photos: Sherif Sonbol; Al-Ahram Weekly archives
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Some of these questions are more difficult than others.
The answers and rankings follow.
1) Who or what is Al-Limby?
a) British occupier of Egypt
b) completely drugged-out character in Alaa Walieddin's Al-Nazer
c) famous brand of studio lights
d) a new dance made famous by Nawal Al-Zoghbi
2) When someone says, in Arabic, that "so and so is 'style'", what do they mean?
a) that he/she dresses stylishly
b) that he/she defines their generation
c) that he/she is a trend-setter
d) that he/she is a big star
3) What is the name of the new society spin-off publication put out by Kalam Al-Nass magazine?
a) Style
b) Flash
c) CooCoo WaWa
d) Nile Times
4) What singer didn't popular young composer Essam Karika write a tune for this summer?
a) Amr Diab
b) Hassan El-Asmar
c) Diana Haddad
d) Mohamed Fouad
5) Which of the following actors has released a pop music tape?
a) Adel Imam
b) Nadia El-Guindi
c) Youssra
d) Farouq El-Fishawi
6) Actors Nada Bassiouni and Mohamed Riad have opened a new restaurant in Mohandessin called
a) Actor's Studio Misr Grill
b) McFann
c) Fashion Cafe
d) Nada and Mo's
7) The melody of one of the songs on Amr Diab's new tape is lifted straight off a recent Western pop-chart topper. Which one is it?
a) Carlos Santana's Smooth
b) Gypsy King's Bamboleo
c) Ricky Martin's La Vida Loca
d) Britney Spear's One More Time
8)Who is the odd man out in the following list of today's hot young movie stars?
a) Mohamed Heneidi
b) Mahmoud Hemeida
c) Ahmed Adam
d) Ahmed El-Saqqa
9) Veteran actress Naglaa Fathi has decided to do a new movie called Aziz Ayni. What's the plot?
a) A mother loses her son in Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. Twenty years later they are re-united
b) A bawaba raises four children, who all become doctors, but then she's framed by one of the residents
c) A belly dancer tries her luck in London, becomes an Israeli spy
d) A dormant 30-year-old romance is rekindled when a society matron's husband dies
10) Which veteran actress has been dominating the arts pages recently for her upcoming dramatic return to TV in Wagh Al-Qamar?
a) Fifi Abdu
b) Tahiya Carioca
c) Nadia El-Guindi
d) Faten Hamama
11) Which of these singers is famous for using classical Arabic in his tunes?
a) Helmi Abdel-Baqi
b) Kazem Al-Saher
c) Mohamed Heneidi
d) Mohamed Mounir
12) Which of the following video clips is the only one that did not inspire viewer ire and/or threats of banishment from Egyptian TV?
a) Medhat Saleh's Allah ya Seedi ya Asmarani
b) Mustafa Qamar's El-Layla Dowb
c) Amr Diab's Qamarayn
d) Nawal Al-Zoghbi's Layaly
13) Actor Ahmed El-Saqqa is married to Maha El-Saghir, whose father is a very famous man in the Arab world. What does he do?
a) Top diplomat
b) Billionaire hotelier
c) Hairdresser to the stars
d) Potato chips mogul
14) The Adl brothers have become one of the Arab world's top movie producers. Who is not part of this famous trio?
a) Mohamed El-Adl
b) Medhat El-Adl
c) Sami El-Adl
d) Mokheimer El-Adl
15) A nasal singing voice does not necessarily prevent one from becoming a big star these days. Who is the most nasal singer of the bunch below, and the highest seller as well?
a) Khaled Geyoushi
b) Ihab Tawfiq
c) Hisham Abbas
d) Khaled Agag
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