1. Name the city’s first movie theatre, run by a German, which shut down in the aftermath of World War I?
2. What were the distinctions held by the newspaper The Spectator, founded in Madras in 1836?
3. Which media mogul of Madras was also one of the early representatives of advertising agency business as he began canvassing advertisements for newspapers for a commission?
4. Which locality gets its name from the fact that the ruler of the region had exempted it from taxation for religious reasons?
5. Name the iconic educational institution of the city that debuted in social media on September 9, 2026.
6. Expand TANSIM whose chairperson Singai Ramachandran is an IIM Ahmedabad graduate.
7. Name the classical music organisation in Chennai whose abbreviation is deceptively similar to that of an organisation promoting physical activities, founded in Madras in 1890.
8. Who is the founder of Garuda Aerospace, an international swimming champion who was felicitated with the Champions of Chennai award this year?
9. Which STEM institution in Chennai is currently researching precision agriculture to reduce the water consumption in rice cultivation?
10. What innovation has been done to the traditional Parai instrument by the Central Leather Research Institute in Chennai to increase its resonance and durability?
Answers to Quiz
1. Mrs. Klugg’s Bioscope
2. It was the first English newspaper of Madras to be owned by an Indian and became the city’s first daily newspaper in 1853
3. S.S.Vasan
4. Thiruvottriyur
5. Madras University
6. Tamilnadu Startup and Innovation Mission
7. Youth Association for Classical Music – YACM, the other one being YMCA
8. Agnishwar Jayaprakash
9. IIT Madras
10. Colouring it with creation of Tie-Dye patterns