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A quiz on the prestigiou­s Sangita Kalanidhi award that has been in the news of late

- V. V. Ramanan

QUESTION 1

Though the Music Academy Sabha was establishe­d in 1928 and began its annual music conference­s in 1929, in which year did everyone, who had presided till then, get the title of Sangita Kalanidhi?

QUESTION 2

If Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer is the youngest male artiste to get the Sangita Kalanidhi, who is the youngest female awardee?

QUESTION 3

The award was not bestowed in 1946 and 1967 because of Thyagaraya’s death centenary and bicentenar­y of his birth respective­ly. Why was it not given in 1975?

QUESTION 4

Before G.J.R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalaks­hmi, the last sibling pair to get the coveted award was the ‘Bombay Sisters’ in 2010. Name them.

QUESTION 5

In 1973, who became the first dance artiste to be honoured with the Sangita Kalanidhi?

QUESTION 6

Musicologi­st Ananthakri­shna Sarma was honoured primarily for what pioneering work?

QUESTION 7

Name the Carnatic legend who refused to accept the honour when he was first approached by the Academy saying there were other seasoned artistes who should be honoured before him before finally receiving the accolade in 1958.

Questions and Answers to the March 22 edition of the daily quiz:

1. The only overseas player to have the Orange Cap thrice. Ans: David Warner in 2015, 2017 and 2019

2. The only overseas player to hold the wicket keeping record of five dismissals in an innings. Ans: Kumar Sangakkara­ra

3. The only overseas player to have scored a century in an IPL final. Ans: Shane Watson

4. This overseas player holds the record for having played the most number of matches for a single franchise. Ans: Kieron Pollard from Mumbai Indians

5. The only overseas player to have taken five or more wickets in an innings twice. Ans: James Faulkner

6. This player holds the record for having won the most ‘player of the match’ awards. Ans: AB de Villiers

7. The overseas player to have figured in the most number of finals. Ans: Dwayne Bravo

8. The only overseas player from a non-test playing nation to have been part of the final. Ans: Ryan ten Doeschate from The Netherland­s

Visual: Identify this player and the feat he achieved.

Ans: Mustafizur Rahman. He is the only overseas player to win the ‘Emerging Player’ award in 2016. Early Birds: K.N. Viswanatha­n| Rajmohan. V

?? FILE PHOTO ?? Visual question: Name the Sangita Kalanidhi paying his respects to another Sangita Kalanidhi.
FILE PHOTO Visual question: Name the Sangita Kalanidhi paying his respects to another Sangita Kalanidhi.

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