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Vol. XXV No. 17, December 16-31, 2015
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period November 16th to 30th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which team won the Davis Cup, the symbol of team supremacy in men’s tennis, recently?
2. Which popular West Indian bowler has been suspended by the International Cricket Council from international cricket for an illegal action?
3. Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland will succeed India’s Kamlesh Sharma as the secretary-general of which 53-member bloc?
4. Where was the first-ever day-night Test match, using a pink ball, played recently?
5. Kaushik Ganguly’s Bengali film Cinemawala was recently awarded the medal given to a film which reflects the ideals promoted by UNESCO. Name the medal named after a famous Italian director.
6. US drugs giant Pfizer Inc. is to buy which Ireland-based drugmaker for $160 billion in the biggest pharmaceuticals merger deal in history?
7. Which two-time Nobel-winning organisation has won the prestigious 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development?
8. Where was the two-day 2015 G-20 summit held recently?
9. Which of India’s neighbours has announced its plan to develop the world’s largest animal cloning factory?
10. Tyson Fury has emerged as a sporting superstar after being crowned undisputed world champion in which sport?
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11. How many cities in Tamil Nadu come under the Union Govt’s Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) initiative?
12. Name Chennai’s first airport hotel set up by the Rane Group along with the Ramada chain.
13. Which famous company in Tamil Nadu was established in 1946 by S.N.N. Sankaralinga Iyer?
14. Which industrialist’s memoir is called Looking Back from Moulmein?
15. In which once coveted environs in Madras was the AVM-backed and ATK-directed comedy Vaayadi, Poli Panchali and Yes Yes! shot?
16. What first is attributed to Algernon Joseph Yorke of Parry, circa 1906?
17. What portfolio did TTK hold twice in the Nehru cabinet of the 1950-60s?
18. Which college’s motto is ‘In Hoc Signo (Latin: In this sign)’?
19. Which church in Chennai is named after the missionary who founded the mission of the Free Church of Scotland?
20. According to the CMDA website, apart from Chennai, how many Municipalities are part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area?
1. Great Britain; 2. Sunil Narine; 3. The Commonwealth Secretariat;4. Adelaide; 5. Fellini Medal; 6. Allergan; 7. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); 8. Antalya, Turkey;9. China; 10. Boxing. He is the new heavyweight champion of the world after beating Wladimir Klitschko.
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11. 33; 12. Pleasant Hotel (now The Trident); 13. India Cements;14. AMM Arunachalam (of the Murugappa Group); 15. Madras Club;16. He was the first permanent owner of a motor car in the metropolis;17. Finance; 18. The Madras Christian College; 19. Anderson Church;20. Sixteen.
