Quizzin’ with Ramanan

(Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s questions are from July 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 relate to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently rolled out the ‘Muntra’ at its Chennai lab. What is ‘Muntra’ the first of its kind?
2. Name the frontman for the popular rock band Linkin Park who committed suicide by hanging recently.
3. The remains of which eminent 20th Century painter was exhumed recently to extract DNA to settle a paternity case?
4. Britain’s Chris Froome won which prestigious and gruelling sporting event for the third straight time and and fourth in five years?
5. Microsoft because of a public backlash, has reneged on its decision to end which programme and, instead, have in its app store rather than bundled with future editions of Windows?
6. Which two cities will host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics?
7. Ram Nath Kovind is the first person from which State to hold the office of President since Independence?
8. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler pins in which commonly-used edible package from January 2018?
9. The United States Navy officially inducted the world’s largest nuclear-powered and most advanced aircraft carrier recently. After which 1970s President is it named?
10. On July 18th, which corporate giant became the second firm to cross Rs 5 lakh crore in market capitalisation?

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11. Who started the Mylapore Sangeetha Sabha as a counter to the Music Academy?
12. Which Tamil word, now used for a specific topographical feature synonymous with Madras, meant ‘underground water’ and was used to refer to wells?
13. Name the temple that was submerged because of the creation of the Poondi reservoir.
14. Who set up the pioneering Documentary Films Limited on Lloyd’s Road that made the first documentary on the Mahatma.
15. In 1940, which Governor was responsible for retracting compulsory Hindi tutoring in Madras schools?
16. Name the two animals that are recurring motifs on the outer walls of the High Court in Chennai.
17. On August 15, 1947, at 4.30 a.m., what song did the local All India Radio broadcast to celebrate Independence?
18. Which fashionable road in Nungambakkam is named after a civil servant who retired as the Collector in the Revenue Department in the early 20th century?
19. Who was the recipient of the Bharat Ratna had a car with the registration number TMX 4777?
20. Who wrote the play on which the film Thuli Visham was adapted in 1954 with Sivaji Ganesan playing the villain?

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