Quiz 2

1. Jana Gana Mana was adopted as the national anthem after India's independence, but 12 years prior to this an institution started using this as their school song. Which institution founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das had been using this song as their school song? 

2. When Amar Gopal Bose was experimenting with his new sound technologies, he used to hide his speakers everywhere in his room in the cabinet, in cupboard, under his bed . Hearing the sound  coming from almost everywhere, one of his friends jokingly coined this term, which is common these days in speakers and television. Which 2-word term? 

3. He was born to his parents after 3 male children had died in their infancy, while a girl had survived. So when his mother was pregnant with him, they prayed that if a boy was born they would bring him up as a girl so as to remove the family curse. So when he was born they pierced his nose like a girl. He was named Ramachandra but they added a prefix which in the local Marathi language meant nose ring. Whom are we talking about? 

4. This residential house belonged to George T ____ an ICS officer of the Government of India. It was later occupied by Sri Kurma Venkata Reddy and after him by a Muslim family that was manufacturing snuff. In 1959 this house was bought over by its current occupants and rechristened. Fill in the blank and also identify the new name. 

5. In April 2008 Peter England launched their formal wear brand Peter England Elite. They associated themselves as the official formal clothing sponsor of ________ to promote this new range. Fill in the blank. 

Answers: 1. Doon School 2. Surround sound 3. Nathuram Godse 4. Boag as in Boag Road in T.Nagar and the house is Annai Illam, that of Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan 5. Chennai Super Kings