Akkapor
Name our family doctor and how many children he had.
Dr. Narasimha Rao , 3 children
How were Europeans called in Tamil?
Yavanargal
What bus did you take from Anupanady to Meenakshi Amman kovil? Which stop would you get down closest to the temple?
4A - Vilakkuthoon (or)
6 - Chintamani Talkies
What was the MAKE of the bus which was nicknamed "dora-dora" bus ?
Atlas from TVS
Azhugaikku peyar pona amma character actress - what's her name?
Kannambal
There was an artiste connected with music residing in our colony. How was he called?
Bagavathar
'Umaru pulavar' - who was given this name? What was the name of his most famous work?
Additional - real name of his sponsor Seigu Abdul Kader Maraikkaayar
Omar Muhammad Ali
Seerapuranam - book on Muhammad Nabi
Additional - Vallal Seethakaathi
In the earlier days, which places did PT Rajan Road run to and from?
Goripalayam to Bibi Kulam
What was the name of the locality which was in between Saurashtra HS Colony and Mariamman Teppakulam?
Pandian Nagar
Nagesh acted in a movie where he swapped letters/syllables between words as a mannerism.
Which movie is this?
Enga Veetu Pillai
He wrote stories for Tamil magazines. His father was Appa's colleague. Name the father and son who stayed in the colony.
SK Kuppuswamy - Father
Amarnath - Son
What are the kaappiyams Jeevakachintamani and Kundalakesi about ?
Story of J - marrying 8 girls as against the norms of Jainism.
Story of K - a girl who escaped an attempted murder by her husband and became a buddhist monk
First TN Dairy Development Corporation office was set up in which locality in Madurai? This was later renamed as Aavin.
Madhichiyam
How many trees were there in Anupanady house initially? Name them all.
1 - Murungai, 1 - Kalyana Murungai(Mull), 3 - Thennai, 2 - Guava, 1 - Aghatti, 2 - Neem, 1- Marudani, 1 - Mango, 1- Pavazhamalli
Name the Tamil movie in which Kamal Hassan was cast in the lead role first
Also, name his first movie ever.
Apoorva Ragangal
Kalatthoor Kannamma
There was a primary school adjacent to Raghava Iyengar's house. What was the name of the school?
Gomathy School
Tell at least 6 Tamil dialects that are in widespread use. (preferably within TN)
Madurai, Nellai, Kongu, Nanjil, Thanjavur, Palakkadu, Chennai
A healthy drink made of soaking and grinding a particular seed variety; boiled along with cardamom, cashew and jaggery(or)palm sugar.
What am I referring to?
Parutthi paal
Tell the marriage year of each of us in PVS Siblings group.
Indra - 1977, Banu - 1985, Sridhar - 1986, Shanti, Murali - 1987
What is the name of Amitabh Bachchan's first movie?
Saat Hindustani
There was a family in the colony with 3 cousins, having no relationship with Saurashtra HS, in 3 different houses. Name them.
Daniel, Napoli's father and Napoli's uncle
Similar to Tirumoolar, there is another saiva munivar who wrote about human psychology (specifically dreams), anatomy, emotions etc. who hails from Tiruvannamalai. Name him and his most famous work.
Sivagnana Munivar - "Sivagnaga Bodham" was his work.
What were the 3 main bridges connecting South Madurai to North Madurai? Name all 3, specifically the biggest one.
1. Albert Victor Bridge
2. Simmakkal Bridge
3. Anna Salai Bridge (Keezhpalam)
Of Appa's colleagues, name one Tamil, Maths, Sanskrit and Hindi teacher each? All of them resided in the colony.
T - Krishnamoorthy, S - Ramakrishna Sastrigal, M - Krishnarajan, H - A Subramania Iyer
Name the oldest movie theater in Madurai.
Also, name the theater which was situated near Lady Doak College.
Imperial - oldest
Jayaraj - near Lady Doak