Desperate Housewives

5. R.E.M

6. Uma Thurman

7. Scream

8. Hot

If you got six to eight questions correct - Well done! You’re a pop culture ace with the golden touch!

If you got four to six questions correct - Great! You’re well on your way to becoming a pop culture junkie.

If you got two to four questions correct- You did OK. Pop culture probably isn’t your scene, but you have been paying attention nonetheless.

If you got less than two questions correct- Have you been asleep for the last few years?

Courtesy of ARA Content