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Vol. XXVII No. 4, June 1-15, 2017
Quizzin with Ramanan
Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s questions are from May 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 relate to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.
1. On May 4th, what important announcement did Buckingham Palace make as regards the Prince Consort?
2. Which neighbour of India recently established full diplomatic relations for the first time, following a meeting between Pope Francis and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate?
3. France has elected its youngest head of state since Napoleon. Name him.
4. Name the worldwide ransomware cyberattack, creating global havoc by infecting computers and demanding payment in bitcoin.
5. What world record did Indian women cricketers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut set on May 15th against Ireland?
6. The World Health Organisation has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as its Goodwill Ambassador for spreading awareness about which serious ailment in the South-East Asia Region?
7. For usage by which ‘group’ did ISRO launch the GSAT-09 satellite on May 5th?
8. The world’s highest railway bridge, at 359 metres, is to come up in J&K. Which river will it span?
9. The Union HRD ministry has launched the ‘Vidya–Veerta Abhiyan’ to encourage educational institutions across the country to display portraits of who?
10. Which popular Asian city has become the first city in the world to have its own Microsoft-designed font?
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11. Which is the only city from the State in the Top 10 list of cleanest cities according to ‘Swachh Sarvekshan-2017’?
12. What in Chennai is where Abercrombie Battery was?
13. John Doveton, after whom the main building in Women’s Christian College is named, acted as a guardian for the children of which Indian royal?
14. Which thoroughfare had the sobriquet ‘Harley Street of Madras’?
15. What 1906 establishment on Konnur High Road in Ayanavaram came up on 12 acres of land donated by the Govindoss Chatoorbhoojadas family?
16. Where in the metropolis was the first temple to former Chief Minister MGR built in 1990 but which is now in disuse?
17. Why is 7 Coral Merchant Street an important address in Tamil Nadu politics?
18. Fill in the blank: In the days of the old Madras currency, 1 Pagoda was made up of 28,800 ________?
19. In Pitt’s Map of 1709, Mint Street was Washers’ Street. What was China Bazaar?
20. Which catering establishment was started by G. Vardharajulu Chetty on Broadway in 1891?
1. Prince Philip will not carry out any royal engagements from August, 2. Myanmar, 3. Emmanuel Macron, 4. WannaCry, 5. Their 320 made them the world’s first pair, either male or female, to forge a 300-run opening-wicket partnership in One-Day Internationals, 6. Hepatitis, 7. Countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region (except Pakistan), 8. Chenab, 9. Param Vir Chakra winners, 10. Dubai.
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11. Tiruchirappalli at No. 6, 12. Madras GPO, 13. Tippu Sultan, 14. Poonamallee High Road, 15. Madras Pinjrapole, 16. Agaram GKM Nagar in Perambur, 17. It was here in 1949 that Anna announced the formation of the DMK, 18. Thoodoos, 19. River Street, 20. Harrison’s.
