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(Current Affairs questions are from the period December 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Who is to become the new U.S. Secretary of State?
2. Which American sportsperson is sentenced to 15-33 years in prison for kidnapping and robbery of two memorabilia dealers?
3. Name the Wall Street investor accused of defrauding $50 billion.
4. Which country’s archives have provided 100,000 historical images’ the largest, for free public access to Wikimedia Commons page?
5. Name the Kazakhstan-Germany-Switzerland-Russia-Poland film that recently won the Golden Peacock at the 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2008.
6. Name the Indian historian chosen for the 2008 Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity.
7. Which famous Japanese carmaker has pulled out of F1 racing from next season because of the global financial crisis?
8. How did Muntader al-Zaidi, a journalist in Iraq, achieve ‘fame’ on December 14th?
9. A 35.56 carat blue diamond, which has been compared to the Hope diamond, was sold recently for a record $23.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction. Name it.
10. Which country has overtaken France as the world’s biggest winemaker: India, Chile or Italy?
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11. Manali Muthukrishna Mudaliar was responsible for reconstruction of which temple in the 17th Century?
12. Which raga was called Mullai Pann in Silappadikaram?
13. The two corporations for Chennai’s suburbs that have been announced would cover which areas?
14. In which Chennai temple can you see the idols of Pradyumna and Aniruddha, the son and grandson of Lord Krishna?
15. What in 18th Century Madras was the ‘Playhouse’?
16. What is now located at the place once called The Laurels on Dr. Radhakrishnan Road?
17. Name the new full-length feature film that showcases a complete Carnatic music concert featuring T.M. Krishna and Bombay Jayashri.
18. Whose insignia features an Assaye elephant upon a shield with two crossed swords?
19. Who was the famous father of Cotah Ramaswami, who represented India in both cricket and tennis?
20. Name the crusading couple from Kuthur in Nagapattinam District who won the 2008 Right Livelihood Award on December 8th.
Click here to view answers for the quiz
1. Hilary Clinton; 2. O.J. Simpson; 3. Bernie Madoff; 4. Germany; 5. Tuipan; 6. Romila Thapar; 7. Honda; 8. He threw shoes at the US President George W. Bush; 9. Wittelsbach Diamond; 10. Italy.
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11. The Chenna Kesava and the Chenna Mallikeswara temples in George Town; 12. Mohanam; 13. Ambattur-Tiruvottriyur and Tambaram areas; 14. Triplicane Parthasarathy Temple; 15. The first Western theatre; 16. New Woodlands Hotel; 17. Marghazhi Ragam; 18. The Madras Regiment; 19. Buchi Babu Naidu; 20. Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan of LAFTI.
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