Quizzin with Ramanan

(Current Affairs questions are from the period April 16th to 30th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1. Near which mighty river have oceanographers discovered an extensive reef system estimated to span an area of 3,600 square miles?
2. Name the iconic singer and songwriter, winner of seven Gram­mys and an Oscar for his song Purple Rain, who passed away recently.
3. April 23rd saw the literary world observe the 400th death anniversary of possibly the greatest English playwright and also that of a Spanish writer. Name both.
4. Which famous Italian club won the Serie A football title for the fifth straight year?
5. The IRNSS-1G, launched by India on April 28th, is the seventh and final series of satellites for NAVIC and ensuring its own GPS. Expand NAVIC.
6. Name the anti-slavery crusader who will become the first African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency and the first woman in more than a century.
7. Where in New Delhi is the world’s biggest charkha, 27-foot wide and 15-foot tall, being installed?
8. The Union Government’s recent statement that a fabled jewel was gifted to the English monarch and not taken away has created a controversy. Name this famous piece of stone.
9. Dipa Karmakar has become the first ever Indian woman in which sport to qualify for the Olym­pics?
10. Rahul Johri is the first-ever CEO of which influential and powerful sports body?

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11. Which party’s HQ in Chen­nai stands on what was once the Lodd family’s Pater’s Gardens and its grounds?
12. In 1927 there was an agitation to remove the statue of a Scottish soldier, dubbed ‘Butcher of Allahabad’, that stood at the Spencer’s junction. Name him.
13. Name the Jain, a resident of Mylapore in the 12th Century, who wrote Nannul, a book on Tamil grammar.
14. What was located in the East Nook building on Marshall’s Road, Egmore from its inauguration in June 1938 to July 1953?
15. R.S. Lakshminarasimhan took his screen name after becoming famous while playing the lead character in a play penned by the legendary Pammal Samban­dha Mudaliar. Name him.
16. Which team was the first to lift to the Rajah of Palayampatti Shield, named after the donor, in 1932?
17. After who is the auditorium of the South Indian Artistes’ Association (Nadigar Sangam) named?
18. What does S.V. stand for in thespian S.V. Sahasranamam’s name?
19. Which North Madras academic institution was founded by a Gujarati named R.Sivasankara Pandya in 1899?
20. What is the lasting, visible contribution of comic actor P. Pandu to Tamil Nadu politics?

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