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Vol. XXVIII No. 1, April 16-30, 2018
Quizzin’ with Ramanan
(Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s questions are from March 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 relate to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which team beat the Rest of India to lift the Irani Cup recently?
2. Name the London-based firm that has been accused of harvesting 50 million Facebook profiles during Donald Trump’s campaign?
3. Sudan, the last known male member of this highly endangered herbivore species, died recently, leaving two females as the only surviving members of the subspecies. Which species?
4. Htin Kyaw, the first democratically elected President of which country, announced his retirement due to ill health?
5. What was the theme for the 2018 World Water Day observed on March 22nd: Why Waste Water, Nature for Water or Water is Life?
6. In which State was the world’s longest sandstone cave, named Krem Puri, and of a length 24,583 metres, discovered?
7. Name the Australian cricketer whose attempt to tamper the cricket ball against South Africa led to his ban.
8. Which Indian city has become the first to get doorstep delivery of diesel on a pilot basis?
9. American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is to set up an exclusive production unit to make which famous aircraft?
10. Name the new quasi-organ in the human body whose discovery and presence was announced recently.
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11. Where in the State was India’s first Insect Museum opened recently?
12. Name the only person to occupy Cooum House, the official residence for the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, in that capacity.
13. What is the main ingredient in ‘seem paal pudding’?
14. In the name of the eminent lawyer and educationist V.L. Ethiraj, which place does the V. refer to?
15. In the world of Tamil cinema, Ramanarayana Venkataramana Sarma is better known as…?
16. Which Tamil blockbuster’s story was inspired by Robert McCaire, The Male Bandit by G.W.M. Reynolds?
17. To whom did the Cholas lose to in the ‘Battle of Takkolam’ in 949 CE?
18. Pidhana – The Canopy of Life is a publication that highlights the flora in which iconic Chennai institution?
19. What now stands in the place once called Yerolyte (a garden bungalow in Adayar)?
20. Which 300-year old school started as Malabar Charity School?
Answers to Quiz1. Vidarbha, 2. Cambridge Analytica, 3. Northern White rhinoceros, 4. Mynamar, 5. Nature for Water, 6. Meghalaya, 7. Cameron Bancroft, 8. Pune, 9. F16 jets, 10. Interstitium.
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11. Coimbatore (at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University), 12. T. Prakasam, 13. Milk that is obtained from a cow or buffalo for a few days (up to 6 days) after it delivers a calf, 14. Vellore, 15. Ranjan, 16. Chandralekha, 17. Rashtrakutas, 18. Kalakshetra, 19. Andhra Mahila Sabha Hospital, 20. CSI St. Paul’s Higher Secondary School, Vepery.
