Tamizh Quiz 1.

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Finals

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Harish S
 Round One

 Infinite Pounce
 Clockwise
 On Pounce: +20/-10
 Part points and Brownie points at QM
discretion
 Q1
 The event X marked the freedom of 30 crore slaves.
 The event was first reported on air the next day by Y in his
trademark style. He also translated a world famous speech to
tamizh on his report.
 His thoughts after the report
“As a news reader I am not supposed to feel any lump on the throat
at all. So, I controlled my feelings till I finished the bulletin. Later I
cried with joy”
 Y was also known for his remarkable performance and dialogue
delivery in plays and films.
 He acted in popular movies like Moondraam Pirai, Thillu Mullu,
Mahanadhi, Varumayin Niram Sivappu and Thamizhan
ID X and Y. No part points.
 Q1

 X- Indian Independence
 Y- Poornam Viswanathan
 Q2

Who is blanked out?

 Q2

 Hip Hop Aadhi

 Q3

 Kerala- Milma
 Bihar- Sudha
 AP-Vijaya
 Orissa-Omfed
 Rajasthan-Saras
 Punjab-Verka
 Uttaranchal-Aanchal
 Tamilnadu-??????
 Q3

 Aavin
 Q4

Whose ID tag?
Q4
 Q5
 Made in 1995, _____ came to Japan in 1998. At Cinema Rise in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya
district, it attracted more than 127,000 viewers in a 23-week run, netting the theater about
$1.7 million--its biggest gate of the year. "It was the 'Titanic' of the art theaters," says
Atsushi Ichikawa, “_____'s" Japanese distributor. "Forget about the recession," urged a
flier for “_____." "Forget about the millennium. Get rid of your worries... This is the first
page of a pleasant dream that will continue for the rest of your life."
 Japan's masala fascination began in 1996 at a video shop in Singapore's Little India.
Japanese film critic Jun Edoki, visiting the store, asked a clerk to recommend a sampling of
Indian movies. _____ was among the films he carried back to Japan, and when Edoki sat
with his wife to view it in Tokyo, they were mesmerized. "It was absolutely fascinating--
even without subtitles," he recalls. "We became addicted to the point where we had to see
at least part of the film at least once a day. So far, nearly 500,000 Japanese have paid to
see _____ either on the big screen or on video. It premieres on satellite television in June.
 Newsweek reported that X, the male lead in “_____" has supplanted Leonardo DiCaprio as
Japan's trendiest heartthrob .

 ID X and FITB.
 Q5

 X-Rajinikanth
 Film: Muthu
 Q6
The ‘immortal’ X is in love with a ‘golden angel’.
Physically separated, and economically downtrodden,
their love is full of problems.
The litmus test of their love comes when X is held
hostage at a place far from home.
But X literally ‘rises up’ for his love and walks miles to
reach out to his golden angel.
Said to be as the tale of human survival spirit, critics find
similarities of it with a tale of rose named Y.
X and Y enadhu?
Hint: This is a movie question.
Q6
 Q7
 Quote Unquote:
“I started when I was six. My mother taught me. I joined the
club in India and we moved to the Philippines for a year. And
there they had a TV program that was on in the afternoon,
one to two or something like that, when I was in school. So
she would write down all the puzzles and in the evening we
solved them together. So we solved all these puzzles and
sent in our answers together. And they gave the prize of a
book to the winner. And over the course of many months, I
won so many prizes. At one point they just said take all the
books you want, but don't send in any more entries.”
 Q7

 Vishwanathan Anand
 Q8
 The existence of the band X was secret until May 2011.Mick Jagger,
English musician and the lead vocalist of rock band The Rolling Stones,
announced its formation on 20 May 2011.
 The name of the band is said to be inspired by Muhammad Ali.
 The group began recording their self-titled debut album in early 2009 at
a studio in Los Angeles. They recorded about 35 hours of music, with
some songs originally lasting "an hour and 10 minutes" before they were
whittled down. Mick Jagger sings in Sanskrit on "Satyameva Jayathe”
 Band members
Dave Stewart – Lead Guitar
Mick Jagger – Vocals, Guitar & harmonica
Damian Marley – Vocals & Programming
Joss Stone – Vocals.
Y – Piano, synthesizers, continuum fingerboard, Vocals, Drum
programming
Give me X and Y.
 Q8

 X-Superheavy
 Y-AR Rahman
 Round two

 Minimalist Lyrics
 5 Questions. Take Chances.Make Guesses.
 Write down the answers in the sheet
provided.
 10 points for each right answer plus
 10*(No.of teams that didn’t answer) points
 No negs
Minimalist Lyrics Sample
 Minimalist Lyrics

1)
 Minimalist Lyrics

2)
 Minimalist Lyrics

3)
 Minimalist Lyrics
4)
 Minimalist Lyrics

5)
 Answers

 Exchange your sheets.

 Minimalist Lyrics

1)
 “Aayiram Sooriyan Suttalum” aka
“Nenje Ezhu”
- Mariyaan
 Minimalist Lyrics

2)
 “Neruppe sikki mukki neruppe”
-Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu
 Minimalist Lyrics

3)
 “Paramasivan kazhuthilirunthu paambu
ketadhu”
-Sooriyagaandhi
 Minimalist Lyrics
4)
 “Nirpadhuve Nadapadhuve Parapadhuve”
-Bharathi
 Minimalist Lyrics

5)
 “Thenpaandi Seemaiyile”
-Nayagan
 Round Three

 Infinite Pounce
 Anti-Clockwise
 On Pounce: +20/-10
 Part points and Brownie points at QM
discretion
 Q1
All old Tamizh documents used to carry X in the manuscripts.
The reasons for the usage of X is generally attributed to:
1) A way to indicate the day (like we write the date on top
left/right of our pages), but later lost the numerals.
2)Attributing it to the Lord , implying the day belongs to
the Lord, and it will hence be good.
 The most widely accepted reason is:
Using X helped people identify good palm leaves to write
on. The ones on which they couldn't draw the ‘X'
comfortably were discarded. This habit persisted and is still
followed as a tradition albeit without any specific use.
X? And why using X helps identify good palm leaves to write?
 Q1

 Pillayar Suzhi
 With the curves and lines represented in the
Pillayar Suzhi, we can write any Tamizh
alphabet.
 Q2

 Researches in Applied Linguistics suggest that

Tamizh and Japanese are similar in more ways as
they belong to the same Ural Altaic language
group.
 Researches also suggested that Tamil and
Japanese cultures too have several things in
common. One cited example is the chanting of
‘honga honga’ during the Japanese harvest
festival Ko Shogatsu.
 What is the similar Tamil Chant?
 Q2

 “Pongalo Pongal”
 FYI Ko Shogatsu is celebrated on January 14
as well!
 Q3

Connect.
 Q3

 Vaaranam Aayiram
 10 verses in Naachiyaar Thirumozhi written
by Aandaal is called Vaaranam Aayiram
 Surya’s Vaaranam Aayiram contains a scene
where the first verse of the poem is recited in
the last scene of the movie.
 Vaaranam means elephant
 Q4

 According to legend, there was a ruler who once

went on a hunting expedition. After a long day, he
felt remorse as he realized the futility of hunting.
His minister suggested that he take to singing
instead and spreading the message of peace as a
pastime. The enthusiastic king wanted to start
straightaway and the minister suggested that he
use a bow and arrow to create rhythms. And he
followed his advise.
 What is this incident considered the origin of?
 Q4

 Villu Paatu
 Q5
•The following is an excerpt from Contemporary Engineering
Sciences, Vol. 2, 2009, no. 10, 497 - 505
Abstract :
Wideband speech signals of the _______of 3 males and 3 females
were coded using an improved version of Linear Predictive
Coding (LPC).The sampling frequency was at 16 kHz and the bit
rate was at 15450 bits per second, where the original bit rate was
at 128000 bits per second with the help of wave surfer audio tool.
The quality of the performance is exhibited through the block
diagram voice coder. In the last section, the tradeoffs between
the bit rate for a plain LPC vocoder and the bit rate for a voice-
excited LPC vocoder with DCT is analyzed.
 Q5
 Experimental Results:
The variation of the Spectrum section plot in LPC is measures for the
_________ is analyzed with the following
• Analysis type: LPC
• Analysis order: 20
• Speech signal bandwidth B = 8 kHz
• Sampling rate Fs = 16000 Hz (or samples/sec.)
• Channel: All
• Window type: Hamming
• Window length (frame): 512 points (20ms)
• Number of predictor coefficients of the LPC model=18
 The conclusion of this analysis was:
It is observed from voice excited LPC with Wavesurfer tool, there is a variation
in magnitude of the _______ among different people. To strengthen the results,
more samples could collected from TamilNadu, Srilanka and Malasiya in future.
 Q5

Waveform of ____________ Spectrum of __________

FITB.
Q5

This is the speech

processing of the tamizh
letter ‘zha’ with LPC
 Q6

One Mr.Sabapathy informed his fiancee Indrani that he has

invented something,which will reduce the time & effort
spent on some daily chores considerably.
As promised, he gave her the Gift after the marriage.
His Invention was an immediate hit in his locality.
Sabapathy and his brother Shanmugam, were also running a
Film Projector service shop at NH Road,Coimbatore in late
1950s.
He started a business of mass production of his invention as
well. Coimbatore became a hub for production of this item
after that.
What was that invention ??
 Q6

 Coimbatore Wet Grinder

 Q7
 Ek Tha Jungle is an animated TV series aired on Disney Channel.
The 11 minutes each animal fables are laced around strong ethics
and family values with a moral that is applicable to the present
and future generations. The show is modeled on a literary work
_______.
 Accel animation studios head had this to say about the show:”The
biggest Challenge in entertaining children lies in content. While
there are a lot of stories from the west, we wanted to offer Indian
content with universal appeal. _______is an international subject
and it is not for adults alone. Like Aesop’s fables and the
Panchatantra tales, the ______ too can be used to entertain
children since they love conflict and its resolution.”
 FITB.
 Q7
 Ulaga Podhumarai
 Q8

 X is a unique kind of Tamil Poetry constructed

such that the last word of each verse
becomes the first word of the next verse.

 Usually written in praise of the Lord, this

unique form of poetry truly makes a garland
of verses.

 X?
 Q8

 Andhaadhi
 Round Four

 Pick your poison

 6 topics for 6 teams
 Team with lowest points will get to choose
first and so on.
 +30/-10 points for answering straightaway.
 +20/0 points for answering after a hint.
 Questions won’t be passed. If unanswered, it
will go as an audience question.
வேண்டப்பட்ட விரோதி!
(Pick Your Poison!)

Movies Literature

Political Techie

Quote
Unquote Etymology
 Movies Q1
 Ellis R. Dungan (11 May 1909 - 1 December 2001) was an American film director,
who was well known for working in Indian films, from 1936 to 1950.He was an
alumnus of the University of Southern California and moved to India in 1935.
 Dungan had no knowledge of Indian languages, a problem which never affected his
career as a director of films in Indian languages. He introduced many new
techniques to Indian cinema despite the technical limitations of that period.
 Many of his movies were based on the mythical characters of the Hindu religion and
he had to shoot them in Hindu temples where non Hindus were not allowed.
Dungan filmed his movies in the temples by passing himself off as
a Kashmiri pundit.
 Dungan is credited with introducing modern make-up, the mobile camera and
cabaret dance numbers to Tamil Cinema and moving it away from the influence of
stage plays.
 He is also credited with something that would be part of a historically significant
milestone, one that would change the face and scenario of Tamilnadu for years to
come. WHAT IS IT?
 Movies Q1

 He introduced MGR in Tamil Cinema by

directing his first film Sathi Leelavathy
 Movies Q2
 The following verse from Thirumandhiram formed the inspiration of the
title for a critically acclaimed movie dealing with love, spirituality and
communism.
 “ X Y இரண்டென்பர் அறிவிலார்
X Y ஆவதாரும் அறிகிலார்
X Y ஆவதாரும் அறிந்தபின்
X Y அமர்ந்திருந்தாரே!”
The english translation is:
“The ignorant think of X and Y as different.
They don’t know that X becomes Y.
After they realise that X becomes Y
Then truly X sits as Y”
XY Is the Movie title.
Which Film?
Movies Q2

Main
 Literature Q1
 The following is a verse from Kurunthogai.
 “கொங்குதேர் வாழ்க்கை அஞ்சிறை தும்பி
காமம் செப்பாது கண்டது மொழிமோ
பயிலியது கெழீஇய நட்பின் மயிலியல்
செறியெயிற் றரிவை கூந்தலின்
நறியவும் உளவோ நீ அறியும் பூவே”
 Originally written as a solution to a Riddle posed by a Pandya
King Soodamanipandyan, the literary meaning and the
implied conclusion of the poem came under severe criticism
from a person X in the court of the king.
 The poem is also very special in the history of Tamil literature
owing to its foreign authorship.
 ID X and the author of the verse.
 Literature Q1

 This is the poem given to Dharumi by Lord

Shiva himself as a solution to the King’s riddle
of “Does women’s hair have a natural
fragrance?” implying yes as an answer.
 Came under criticism from X:Nakkeeran as he
believed otherwise taking a firm stance
claiming:
“நெற்றிக்கண் திறப்பினும் குற்றம் குற்றமே”
 Literature Q2
 The poets X and Y are famous for their notorious word fights throughout
their times.
 In one instance X pretended to ask a riddle to Y but humiliated her by
using the word ‘dee’ in his question which is considered derogatory. The
riddle is “Oru kaaladi Naalilai Pandhaladi” meaning “What has one foot
and four roofs?” He had used the word “dee” as a pun to also mean the
foot.
 Y knew of X’s intentions and answered”
எட்டேகால் லட்சணமே எமனே றும்பரியே
மட்டில் பெரியம்மை வாகனமே முட்டமேற்
கூரையில்லா வீடே குலராமன் தூதுவனே
ஆரையடா சொன்னா யடா?
which meant “You disfigured beauty, You buffalo, You donkey-The mount
of Moodhevi, you roofless wall, You monkey - the messenger for Lord
Rama. How dare you address me like that?” and in the process of
satiating her anger, also answered the riddle.
 X and Y yaaru? And also give me the anwer to the riddle.
 Literature Q2

 X-Kambar
 Y-Avvaiyaar
 The answer is “Aarai keerai”

Main
 Political Q1
“Tamil is us. Take a bow and try to know a little bit about the great language, culture, the
history of their literature and the social upheavals they have passed through. You will
wonder what kept you so distant from the wealth of knowledge and Indian-ness. No other
society in India has passed through such turmoil as Tamils in the past one hundred years,
and no other society has seen such unexplainable ignorance from other Indians about their
pains and dreams.
  When I say Tamil, I speak for all Indian languages which are facing a ‘never before’ challenges
due to the overwhelming and largely unwarranted influence of English. My Tamil friend
lamented the other day that his kids can’t pronounce or recognise Tamil numerals.
  Newspapers are full of English words, some even use the Roman letters in their titles. Stories
of Chola kings, Thiruvalluvar’s classical literature, MS Subbulakshmi’s divine music, tales of
Tamil valour, scholarship, splendid achievements in arts and culture are read more by
foreigners in Singapore in printed coffee table books than in ‘fast forward’ Tamil homes.
Recognising Tamil is to salute and internalise that diversity with a vigour that secures India’s
distinct civilisational colour.
Say Vanakkam to Tamil and it will be instantly translated as a Vande Mataram to Mother
India.”
 Political Q1

 That was an excerpt from a speech given by

X. Gimme X.
 X made history by becoming ‘the first person’
to do so by delivering this speech. What?
 Political Q1

 X-Tarun Vijay, Rajya Sabha MP from

Utharkhand
 He is the first person outside Tamilnadu to
demand national status for Tamizh in
Parliament.
Political Q1
 Political Q2

 Tamilnadu and Karnataka share a long history of

disputes and strained relationships due to issues
related to sharing of Kaveri water and Hogenakkal
water supply power project.
 In 2009, the then Chief Ministers M.Karunanidhi
and B.S.Yediyurappa came to a consensus and as
an effort to bolster ties and signify goodwill
between the two states, did something which was
welcomed alike both by people and media.
 What?
Political Q2
 Political Q2

 Tiruvalluvar statue was unveiled

in Ulsoor, Bengaluru by Tamil Nadu Chief
minister M. Karunanidhi.
 Sarvajna statue has been unveiled
in Ayanavaram park, Chennai by Karnataka
Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa 

Main
 Techie Q1
பதிப்பி "வணக்கம், விதி விளையாட்டுக்கு வருக!"
# ஒவ்வொரு முறை ஒரு புதிய விதை தேவை
seed( 1729 + 500*random() )
எண் = randint(1,100)
# 10 வாய்ப்புகளை கொடுக்க
வாய்ப்பு = 0
@( வாய்ப்பு < 10 ) வரை
பதிப்பி "நான் என் எழில்மிக்க இதயத்தில் எண் [1-100] ஒன்று நினைக்கிறேன்"
பதிப்பி "என்ன நான் நினைக்கிறேன் தெரியுமா?“
guess = உள்ளீடு ( "Guess/யூகிக்க >>" )
வாய்ப்பு = வாய்ப்பு + 1
#பதிப்பி ( எண் == guess )
#பதிப்பி எண்
@( எண் == guess ஆனால்
பதிப்பி "வாழ்த்துக்கள்! சரியான பதில்"
exit(0)
முடி @( எண் < guess ) ஆனால்
பதிப்பி "உங்கள் உள்ளீடு அதிகமாக உள்ளது"
இல்லை
பதிப்பி "உங்கள் உள்ளீடு குறைத்து உள்ளது“
முடி
பதிப்பி "இன்னும் " பதிப்பி ( 10 - வாய்ப்பு )
பதிப்பி "வாய்ப்புக்குள் மீதமுள்ளன முடி"
முடி
பதிப்பி "மன்னிக்கவும் : 10 வாய்ப்பு முடிக்க முடியவில்லை!“
exit( -1 )

• This is a sample program. What is the name of this programming language?

 Techie Q1

 Ezhil
 Techie Q2
 The following is taken from a newspaper article.
 "The other browsers that can be downloaded from the ______ site are a
mix of English and the regional language. Our focus in Tamil Translation
was to find the easiest possible translation for every English word on the
browser, in Tamil," said Arun Prakash, an engineering graduate
associated with the ______Tamil Translation team, in the article.
 In the Tamil  _______ , the options are "kopu" for file, "viruppangal" for
preferences, and "nagal yedu" for copy, among others.
 "There is no need for a Tamil keyboard, as the keyboard shortcuts will be
the same. Settings, history, tools or download instructions will be in
Tamil, and the browser will lead you to the Tamil version of the website
you are looking for, if one exists,“

 What is blanked out? 

 Techie Q2

 Mozilla

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 Quote Unquote Q1
 “I am not a very 'Tamil' person.
I am not a big reader. 
Thanglish was my medium of Instruction throughout my
school.So my English is not that great too.
I am not a poet. 
Whenever some one asks me for a poem for a magazine, I tell
them this. 'I am not a poet'.
The instant question they ask is ‘Then how do you write lyrics?' 
I find it extremely difficult to explain it to them that you need not
be a poet to write lyrics.”

 Which famous lyricist said this?

 Quote Unquote Q1

 Madhan Karky
 The name of his lyric engineering system is
‘Karky’
 Quote Unquote Q2

 "No sentence can begin with because because,

because is a conjunction.”
 Quote Unquote Q2

 CN Annadurai

Main
 Etymology Q1

 In his book "Entry from backside only: Hazaar

fundas of Indian English" journalist Binu K
John talks about a bridge in Mylapore area in
Chennai whose original name was Hamilton
Bridge. Today it is known as Barber bridge. As
per the book, how did this metamorphosis
happen?
 Etymology Q1

 Hamilton when transliterated to Tamil

became Ammultan, then got corrupted to
Ambattan which is Tamil for barber. Then
finally got translated back to English,
becoming Barber Bridge
 Etymology Q2

 This is a richly flavored soup, spiced with

curry powder and served with a dollop of
tangy sour cream.
 This curry flavoured soup is of Anglo-Indian
origin, and its name translated literally from
Tamil means “pepper water”, although the
dish that Anglo-Indians call “pepper water” is
closer to Rasam than this dish.
 Name the soup boys :P
 Etymology Q2

 Muligatawny
 Taken from the tamizh “Milagu Thaneer”

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Tie Breaker or Audience Question
 Food for thought

Lord Macaulay’s address to the British Parliament on 2 nd Feb 1835:

“I have travelled across the lengths and breadths of India and I have
not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I
have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such
caliber, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country
unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her
spiritual and cultural heritage and therefore I propose that we
replace her old and ancient education system,her culture,for if
the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and
greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem,their
native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly
dominated nation”