The document discusses the details and rules of the tent finals for a Tamil film trivia competition. It includes the names of the different rounds - Infi Pounce/Bounce, Thalaivar Special, Madras Bhaashai, SVC, Minimalist Posters, and LVC. Each round provides points for correct answers to trivia questions about Tamil cinema.

1. TENT FINALS

2. ROUNDS
Infi Pounce / Bounce
Thalaivar special
Madras Bhaashai
SVC
Minimalist posters
LVC

3. INFI POUNCE/ BOUNCE
+10 ON BOUNCE
+10/-10 ON POUNCE
CLOCKWISE

4. 1
X is a tamil film that was directed by 14 directors
and had an ensemble cast comprising all prominent
personalities from the tamil film industry.
The film also holds the Guinness World Record for
casting the most stars in a film and also for being
the quickest ever feature-length film made, with
filming being completed in 23 hours and 58
minutes

6. Answer
Suyamvaram

7. 2
He was one of the most popular authors in Tamil
literature, and a regular contributor to topical
columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan,
Kumudam and Kalki and is also a school friend of the
late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
X’s connection with the tamil film industry is that the
dialogues of Anniyan, Sivaji, Enthiran, Ayutha
Ezhuthu and Mudhalvan were penned by X. “Pirivom
Sandhipom” was made into the film titled as “Anandha
Thandavam”
Who is X.

9. Answer
Sujatha Rangarajan

10. 3
X serves as the CEO of Blue Elephant, a translation services company
she founded in August 2005. The company has ever since been the
language service provider for various Multinational companies like
Ford, Dell, Ashok Leyland, Reliance India, to name a few.
X received an award from SAARC Chamber for Women
Entrepreneurship for Excellence in a niche industry for Blue Elephant
in 2010.
In 2011, she became the first ever woman entrepreneur from Tamil
Nadu to be selected for the prestigious FORTUNE/US State
Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership Program.
X is a singer, a dubbing artist, a RJ and a VJ. Interestingly she
launched her own app called X app, thus becoming the first female
singer in the world to have an exclusive app on all iOS and Android
devices.

12. Answer
Chimayi Sripada

13. 4
This tamil actress was featured on a stamp
released by USSR to recognize her contribution to
her field.
She has also acted in a few Russian films and is
also known as Naatiya Peroli (meaning the Queen
of Dance). Who is this actress?

15. Answer
Padmini

16. 5
It is well known that Tamil movies having titles in
English have to pay some extra tax. This rule was
introduced in the year 2006. Name the first movie
that was affected by this rule.
(HINT: One of Jeyam Ravi’s movie)

18. Answer
Something Something which was changed to
Unnakum Ennakum

19. 6
Vijayakanth has the distinction of having his 100th
film as a hit while the same for his contemporaries
like Rajini, Kamal, Prabhu and Sarathkumar have
been a box office disaster. This movie gave him his
pet name(or so I assume).What is the movie?

21. Answer
Captain Prabhakaran

22. 7
This song X, was released on November 2011 and it
became so popular that it won a YouTube Gold Award
in the same month, became the first tamil song to be
premiered on MTV and Mr.Manmohan Singh, the then
Prime Minister of India invited the singer Y to a
dinner party.
The USP of the song was that it had the usage of
tanglish words that people can connect with. It is said
that the tune for the song was composed in 10
minutes by the composer.
Id X and Y

24. Answer
X - Why this Kolaveri?
Y - Dhanush

25. 8
The assistant director and the female lead of Aparum, a
short film by the students of PSG CAS, feature in videos of
a very popular tamil youtube channel. The team of the
youtube channel comprises mostly of the cast from the short
film.
The short film was famous for one scene where the female
lead keeps on telling “Aparum” and the male lead gets
frustrated and breaks up with her.
Most of the videos of the channel have title starting with
“Condition”.
ID the youtube channel

27. Answer
Eruma Saani

28. 9
This show X aired on DD Podhigai is the longest running
quiz program in the history of Indian Television which has
been aired since 2001 and has crossed over 750 episodes.
The host of this quiz Y is in true sense an all rounder. Y is
a senior quiz master, political and sports analyst( featured
commonly in the Puthiya Thalaimurai channel), sports
commentator for 2007 T20 World Cup in Tamil, a
documentary filmmaker and anchor for state functions
apart from being a healthcare consultant.
ID X and Y.

30. Answer
X - BSNL Sports Quiz
Y- Sumanth C Raman

31. 10
“Doubt Dhanabalu” is a satire column pulished in
the Tamil daily Dinamalar. It is penned by Y, a
famous journalist and media personality and who is
known for no-nonsense attitude and for
interviewing PM Modi and the BBCI chairman
N.Srinivasan.
ID Y

33. Answer
Rangaraj Pande

34. 11
Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse who worked at a hospital in
England, was pranked by two RJs of an Australian Radio
station who impersonated as the Queen of England and
Prince Wales. Later she committed suicide.
This lead to one RJ discontinuing a segment in the show
“Take it easy”
ID the RJ and the segment

36. Answer
RJ Balaji and Cross Talk

37. 12
The following slide contains a picture from a
famous English song but we know it under a
different situation
Id the Tamil ent connect.

40. Answer
The song is “sing in the rain” made famous by
Vadivelu .

41. THALAIVAR🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴🕴
SPECIAL
Written round
+5 for each right answer
6 questions

42. 1.

43. 2.

44. 3.

45. 4.

46. 5.

47. 6.

49. Answers
DHARMATHIN THALAIVAN
ENTHIRAN
MOONDRU MUGAM
SRI RAGHAVENDRA
SHIVAJI
BASHA

50. Madras Bhaashai
+10 for each right answer
+10/-10 on pounce

51. Tamil word etymology - 1
In pre-Independence era, conmen were called
Known Dacoit by the Indian police. Slowly this
word morphed into another word that also means
the same. What is that tamil word?

53. Answer
Kedi (the short form of Known Dacoit)

54. Tamil word etymology - 2
At the East India Company, postal couriers sent by
employees for company related work used to be
categorized as ‘On Company Service’. Several
employees were known to send even their personal
posts through the company service. This word in
street usage means free, what is the word?

56. Answer
OC

57. Tamil word etymology - 3
Most of the streets in George Town,Chennai are
named after ‘dubashes’ who were skilled in two
languages, English and Tamil. They helped the
Englishmen converse with the local people. Over
time, some dubashes used their knowledge of the
languages to cheat and make money out of
transactions. Now a corrupt version of ‘dubashes’
is used to mean the same. What is the word?

59. Answer
Dubakur

60. Tamil Word etymology - 4
The man in the photo is Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar or
fondly called Thakkar Baba.
He was a social worker who worked for the upliftment
of the tribals and untouchables in various states.
He was an expert in many fields to such a level that he
would answer any question thrown at him.
Now a course form of his name is making rounds in
Tamil lingo. What is the word?

62. Answer
Appatucker – which was
supposedly Appa Thakkar
aka Thakkar Baba

63. Tamil Word etymology - 5
Before 1947. when India was fighting for freedom,
companies and individuals would often include
“Contribution to Freedom Movement” as an item in
accounting statements.
This money was used to fill in the missing money
that the company/individual funneled out. Now a
word has emerged out of this context. What is
this word?

65. Answer
Gandhi Kanaku

66. Tamil Word etymology - 6

68. Answer
Aapu in English is wedge

69. SVC
5 Slides connect them to a common answer
Points displayed on each slide
Written Round

70. +50/-40

71. +40/-30

72. +30/-20

73. +20/-10

74. +10/0

76. Answer
SOPPANA SUNDHARI

77. MINIMALIST POSTERS
10 questions
+10 for each right answer
Written round

88. LVC
Points displayed on each slide
10 slides
Written round

89. +100/-90

90. +90/-80

91. +80/-70

92. +70/-60

93. +60/-50

94. +50/-40

95. +40/-30

96. +30/-20

97. +20/-10

98. +10/0

100. Answer
Karthick
Subbaraj