1) To commemorate the eighth death anniversary of his son Dodi Al Fayed and Princess Diana, Mohamed Al Fayed has commissioned his family friend Bill Mitchell to sculpt a bronze statue of the two. Titled ‘Innocent Victims’, this is to be erected outside his biggest departmental store. Just name the store.
Ans: Harrods
2) His fierce looks have intimidated thousands of football fans, not to mention the guys on the field .But not any more. This Italian, one of the most respected referees in the world, has called an end to his 28 year old career at the Italian Association of Referees. He had recently signed an 800,000 euro deal with auto major Opel (which also sponsors A.C.Milan) which the association believed was a conflict of interest.
Name the referee (as the name’s tough, you could mention his claim to fame also)
Ans: Pierluigi Colllina, whose most memorable moments were at the Olympics-1996 and the World Cup final in 2002
3) This self possessed young woman who made us laugh so heartily in Dil Chahta Hai has wooed the Italians as well. She plays an Italian girl called Graziella in Fuco Di Su Me, a story of love on the tome of war, which also stars Omar Sharif. Name the young Indian actress.
Ans: Sonali Kulkarni
4) This Hollywood heartthrob is not interested in sitting idle. With no films in hand at present, he is penning a political thriller for TV called Resistance. The last time he tried a hand at writing (Good Will Hunting), he walked away with an Oscar for best screenplay. Just name this Superstar.
Ans: Ben Affleck
5) Named EzeeBee Pride, it comes with a Via 1 GHz processor, red hat linux operating system, a 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD, 15” Color monitor, a keyboard, a scroll mouse, floppy and CD drive, audio playback, audio creator and video playback. What are we talking about? (This is not quite last week’s news, but more than a fortnight back)
Ans: This is the configuration of the new Rs 9990 computer from HCL.
Xenitis, Sahara and Kobian have also released sub 10K computers in the last six months or so with similar configurations.
6) Vinton Cerf, who was instrumental in co-authoring the paper that gave the world TCP and IP has recently been appointed by Google for internet innovations. The post accepted by Cerf is very creative. Just name the post.
Ans: Chief Internet Evangelist
7) If you found yourself watching Shahrukh Khan bathing in a bath tub (showered with rose petals) and introducing glam girls Hema Malini, Juhi Chawla, Sridevi and Kareena Kapoor, which hotly debated ad would you be watching?
Ans: The latest Lux ad which has Shahrukh saying ‘Main Hoon Na’
