Take Se7en - 5

Hey All,

Two new words have been added to the dictionary - Bucknor & Benson :


Bucknor: (n) (adj) :
1. Temporary blindness leading to missing out on the obvious.2. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time.3. Situations leading to grave judgmental errors.Usage: I feel bucknored by my boss; Life often throws a bucknor at you.

Benson: (n) (adj) :
1. Something that legitimises a severe bucknor.Usage: First they bucknored me and then they bensoned it! I am toast.Also see bucknor


With this wonderful vocabulary-enriching thought, fifth edition goes here:

1. In cricket, what is being referred to as "Bollyline"?
   
   
2. Which sporting event is being described here:
   "500 connards sur la ligne de départ" ("500 Assholes at the Starting Line") - By French singer Renaud.
   "Vulgar display of power and wealth in places where men continue to die from hunger and thirst." - By the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano
   "Colonialism that needs to be eradicated" - By a Green Party of France.
   
   
3. It is said to be the world's best-selling (and probably the most misspelt!!) toy with over 300 million of them sold worldwide. It was invented by an Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno ___ in 1974. It was originally called something else but it was renamed to the current name by Ideal Toys in 1980. In the same year it won the German Game of the year special award for the best puzzle. Identify X.
   


4. Which ambitious project is being sponsored by Tatas, L&T, Godrej, Walchandnagar Foundry (Satara), Venkateshwara Engineering (Coimbatore) and Shoma Industries (Bangalore)?
   
   
5. Who is this lady, in the news recently? (Pic 5)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   









6. In business parlance, who is a "money mule"?
   
   
7. Cartoon-character X was recently killed by its creator "while on a test of a moon shuttle prototype". X is tried to be cloned but its DNA gets mixed with a candy and it is cloned into a "half-human, half-snicker-bar". When Clone X finds out this, it uses its advanced shape-shifting and guided reincarnation skills to change into a regular peanut and chocolate-free X. Who is this X?
   
   

Comments and Suggestions welcome .....

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Jay.