1) OLYMPICS.........Why were coconut shells imported by Spain from India during Barcelona Olympics 1992 ? TO SERVE ICECREAM .

since it is eco-friendly . 2) What does SCOVILLE scale measure ? CHILLI HOTNESS. It was invented in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville. According to it, Naga Jolokia (Capsicum frutescens), grown mostly in the hilly terrain of North-East India is the world s hottest chilli. Tabasco measures about 150,000 Scoville units. Second hottest chilli is Red Savina Habanero (20000-30000 Scovilles). There is even a chilli which rates 0 Scoville, the bell pepper. 3) My previous name was S. Dilip Kumar. I was part of a band called Nemesis Avenue. My wife's name is Saira. Who am I ? A.R.RAHMAN .the most correctly answered Q 4) The phrase "bit of a dibble" means getting in trouble with law. What was its origin ? It is derived from the cult BBC cartoon Top Cat , in which the eponymous star constantly tries to stay one step ahead of Officer Dibble, the local policeman .none got it 5) What is the contribution of Father Henri Martin Dideon to the modern Olympics ? He coined Citius, Altius, Fortius ( Faster, Higher, Stronger ), which is Olympics motto. Baron Pierre de Coubertin actually borrowed it from Father Dideon who was headmaster of Arcueil College. 6) What did Bertha von Suttner inspire that is the ultimate in its field ? She is believed to have persuaded Alfred Noble to form an academy to award Nobel Prizes SRINI wrote: the thong bikinis on view in BAYWATCH!!!!!!! 7) In Mumbai "maidan" lingo, what is a cutting ? It refers to a minimum 3 wickets or a score of above 30 in an innings by a player, which guarantees him a mention in the sports pages of newspapers the next day ..I was not asking for the TEA connection ..that s why I said MAIDAN lingo only Gautam Ghosh got it right 8) Fill in the spaces: "_______ is the consensual hallucination perceived by those who jacked in to the _______, where all the data in the world is stacked up like one big neon city, so you could cruise around." A DEAD GIVEAWAY......This appeared in William Gibson's 1984 science fiction novel "Neuromancer".......the no of blanks is not necessarily the no of letters of the desired words. CYBERSPACE, MATRIX 9) Alvin Toffler, writer of such great treatises as "Future Shock", "Power Shift" has predicted that the 21st century will see the emergence of ENTERPLOYEE. He described it as a combination of 2 words. What are the 2 words ? .........Fairly guessable from the word given. ENTREPRENEUR & EMPLOYEE .guys were swayed by the spelling & many guessed it to be Enterprise & Employee good guesses but Toffler meant otherwise. 10) A German company claims to have invented a machine by studying "military missile-tracking technology" the task of which is to predict the path of a missile. There is a hope that cricket will be

improved by this machine. How ? It will ensure accurate LBW decisions.