6 MADRAS MUSINGS September 16-30, 2010 LISTED HERITAGE BUILDINGS (Current Affairs questions are Places of Historical Importance/Aesthetic Value/Popular Places of Worship in Fort St. George and North Chennai, 147 in number, listed in the from the period August 16th to Justice E. Padmanabhan Committee Report of 2008. 31st. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.) Building/Precinct Name Location Grade Building/Precinct Name Location Grade 1. Poppy Flowers, a painting valued Fort St George Complex Fort St George 1 Kalikambal Kamateeswarar close to $50 million, was stolen re- State Secretariat Fort St George 1 Devasthanam Thambu Chetty St. 2b cently from Cairo’s Mohammed St Mary’s Church Fort St George 1 St Columban’s High School McLean Street 2a Mahmoud Khalil Museum. Name the celebrated painter. Old British Infantry Officers’ Building in Binny’s Compound McLean Street 2b Mess/Fort Museum Fort St George 1 2. Who was going to give world Regal House McLean Street 2b chess champion Viswanathan Chaplains’ House Fort St George 1 Seven Wells Market Govindappa Naicken St. 2b Anand a honorary doctorate but Admiralty House (Clive House) Fort St George 1 Srinivasa Nilayam (Manali Hostel) Govindappa Naicken St. 2b was unable to do so because of bu- King’s Barracks Fort St George 1 Sri Mallikeswarar Temple Linghi Chetty Street 2a reaucratic questions? Arsenal Fort St George 1 Market Godown Venkatachalam Street 2a 3. In which African country were Garrison Engineer’s Depot Fort St George 1 Sri Adi Kesava Perumal Temple Acharappan Street 2a three Indian peacekeepers killed Guard Room Fort St George 1 St Mark’s Church Pedariar Koil Street 2a recently in an apparent ambush by Last house on the left of Snobs’ Vallalar Illam Veerasami Street 2a rebels? Alley Fort St George 1 Walnut Willies Building Jaffer Syrand Street 2a 4. Name the co-founder of a tech Nursing Sisters’ House Fort St George 1 Binny’s Recreation Club Errabalu Chetty St. 2b giant who recently filed patent in- Old INS Adyar Building Fort St George 2a Essa Abba Sait Building Godown Street 2b fringement lawsuits against Google, Big Warehouse Fort St George 1 Sri Muthukumaraswami Temple Rasappa Chetty Street 2b Apple, eBay, Facebook, Yahoo and Parade Ground Fort St George 1 YouTube among other eminent Abdul Hakims Hindu-Muslim High Wellesley House Fort St George 1 tech companies. School Angappan Street 2b Fort House Fort St George 1 5. Name the two Pakistani fast Trinity Chapel Walltax Road 2a Moat and Flagstaff Fort St George 1 bowlers recently suspended after a V Perumal Chetty and Sons Stringer Street 2a Island Grounds Near Fort 1 sting operation led to allegations Sri Ekamreswarar Devasthanam Mint Street 2b Victory War Memorial Rajaji Salai 1 that they were involved in ‘spot-fix- Government Stanley Hospital Monegar Choultry Rd. 2a State Bank of India Main Branch Rajaji Salai 1 ing.’ Madras Electricity Board Thambu Chetty St. 2a Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court Rajaji Salai 1 6. Name the world’s largest com- Chennai House Esplanade 2a puter maker who paid a $55 million General Post Office Rajaji Salai 1 Bairagimadam Temple Off Mint Street 2a fine to settle claims that it paid Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Rajaji Salai 1 Kalathiswarar Temple Coral Merchant St. 2a kickbacks in connection with U.S. Royapuram Railway Terminal Rajaji Salai 1 government contracts. Old Town Wall Ibrahim Sahib Street 1 Masjid Mamoor Angappa Naicken St. 1 7. A team of scientists led by Neil Reserve Bank of India Rajaji Salai 2a Chandraprabhu Jain Temple Mint Street 2a Hall from the University of Pachaiyyappa’s Trust Commercial Hazrath Syed Thurabudeen Liverpool has released draft se- Building Rajaji Salai 2a Sha Kadriyul Chisty Inside Stanley Street 2a quences of which globally-impor- Sical Building Rajaji Salai 2a Qutubul Akhtab Durgah Linghi Chetty Street 2a tant food plant’s genome? Cornwallis Cupola Rajaji Salai 1 Memon Masjid Anderson Street 2a 8. Off which Asian island is the Gordon Woodroffe Rajaji Salai 2a Old Mint (Govt. Printing Press) Mint Street 1 volcano Mount Sinabung, which Young Men’s Christian Association NSC Bose Road 1 Vupputur Alwar Chetty Govindappa Naicken recently erupted for the first time Ramanuja Koodam Street 2a in four centuries? Anderson Church NSC Bose Road 1 Pachaiyyappa’s College Hr Sec Kalava Ramanna Chettiyar Narayana 9. By winning the Wyndham Komuttula Chattiram Mudali Street 2a Championship recently, who be- School & Hall NSC Bose Road 1 Parsi Fire Temple Mannarsamy Koil St. 1 came the first Indian and 6th Chenna Kesava & Malleswara Asian-born golfer to win a US PGA Temples NSC Bose Road 1 Biden Place Staff Quarters Harbour 2a title? Sivasubramania Swami Temple NSC Bose Road 2a Kalmandapam Suryanarayana Chetty St.2a 10. Name the Bharat Ratna Govindu Naicker Sec School NSC Bose Road 2b Kasimedu Cemetery Suryanarayana Chetty St.2a awardee and Nobel Laureate whose Dare House Rajaji Salai 2a Missionaries of Charity East Mada Church Rd. 2a birth centenary was celebrated on Bombay Mutual Building NSC Bose Road 2a Northwick Girls’ Hr Sec School Shaik (M) Street 2a August 26th? Esplanade boundary Pillar Near Dare House 1 Royapuram Clock Tower Royapuram 2a * * * Adam Building NSC Bose Road 2a St Kevin’s Chapel Arathoon Road 2a 11. What was the former name of Madras High Court & Law Chambers NSC Bose Road 1 St Peter’s Church West Mada Church Rd. 2a the Sriramulu Poonga on Prakasam Madras Law College NSC Bose Road 1 Nagavalliyamman Alayam Adam Sahib Street 2b Road in Chennai? David Yale and Joseph Hymners Ther Mandapam Royapuram 2b 12. What is the official or actual Tomb NSC Bose Road 1 M1 Police Station (Fire Officers HQ) Harbour 2a name of the San Thomé basilica? Small Causes & City Civil Courts NSC Bose Road 1 CSI Rainy Hospital GA Road 1 13. Consecrated in 1786, it is the Appar Achagam Broadway 2a CSI Rainy Chapel GA Road 2a oldest surviving Freemasons’ Lodge Arcot Lutheran Church Broadway 2a in South India. What is its name? CSI Rainy Library GA Road 2a Aural Institute Broadway 2a Doctors’ Quarters GA Road 2a 14. Which ruler gifted a Thomas CMS Centenary Hall Broadway 2a Willing painting of the The Last Bala Vinayagar Alayam JP Koil Street 2a Janasakthi Press Broadway 2a Supper to St. Mary’s Church in the Robinson (Arignar Anna) Park Singarathottam Street 2a Fort? TM Ghouse Building Broadway 2a St Roque’s Church MG Road 2a 15. T. Murari, A.R. Srinivasan and Wesley Tamil Alayam Broadway 2a Suzhal Medai MG Road 2a A.V. Rajagopal are considered the Wesleyan Chapel Broadway 2a Masjid E Khadeem & Muslim first three Indians to figure in which St Francis Xavier Church Broadway 2a Burial Ground West Cemetery Road 2b prestigious club’s cricket team? Tucker’s Church Broadway 2a Thulukanathamman Koil MC Road 2b 16. In the classic Meera, M.S. Old Jail (Bharati Women’s College) Broadway 1 Clock Tower Tondiarpet Main Rd. 2a Subbulakshmi sang ‘Kaatriniley Govt. Secondary School for Arunachaleswarar Temple TH Road 2b varum geetham...’, written by Muslim Girls Broadway 2a Communicable Diseases Hospital TH Road 1 Kalki. But, who choreographed the Armenian Church Armenian Street 1 Easwaran Koil Easwaran Koil Street 2b dance sequences? St Mary’s Anglo Indian Hr Sec Lakshmi Prasanna Perumal Koil Parthasarathy Reddy St. 2a 17. Name the Chennai embroidery School Armenian Street 2b Iraveeswarar Koil Moorthi Nagar East 2a atelier, near Kasturi Ranga Road, St Mary’s Co-Cathedral Armenian Street 2a that has among its clients the Binny Limited Armenian Street 2a Jamalia Higher Secondary School Perambur High Road 2a House of Orange, Windsor Palace, Kachaleeswarar Temple Armenian Street 2a Mahatma Gandhi Park Perambur High Road 2a the office of the French President New Maritime Agencies Pvt Limited Armenian Street 2a Our Lady of Lourdes Church Paper Mills Road 2a and celebrities like Steven Railway Hr Sec School Paper Mills Road 2a Spielberg and Claudia Schiffer. South India House Armenian Street 2a Gokhale Hall (YMIA) Armenian Street 1 Railway Institution Siruvallur Road 2a 18. Which temple did the English Railway Hospital Perambur 1 call ‘Colleana Varadaraja Swami Catholic Centre Armenian Street 2a Unity House Siruvallur Road 2a Covella’? Krishnan Koil Coral Merchant Street 2a Calavala Cunnan Chetty School Perambur Tank St. 2b 19. The musically-talented ‘Puliyo- Raja Annamalai Manram Esplanade 2a darai’ Krishnamachariar had a St Thomas Orthodox Cathedral Stringer Street 2a Police Station, Sembiam Paper Mills Road 2b more famous brother with a rather Sub Registrar’s Office & Railway Bungalows for Officers Perambur 2b fierce prefix. Name him. Residential Quarters Davidson Street 2a Sub-Registrar’s Office, Sembiam Perambur 2b 20. Name the Chennai-based au- William Charles Memorial Church Davidson Street 2a Waterbury Memorial Telugu thor of The Imperial Agent which Kandaswami Temple Kandaswami Koil St. 1 Baptist Church Cook’s Road 2a continues the story of Kipling’s Shaw Wallace Building Thambu Chetty St. 2a Masjid E Muquaddas Perambur High Road 2b Kim. Sudarshana Building Thambu Chetty St. 2a Integral Coach Factory Constable Road 1 (Answers on page 8)