Food
Boiled white channa tossed with mustard seeds, grated coconut, raw mango and curry leaves
What is sundal?
The oldest cricket stadium in India
What is the Chepauk stadium?
A film about a struggling actor and a writer-politician who become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively
What is Iruvar?
The second longest natural urban beach in the world
What is Marina Beach?
The old name of Chennai
What is Madrasapattinam?
Doughnut-shaped fried savoury pastries made from lentil, chickpea or rice flour
What are vadas?
One of the most successful IPL franchises
What is CSK?
A film narrated in flashbacks about a man who is frantic after the disappearance of his wife, and explores the tensions of married life between two young people who elope and the maturing of love
What is Alai Payuthey?
The shopping hub of Chennai
What is T Nagar?
India's first flyover
What is the Anna Flyover?
Tamarind and rice fried together with spices, ground nuts, urad dahl, curry leaves, fenugreek and asafoetida
What is Puliyodarai?
The first Grandmaster from India
Who is Viswanathan Anand?
A romantic thriller film which follows a girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, making desperate efforts to find her husband after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Jammu and Kashmir
What is Roja?
The first English fortress in India, founded in 1644 and which serves as a museum today.
What is Fort St. George?
This dynasty ruled over the Chennai region from the 3rd to 9th century AD.
Who were the Pallavas?
Fried/steamed dough balls made with a batter of black lentils and rice, interspersed with chilies, roasted curry leaves and mustard seeds, often served with coconut or peanut chutney
What is Kuzhi Paniyaram?
Retired tennis player, commentator, actor and Padma Shri awardee born in Chennai
Who is Vijay Amritraj?
A film about a man and his family being targeted in a generations-long revenge by his cousin, who was left humiliated after the man rejected her proposal and instead fell in love with her timid, good-natured house help
What is Padayappa?
A living museum of art, architecture, lifestyles, crafts and performing arts of South India
What is DakshinaChitra?
The oldest railway station in Asia
What is the Royapettah railway station?
A crunchy snack made from a combination of gram and rice flour, with salt and cumin seeds mixed into the dough, then deep fried
What is murukku?
The first Indian driver to compete in Formula One
Who is Narain Karthikeyan?
An Indian adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" focusing on two sisters of opposing temperaments.
What is Kandukondain Kandukondain?
Home to over 300 kinds of trees and plants, 150 bird species and 15 species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians
What is Guindy National Park?
The first British governor of Madras Presidency
Who was Elihu Yale?