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Finals: Tamizh Quiz 1.0
Finals: Tamizh Quiz 1.0
Finals: Tamizh Quiz 1.0
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Finals
Quizmaster
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
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
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
“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
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
FITB.
Q5
X?
Q8
Andhaadhi
Round Four
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
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
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
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 )
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,“
Mozilla
Main
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.”
Madhan Karky
The name of his lyric engineering system is
‘Karky’
Quote Unquote Q2
CN Annadurai
Main
Etymology Q1
Muligatawny
Taken from the tamizh “Milagu Thaneer”
Main
Tie Breaker or Audience Question
Food for thought