FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012 by Paul Paquet on Creators.com

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Unusually, the producers of the TV show "Lost" would change or add characters based on the actors who auditioned. For example, Matthew Fox, Dominic Monaghan and even Jorge Garcia all auditioned to be Sawyer on "Lost," a part originally designed as a suit-wearing conman. The role was even offered to Forest Whitaker. The part was redefined for the more Southern charms of Josh Holloway. Monaghan became Charlie, a character modelled on the lads in Britpop band Oasis, although originally it was planned as an over-the-hill '70s rocker.

As RJD2's "A Beautiful Mine" plays, a silhouette falls down a skyline of ads in the opening credits of what show?

A) "Charlie's Angels"

B) "Mad Men"

C) "Pan Am"

D) "The Playboy Club"

Previous answer: All of those things are named for Napoleon.

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