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VOL. XXIV NO. 10, September 1-15, 2014
Quizzin' with Ram'nan

(Current Affairs questions are from the period August 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1. How did the Indian-origin mathematician Manjul Bhargava of Princeton University make news recently?

2. The World Health Organi­sation has sanctioned the use of experimental drug ZMapp to tackle which Global Health Emergency?

3. The new airline venture ­between Tata-Singapore Airlines (SIA) is named…?

4. On August 6th, Rosetta ­became the first ever spacecraft to reach which type of heavenly body after a journey of more than 10 years and 6.4 billion km through deep space?

5. On August 5th, the artwork Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was unveiled in the Tower of London to commemorate the centenary of…?

6. What museum was inaugurated in New Delhi on August 1st by President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of his completing his second year in office?

7. Who emulated badminton stars Prakash Padukone and Syed Modi’s feat on August 3rd? And what feat?

8. Which former diplomat and minister’s work, One Life is Not Enough: An Autobiography, re­cent­ly created waves?

9. Name the world-famous, ­Oscar-winning comic actor and producer who committed suicide on August 11th.

10. The centenary of which ­fantastic engineering feat was ­celebrated in the Americas on August 15th?

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11. Name the three Chettiar ­siblings who have all been ­Mayors of Madras.

12. One of the earliest businesses of the city was a tannery set up in 1805 at Leith Castle in San Thomé. Who set it up?

13. The Parish Venkatachala Iyer Street in George Town was the first to receive which now-­com­mon sanitary provision?

14. Which iconic portrait of a ­legendary Tamilian was created by Bhashyam (aka Arya)?

15. From which fruit does the Chennai area with the pin code 600058 get its name?

16. Which Somerset Maugham work is said to be based on the suicide of one Adela Nicholson in Alwarpet?

17. Which composer’s Symphony No. 13, composed in 1958, is called the ‘Madras Symphony’?

18. Which architect of repute built Lawrence School, Lovedale, and the Nilgiris Library?

19. Which pioneering actress was called ‘Cinema Rani’?

20. What record does the Car­natic music song Natakadi Vid­yala, composed by Rama­swami Dikshitar, hold?

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1. He was awarded the prestigious ‘Fields Medal’; 2. Ebola virus; 3. Vistara; 4. Comet; 5. World War I. It’s a garden of ceramic poppy flowers; 6. An AV museum chronicling the history and treasures of the highest office of the country; 7.  P. Kashyap, by winning the men’s singles gold at the CWG; 8.  Natwar Singh; 9. Robin Williams; 10. Inauguration of the Panama Canal.

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11. M.A. Muthiah Chettiar, M. Ramanathan Chettiar and M.A. Chi­dam­baram; 12. Thomas Parry; 13.  Under­ground sewage; 14. Subramania Bharati; 15. Fig (or Athi). The area is Athipet; 16. The Colonel’s Lady; 17. Henry Cowell; 18. Robert Chisholm; 19. T.P. Rajalakshmi; 20. Longest song, set to 108 ragas and talas.

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