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his hair so gently Justin Timberlake brought While we suspect his hair and SexyBack, while Justin just-want-to-pinch-his-cheeks-wor- lays atop his picture- Bieber is on his way thy smile have at least an equal perfect forehead. It’s the way money at to bringing the amount to do with Bieber’s success he calls you his “Baby.” The the ripe young age “bowl cut” along with his music, you can’t back. But deny the way his lyrics speak to a way he tells you, “I’ma be your of 16 than you will ever that’s young girl’s soul. We’ve chosen a one guy/You’ll be my No. 1 girl.” hope to make in your lifetime. not selection of his hundreds (OK, like 25) songs and pulled out the ones Whatever it is that makes Bieber has become, in a the only that speak to us the most. So, open you a “Belieber,” word, a phenomenon. culturally your ears and imagine these words significant coming to you from the pure, there’s no denying But how much do you really thing he has man- smooth voice of Bieber himself. Justin Bieber has know about him? Is your inner- aged to do since Block out the screaming, hyper- 16-year-old crying for attention, breaking on the scene. ventilating tweens if you can. got it: the swagger, Here are our Top 3 of the magnetic smile, the or another round of “Eenie Bieber’s best moments. ONE TIME
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achievement of making more Meenie Miney Mo Lover”? heart went knock knock FunnyOrDie.com. In what has been declared the best April Now them butterflies in my Fool’s joke of the decade so far stomach won’t stop stop (by us, of course), popular viral And even though it’s a Ever wanted to interview Bieber? Well, sorry, that seems like an unbelievable pipe dream we can’t really video site FunnyOrDie.com struggle love is all we got help with. But we can help you test your knowledge with a quiz ABOUT Bieber himself! At the end, tally up transformed into BieberOrDie. your correct answers and see just how bad a case of Bieber fever you’ve got. So we gonna keep keep climbin’ Best quote: “I once ran into a till the mountain top club, they said ‘Sorry, you’re 1 What town has start posting videos? A. KidRauhl What is he eating? A. Chicken Parmesan 14 You’ll never not old enough.’ So I bought BABY bragging rights as the know how perfect the the club and made it a Chuck- B. BieberFever B. Hot dog with a side of My first love broke my heart Canadian crooner’s two of you are if you E-Cheese. Now who’s old C. IMaBelieber macaroni and cheese for the first time, hometown? don’t know his astro- enough…?” (You can still find D. SocksRocks C. Spaghetti O’s A. Toronto, Ontario logical sign. What is it? the videos on FunnyOrDie. And I was like D. Spaghetti Bolognese B. Stratford, Ontario 6 In what year did he A. Cancer com. We suggest “Bieber Takes Baby, baby, baby ohhh C. Vancouver, British Columbia begin posting these 11 Even at the ripe B. Pisces C. Sagittarius Over” and “Justin Bieber Like baby, baby, baby noo videos (usually of him young age of 16, Screensaver.”) D. Kelowna, British D. Aries Like baby, baby, baby ohh Columbia in an empty living room Bieber is already ■ Tina Fey proves Bieber fever singing) on YouTube? A. 2009 B. 2008 rebelling: He got his first tattoo. But keep- 15 The Bieb’s ini- isn’t just for teens. During I thought you’d always be mine mine 2 What is the name of C. 2007 D. 2006 ing with a family tradi- tials are JDB. What is Bieber’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” the sur- EENIE MEENIE Bieber’s first single? his middle name? “You can't make up your mind, tion, what does he now prisingly comedic teen appeared A. “One Love” A. David B. Dracula mind, mind, mind, mind have inked on his hip? in a sketch with Fey playing his B. “Baby” C. Drew D. Daniel A. A crown reluctantly lustful teacher. Please don’t waste my time, C. “My World” B. A starfish SOURCES: IMDB.COM, time, time, time, time Sounding much more scandalous D. “One Time” C. A bird J U S T I N B I E B E R M U S I C. C O M , A B C N E W S , M T V. C O M than it plays out, Bieber is fea- I’m not trying to rewind, D. A butterfly 3 What singing tured as a student who pops up singing in Fey’s classroom fan- wind, wind, wind, wind superstars both want- 7 Bieber’s legion of 12 Not just a singer, tasies while she muses that I wish our hearts could come together as one ed Bieber on their female fans recently Bieber also can play “his smile is like watching record labels? lashed out at what instruments. What a baby bunny sniff a tiny U SMILE A. Usher and R. Kelly female star after pic- instrument below can flower.” Your lips, my biggest weakness B. Justin Timberlake tures of her with he NOT play? and Beyonce ■ His fans display Shouldn’t have let you know Bieber surfaced on A. Drums B. Guitar C. Beyonce and Usher riotous behavior. Twitter? C. Violin D. Piano I’m always gonna do what they D. Justin Timberlake Literally. A scheduled A. Paris Hilton say (hey) and Usher B. Selena Gomez 13 A serious pres- appearance at a Long Island mall in If you need me C. Kim Kardashian ence on Twitter, Bieber nation was upset after November had to be I’ll come running D. Demi Lovato Twitter changed their canceled after more than From a thousand miles away 8 True or False: rules on what? 3,000 people showed up and rushed the storefront; When you smile I smile Bieber is left-handed. A. Trending Topics A. True B. False B. Retweeting injuring fans. In April, (ooooooooh whooooaaaa) D. Character Limit Australian fans You smile I smile 4 What is the 9 What is one of C. Hashtags (about 4,000) lined up to see the teen Heeeey favorite color of this Bieber’s favorite regal pop star? sports? perform only to A. Blue B. Green A. Football B. Hockey have the event can- C. Purple D. Orange C. Soccer D. Bowling celed after cops saw one too many 5 Without YouTube, 10 Imagine this: girls getting shoved around. Bieber may have You’re on your first never been discov- date with The Bieb Not to mention ered. Under what himself; he orders those who username did he first his favorite dish. fainted or “TT” list daily, as he once did.) 14-B, 15-C. had to be time — as he is — he doesn’t show up in the taken out most; so if Bieber is a popular topic all the for hyper- that day, not topics being talked about ventilation. were things that had a spike in popularity Just breathe. A (Twitter made it so Trending Topics C, 7-C, 8-A, 9-B, 10-D, 11-C, 12-C, 13- ANSWERS: 1-B, 2-D, 3-D, 4-C, 5-A, 6-
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● 0-5: PERFECTLY HEALTHY — We’re guessing you are considered “legal” in the eyes of the state (over 18). Or male. Or a poor recluse teenage girl probably living without electricity … or MTV. ● 6-10: FEVERISH — You might want to go to the doctor … the teenage love doctor. You look a little pink, but with a little medication (i.e. some of your dad’s Creedence Clearwater CDs) you should be better in no time. ● 11-15: BEDREST, STAT — Not even a little more cow- bell can save you from this fever. You’re probably sitting in your room wearing your “I’m a Belieber” T-shirt monitor- ing the activity on your BieberFever fan page and memo- rizing dance steps from his “My World” tour via bootleg YouTube videos. We’re afraid of the reac- tion we’d get if we told you “Baby” likely wasn’t written about you. So, we won’t. Best of luck.