Trichy Quiz 1) Which is the fourth largest urban agglomeration or city in Tamil Nadu?

Trichy 2) Find the place whose coordinates are 104818N and 784108E? Trichy 3) Which suburb is also called as Thirukkozhi, Nikalaapuri, Uranthai, and Kozhiyur and is the capital of early Cholas and it means residence? Uraiyur

4) Expand BHEL, HAPP, OFT, TRECSTEP Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park

5) What words are written in the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation logo?

6) Which is the first man made dam in the world? Kallanai

7) Who is the mayor, deputy mayor, commissioner and collector of Trichy? A. Jaya and M. Ashik Meera (Son of Mariam Pitchai EVM), V. P. Thandapani, Jayashree Muralidharan

8) What is the height of Rockfort? 83m (273 foot) 9) Who built the present day Rockfort and Teppakulam? Viswanatha Nayaka

10) Name the 2 former presidents who were the alumni of the colleges in Trichy. APJ Abdul Kalam (St. Josephs) and R Venkatraman (National)

11) First collector of Trichy: John Wallace (1801) 12) Two cities which were famous for the production of wootz in India: Hyderabad and Trichinopoly 13) Trichinopoly Cigars are manufactured from the tobaccos grown at : Dindigul

14) Who developed a taste for the mildly aromatic Trichy cigar that was traded from Fort St George to Whitehall during 2nd World War? Winston Churchill

15) Name the temple dedicated to Vinayakar on top of Rock fort. Uchchi Pillayar Kovil 16) Which temple is located on the eastern side of Rockfort? Sri Nandrudayan Vinayakar Temple 17) What does Tiruchirappalli mean? Tiruchirappalli actually means "city of the three-headed demon" The city was named in the memory of a fight Lord Shiva had with a three-headed demon named Trisiras. 18) No of steps to reach Uchchi Pillayar Kovil (top) of Rockfort: 344

19) Name the temple dedicated to Lord Siva in the Rockfort: Thayumanaswami Temple 20) Where Robert Clive lived? Near the tank at the foot of the Rockfort

21) Name the temple dedicated to Siva which is located 5 km away from Trichy. Jambukeshwarar (Thiruvaanaikaaval) Temple

22) Name the temple located near the district court of Trichy. Ayyappan temple

23) Name the temple dedicated to Goddess Shakthi which is located 15 km away from Trichy. Samayapuram Mariamman Kovil 24) Poochoridal and Chithirai Therottam is famous in: Samayapuram Mariamman Kovil 25) Name the two sthalams in Trichy: Rockfort and Uraiyur

26) Which temple of Trichy is one of the 108 Vaishnavik Padsthalam and is also known as Kadambavanam or Trimurthishektram? Uthamar Kovil 27) Kallanai is 320 m long

28) Name the 600 acre riverine island formed by R. Cauvery and R. Kollidam: Srirangam 29) How many gopurams does Sri Ranganathaswamy temple have? 21 30) Which is the largest gopuram of south India? Rajagopuram, SRT 31) Height and the built year of SRT: 72, 1987 32) Biggest temple complex in India: Srirangam

33) Vehicle nos. STD codes: TN 45, TN 48, 0431

34) Foothills of Kollimalai: Puliancholai

35) Kallanai was built by Karikal Cholan