Geography
This city was part of the trade route with the Roman Empire during the Chera Dynasty and its district was the first district to be formed in India on 4 April 1792
Salem
Rice pudding is eaten on "Thai" this, a January festival of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka & Southern India
Pongal
Chennai Music Season (which has been described as one of the world's largest cultural events) was first held in which year?
1927
Ancient Tamil history is marked by which three kingdoms?
Chera, Chola, and Pandya
How old is the Tamil language believed to be?
2500 years old (:O)
This is an abandoned town destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone and is on the tip of Pamban Island
Dhanushkodi
The name of this 2-hulled boat is from the Tamil for "tied wood"
catamaran
This instrument (with a double-headed hourglass-shape) is often used in folk songs along with a nadaswaram
urumi
Before the arrival of the East India Company, the area Fort George is in was known as this
Madraspatnam
Which two countries have Tamil as one of the official languages?
Sri Lanka and Singapore
This district stands second in terms of population density amongst the districts of Tamil Nadu and ranks the highest out of them in Human Development Index
Kanyakumari
This term for a social outcast is from the Tamil for "drummer", a position once held by a person of low caste
pariah
AR Rahman collaborated with this band to produce a single titled "Ahisma" in 2019
U2
What was the only princely state in what is now Tamil Nadu?
Pudukkottai
This is the first epic poem in the Tamil language
Silappadikaram
This is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills and in Tamil Nadu at 2,637m
Doddabetta
Tamil loanwords in this biblical language came about due to the interactions of West Asian and South Indian merchants
Biblical Hebrew
Name the composers known as the Tamil Trinity
Marimutta Pillai, Arunachala Kavi & Muttu Tandavar
This type of medicine is one of the oldest systems of medicine in India and originated in what is now Tamil Nadu (although Indian Medical Association now regards this type of medicine as "fake")
Siddha medicine
How many people in the world speak Tamil (including both native speakers and second language)
Around 77 million!
This town is the final in Tamil Nadu on the road from Chennai to Trivandrum in the Tenkasi District
Shenkottai / Sengottai
This is the name of the Arabic script used for the Tamil language in madrasas across Tamil Nadu
Arwi
In what amount of time was Ilaiyaraaja known to have composed an entire symphony?
Less than one month!
What is known as the most ancient Tamil text?
Tolkāppiyam
This temple is the only temple in the world for worshiping a language as a god or goddess
Tamil Thai Kovil