Quizmaster
Harish S
Harish Sankar, Amrita Alumni, ECE 2011-2015
(Forgot CGPA and all. “Remember the good,
Forget the bad”)
 Currently Working @ Bosch, Coimbatore
 Proud Indian First. Thamizh Pride Next. Nothing
is greater than the nation. (“Yaadhum Oore
Yaavarum Kelir”)
 Thiruvalluvar Fan and Bharathiyaar Devotee.
 Admins a page in FB “The Curious Cat” as a
repository for creative content in Thamizh
 Welcome to Thamizh quiz 3.0
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Vanakkam 
20 questions in the prelims.
No negs. So feel free to guess.
Star marked questions carry 2 points each.
Other Questions carry one point
No cell phones/googling please.
Top 6 teams battle it out in the finals.
Bonus points and part points are at QM’s
discretion.
Most questions are based on QM’s book reading,
movie observing and internet browsing habits. If
errors are found, feel free to point out.
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Abdul Kalam!
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What does this signify?
Courtesy : Ramesh Srivats !! Welcome to Vasantham 
One of the most popular talismans of good luck in modern
Japan is the armless, legless, and eyeless Daruma doll,or
tumbler doll
Sold at temple festivals and fairs, such dolls are typically made
of papiermache, painted red, and depict X seated in meditation.
When knocked on its side, the doll pops back to
the upright position (similar to namma thanjavur bommai)
X??
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Bodhi Dharma
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Tata Industries and X Corporation together own
the company Y (Its name is a portmanteau of
both the parent corporations)
Y offers various brands including Steel, Regalia,
Raga, Nebula, Sonata, Fastrack, Zoop, Orion,
Purple, Automatic, Tycoon, Bandhan, Octane
and the HTSE series
They account for 60% market share in their
domain in India and their products are exported
to 32 countries through marketing subsidiaries in
London, Aden, Dubai and Singapore
X and Y?
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X- TN government (TIDCO)
Y- TITAN
South Indian Connect to the following Equations??
Geometric
representation of the
above equations, if it
helps :P
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Idly, Dosa, Vada. The Trio of Thamizh Cuisine.
Circle- Dosa; Torus- Vada; Ellipsoid- Idly
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Antiquity
Harmony
Clarity
Independent
Serenity
Idealism
Universality
Reason
Order
Humanism
What are all this?
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Criteria for Classical Language Status!
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FITB and list of what?
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________________ (January)
Eid ( December/ January)
Republic Day (Jan 26)
Vadalur Ramalinga Jothi Day (Jan/ Feb)
Maha Shivratri (Febrauary)
Prophet Birthday ( March/ Apr)
Mahavir Jayanthi (March/April)
May 1
Independence Day (August 15)
Gandhi Jayanthi ( Oct 2)
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List of Dry Days in Tamilnadu
Thiruvalluvar Day (“நஞ்சுண்பார்
கல்லுண்பவர்”)
A Letter to a Hindu" was a letter written by Leo
Tolstoy to Tarak Nath Das on 14 December 1908
 The letter caused the young Mohandas Gandhi to
write to the world-famous Tolstoy to ask for advice
and for permission to reprint the Letter in Gandhi's
own South African newspaper, Indian Opinion.
 In this letter, Tolstoy asked Indians to follow non
violence as their path to freedom and quoted from a
‘Hindu Voice’ X “The punishment of evil doers consists
in making them feel ashamed of themselves by doing
them a great kindness.”
 What is X?
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Thirukural (The Hindu Voice)
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The Mullaiperiyar dam, the subject of so
much controversy in recent times, is located
in Kerala, but has been leased to Tamil Nadu
after a 1886 treaty between the then
Travancore State and the Madras Presidency.
For how many years is this lease?
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999 years
Incidentally, the film "Dam 999" got banned in
Tamil Nadu after alluding to the dam and its
suspected vulnerabilities.
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This temple is situated inside the Kamban
Mani Mandabam in Karaikudi and the street
in which the temple is located has been
named X Kovil Street.
Opened in 1993 by M Karunanidhi (who is
otherwise an atheist) ,this temple is truly one
of its kind in the world.
X? And what is its unique distinction?
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Thamizh Thaai Temple
Only Temple in the world for a language
Geographical Indication label is a certificate of the
geographical origin of a certain product and also confirms
adherence to some production standards.
The reasoning behind Geographical Indications in general
is that a certain quality can be associated with products
made from specific geographies.
 In India, prominent products bagging this brand right
include Darjeeling Tea, Kashmir Pashmina and Tirupati
Laddoo.
 The geographial indication label of another product is.,
the mix of silver and gold in a ______ with 57% of silver
and 0.6% of gold.
What Product?
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Kanchipuram Silk
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“ஓடிய நீளந்தன்னை ஓரெட்டு கூறதாக்கி கூற்றிலே ஒன்று
தள்ளி
குன்றத்தில் பாதி லேர்த்தால் வருவது கர்ணம் தாலை”
The direct translation of this verse:
“Divide the distance you've run (longer side) into 8 equal
parts and discard one part from it. Then if you add half
the height to that, you'll get the karnam”
 This verse supposedly known to the ancient tamizh
masons was the ‘formula’ to calculate the ‘karnam’
which was essential to design inclined planes.
 Mathematically, this is a close approximation to what
we follow today.
 What?
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Pythagoras Theorem
example 1: Take a Right angled triangle with
sides 3 and 4 units.
Now as per the poem,
Hypotenuse = (7/8)*4 + 3/2 =5.
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example 2, take a Right angled triangle with
sides 3 and 6
Hypotenuse = (7/8)*6 + 3/2 = 6.75
By the actual pythagorian theorem, Hypotenuse =
SQRT(6^2 + 3^2) = 6.71
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In ancient times, Thamizh alphabets were used as
numerals and is still officially followed in Thamizh
speaking nations.
For instance, ka denotes 1, u denotes 2 and so on.
 When Tamilnadu government made it mandatory for films
to have titles in thamizh for
tax exemptions, a film with an english title put this tamil
numeral system to full effect.
 The film was renamed to _____ with the numeral
equivalent of the word signifying
its notorious english equivalent. Despite the clever
wordplay for tax exemption, the film was a box office
bomb.
Name the film.
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X played a crucial role in making Tamil an official
language in the state, judiciary and a medium of
instruction in educational institutions.
X was a suppporter of pure usage of Tamil, and
even declared his name to be “Uyir Inban” a
literal translation of his name X in sanskrit.
X was a communist, and widely respected for his
clean public record. He was also an excellent
orator, cultural theoretician, journalist and critic.
X has a railway station named after him and
TNSTC Erode division is named after him.
X yaaru?
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Jeevanandham
Vyasarpadi Jeeva railway Station, and Vijay’s
name in Katthi
Named after Koyan, a 12th century Irula Tribal Chieftain,
this region lies in the in the middle of the "Roman trail"
that extended from Muziris(west) to Arikamedu(east). It is
said to have been ruled by the Cheras, the Cholas, the later
Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire and the Madurai and
Thanjavur Nayaks. In the 17th century, the city became a
part of the Kingdom of Mysore and remained so until its
conquest by the British East India Company in 1799.
 However its modern history starts only in 1890s when Sir
Robert Stanes set up his coffee curing factory, kickstarting
the region’s industrial growth
 It had the first cinema theatre in south india
 What is this region known as today?
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Sundaram Balachander (Tamil: எஸ். பாலச்சந்தர்) (18
January 1927 – 13 April 1990), was born in Madras was an
Indian self-taught veena player. He was also an
accomplished film maker as a producer, director, music
director, actor, singer and dancer.
 He travelled all over the world, and won international
fame as an instrumentalist of rare repute. The famous
electric bassist Mark Egan cites Balachander as a major
influence on his music.
 His X shot to fame when in an aesthetically pleasing
coincidence, closely resembled his passion for playing the
instrument
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His signature. Note the close resemblance to the veena!
The Giant Swing(Thai: เสาชิงช้า, Sao Ching Cha) is a
religious structure in Bangkok, Thailand, constructed
in 1784 by King Rama I and is suggested as a future
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 It hosts the Swing Ceremony, which is one of the 12
royal ceremonies held in each of the months of the
Thai lunar calendar.
 It is called the ceremony of Tri-Yampavai and Tribave in Thai Language because holy verses are recited
from these works, which are translated from original
Thamizh works.
 What are these original Thamizh works?
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Thirupaavai (for Vishnu) and
Thiruvembaavai( for Shiva)
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X was born and educated in Manchester. He was
an open scholar in Modern History as a
postgraduate
X has made a number of internationally
successful TV series, including “In the footsteps
of Alexander the Great”, “ The Story of India”
Inspired by a temple astrologer who had
accurately predicted his mariage, and the birth
of his two daughters, X travelled widely through
Tamilnadu and wrote this book: “The Smile of
Muruga”- a mixture of history and travelogue
X?
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Michael Wood
His Daughter name is Meenakshi
Connect.
List of English words of Tamizh Origin
 Anaconda-Yaanai kondran
 Cheetah- Siruthai
 Cash- Kaasu
 Mango- Maangaai
 Ginger- Inji
This Thamizh word’s origin is debated. Some
claim it appears first in a Periyazhvaar paasuram.
Others ascribe its origin to Thiruvilayadal
Puranam. Its first documented usage in its
current meaning was by Arunagirinaadhar
 The word has various meanings based on
context- silent, idle,reasonless, casual, free,
uninhibited, and also as an exclamatory remark
 Variants of this word is also used in Kannada and
malayalam
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“Chumma”