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16-OCT-2007 (Tuesday)
Question:
Q. David Beckham, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Sarah Jessica,
Shilpa Shetty, Shah Rukh Khan are some of the people. What does these people
have in common ? (Other than they are celebrities !)
Q. Starting in the late 1880s, European representatives of Thomas Edison recorded the voices of famous people to publicize the newly-invented phonograph. Not long after, this famous person became first one, whose voice was recorded when alive and heard after his death.
Name the person.
Fact: Have you ever thought why there are no 'B' drive in our computer ?
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15-OCT-2007 (Monday)
Question:
Q. "X" is an anagram of "Y", the title of the book on which the movie is based. A research done by Universal Pictures showed that women over 30 would not go to see a movie titled "Y" so Universal Pictures changed the title to be more inviting to a wider audience. The book was later re-released with the name X in order to capitalize on interest in the movie.
Identify X and Y.
Q. An European company, into forest products for the first 130 years of its existence, diversified into Television manufacturing in the eighties, but lost money there; burnt its fingers making computers and ultimately sold the computer division, faced a slump during the Russian recession of the early 90's, went deep in the red, and its CEO committed suicide. The new CEO decided to change the business they were in, and virtually reinvented the company. The company got its name from a river where they got relocated.
Name the company.
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12-OCT-2007 (Friday)
Question:
Q. Software 'X' is intended to play on words. 'Y' is said to have played his lyre as the city 'Z' burned. The program LOGO is historically inaccurate, where it shows a historical structure on fire.
Identify X,Y,Z.
Q.

Given is a pic from a cartoon series called as "ROAD RUNNER". Every product displayed in this cartoon has a label called "ACME" (like the rocket above).
What is ACME ?
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11-OCT-2007 (Thursday)
Question:
Q. KABUL (June-11-2004) : Don't telephone an Afghan at 8.30 in the evening. Chances are, he or she will be settled down and doing "some thing" ? What is that "something" in which the Afghans dont want be disturbed during that time ?
Q. On whose Epitaph it says "I lie somewhere over here".
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10-OCT-2007
Question:Q. Two friends Frank and Tony live 15 miles apart from each other in England. They frequently come down to a bar midway between their towns to have a talk over drinks. These talks are by no means ordinary ones and every time one is held, a significant decision is brought about in the sporting world. How do we know them ??
Q. What is the full form of 'GNU' used in LINUX ?
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9-OCT-2007
Question:(1) "
Saat Swaad me LIJJAT LIJJAT papad" was the song of LIJJAT Compnay TV ad.
Why the "saat" (7) swaad ?
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8-OCT-2007
Question:(1)He has been a prof of Electrical Engg and Computer Science at the Massachussetts Instt of Technology for 35 years
(2) His products are used in GM Cars, Zenith and Phillips TV divisions, NASA space shuttles, the Queen Elizabeth liner, and Broadway theaters.
(3) His father fled from Calcutta where he was wanted by the British police for revolutionary activities.
Identify the person. Fact:"Ctrl + Atl + Del" combination of keys was invented by
Dave Bradley who was an Engineer in IBM. Ctrl+Alt+Del is also known as "Three Finger Salute" and was used to reboot the computer.