Quiz on ragas in a light vein

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 22 Nov 2015, 01:36

I saw this on the net:

Name the ragas in the following:
1. What ragam does Mrs. Ravi sing when her husband goes away?
2. What ragam does Ravi’s enemy sing when Ravi goes away?
3. In which ragam do Bengalis welcome Ravi?
4. What ragam is the colour of cash?
5. In which ragam do you celebrate the arrival of a festival in January?
6. Which ragam is sung in a North American country?
7. What ragam is appropriate for a husband wearing more than one watch?
8. In what ragam was Mano called to get ready quickly?
9. What is the ragam of the Xerox Company?
10. In which ragam do you sing after a darshan of Ranganatha?
11. In which ragam was Jennifer Lopez asked to go faster?
12. What do cricket and Carnatic music have in common?
13. What do you call a Carnatic music reviewer?
14. What was the difference between Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and Mahatma Gandhi?
15. What talam does a kangaroo keep?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Nov 2015, 04:37

Let me put down the few that I figured out

1. Bhairavi ( Bye Ravi)
2. Anandabhairavi ( Ananda Bye Ravi )
3. Arabi ( A ravi - >A rabi )
4. Neelamani ( neela money )
5. Abhogi
6. Kanada
8. manohari ( Mano Hurry )
9. kApi
10.sAranga ( Saw Ranga)
14. One is a violinist and the other is a non-violinist

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Nov 2015, 05:22

15. Must be jhampa (jump)

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 22 Nov 2015, 06:29

11. Yaman Kalyani, 12. Pitch

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Nov 2015, 07:40

If a stone 'kottAvi vittAl', what raga it will be in? (ducking the pitchforks )

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Nov 2015, 13:42

VK - kalyawni?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Nov 2015, 22:16

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 23 Nov 2015, 21:10

I will provide the answers at the end of this month.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 23 Nov 2015, 23:07

Let us figure this out before the month end then.

Ravi, Jampa nails it for Kangaroo.

VKR, 'pitch' is great. I am not catching the link between 'yaman kalyani' and Jennifer Lopez

That leaves us with
7. What ragam is appropriate for a husband wearing more than one watch?
13. What do you call a Carnatic music reviewer?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 23 Nov 2015, 23:29

If Jennifer Lopez sings Carnatic music, even yaman will run away

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 23 Nov 2015, 23:32

Kalapramanam involved ragas

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 23 Nov 2015, 23:55

vasanthakokilam wrote:
That leaves us with
7. What ragam is appropriate for a husband wearing more than one watch?
13. What do you call a Carnatic music reviewer?

Watches and Pathi makes it vachaspathi for #7 , 13 dont know

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 23 Nov 2015, 23:57

Lakshman wrote: 11. In which ragam was Jennifer Lopez asked to go faster?

Run Jennifer ---> Ranjani

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 24 Nov 2015, 00:52

Vasanthakokilam got most of the answers. The others are are also solved. The only one that is unsolved is # 13. The answer given is Krtic which is not really a rAgA in my opinion.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 24 Nov 2015, 01:03

Alright good job rajeshnat on cracking vachaspathi and ranjani

Lakshman, kritic is humorous alright.

>If Jennifer Lopez sings Carnatic music, even yaman will run away

Nice VKR

Who knew the connection between Jennier Lopez and Mrityunjaya Mantra

it was a lot of fun.

Collating all the answers

1. Bhairavi ( Bye Ravi)
2. Anandabhairavi ( Ananda Bye Ravi )
3. Arabi ( A ravi - >A rabi )
4. Neelamani ( neela money )
5. Abhogi
6. Kanada
7. Vachapathi ( Watches Pathi )
8. manohari ( Mano Hurry )
9. kApi
10. sAranga ( Saw Ranga)
11. Ranjani ( Run Jenny )
12. pitch
13. Krithic (critic)
14. One is a violinist and the other is a non-violinist
15. Jhampa ( jumpa )

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Nov 2015, 01:14

You left out #15..Jhampa tALa

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 24 Nov 2015, 02:05

oops, yes. I missed that. How could I! That was a good one you figured out.

Fixed now.

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 24 Apr 2016, 12:33

May I add a few more?

1. Shhhh... It is mightier than the Pentagon, my dear!
Ragam.

2. A delicious story unfolding amid the central struggle.
Ragam and krithi
Context: sung in Sanjay's concert at Ranjani, Nanganallur this Jan.

3. I'm your mutilated ally.
Ragam.
A bit tough, this one. Think cryptic.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 27 Apr 2016, 11:38

Lakshmanji - thank for posting the quiz. My kids enjoyed guessing the answers. Here are some more to add:

Some more questions on ragas:

16. A type fruit
17. Monkey found in North India
18. A form of jewellery
19. Daughter of Popeye and Saraswati
20. Someone who delights at this forum

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 29 Apr 2016, 11:10

20. Rasikapriya

I am now really curious about 19

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 29 Apr 2016, 15:26

Edit to 16:
16. A type of fruit

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 29 Apr 2016, 21:28

18 nAsikAbhUSaNi

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 29 Apr 2016, 21:33

19 keeeravani
16 rasthALi ?

Let me re-number my questions to avoid confusion.
21. Shhhh... It is mightier than the Pentagon, my dear!
Ragam.

22. A delicious story unfolding amid the central struggle.
Ragam and krithi
Context: sung in Sanjay's concert at Ranjani, Nanganallur this Jan.

23. I'm your mutilated ally.
Ragam.
A bit tough, this one. Think cryptic.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 30 Apr 2016, 04:32

Answers to 16 & 18 are not what I had in mind
19 & 20 answers are correct!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 30 Apr 2016, 05:10

Is 18 then Shankarabharanam ( ābharaṇam - ornaments )

That 19 - kIravANi turned out to be a hoot

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 30 Apr 2016, 06:18

18 still not solved vk - the answer I am looking for is an English word for a piece of jewellery

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 30 Apr 2016, 07:15

In that case, let me put down 'Bangala' ( with Bangle is mind ). If that is right, Suddha Bangala for clean jewerlry

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 30 Apr 2016, 08:07

Correct VK!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 Apr 2016, 16:24

Of all the topics in the lounge, why on earth is this one stuck here????

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 30 Apr 2016, 22:47

Lounge can be fun too! I guess Lakshmanji originally created the topic in the Lounge.
I have now moved it to the General section.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 30 Apr 2016, 22:49

Ananth, your clues are tough ones to crack..

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 01 May 2016, 02:09

Ok let me add more clues.

21. Start with Pentagon. Find what's bigger. Add the suffix.

22. Literally translate central struggle to get the ragam. And one of the most famous kritis in that ragam. Again literal translation.

23. Focus on ally. Find a synonym which is a part of the ragam name. It's mutilated, you see

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 01 May 2016, 03:29

21. Could it be Lalitha Panchamam?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 01 May 2016, 06:10

I am stuck on Hexagon

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 01 May 2016, 08:52

Pentagon hexagon shanmukam shanmukapriya.

Ponbhairavi · Post by **Ponbhairavi** » 01 May 2016, 12:14

22 - madhyama - avadhi?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 01 May 2016, 12:33

Ananth wrote:Pentagon hexagon shanmukam shanmukapriya.

That was quite cryptic!

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 01 May 2016, 14:18

22 madhyamavati is right.
And the kriti?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 01 May 2016, 17:10

Rama katha sudha

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 01 May 2016, 18:50

That's right. Rama katha Sudha was so beautifully sung by Sanjay in the post pallavi phase at Ranjani hall this season.

The other two should be easier.

Ponbhairavi · Post by **Ponbhairavi** » 01 May 2016, 22:25

23: ally-sakha
Mutilated -saha
Raga sahana

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 02 May 2016, 00:12

Perfect. Saha-na(n) it is.

Are we all done?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 May 2016, 00:49

I think we still have Mohan's North American Monkey

back to ragas based on silly clues

24. Ah, tomorrow is Pongal.
25. Diabetics better not think about this raga
26. Would have been the signature raga of a hit Telugu/Tamil movie from 2015
27. we bid adieu to the day
28: idu Saveriya? Nope.
29: Please don't hum that sad tune
30. na aham

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 02 May 2016, 01:22

24. Abhogi
25. kApi? That sweet south Indian concoction?
28. Asaveri

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 May 2016, 01:40

24, 28 - Yes

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 02 May 2016, 02:27

25 Chakravakam

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 02 May 2016, 02:33

Still waiting on these ragas

16. A type of fruit
17. Monkey found in North India

nadhasudha · Post by **nadhasudha** » 02 May 2016, 06:58

vasanthakokilam wrote:I think we still have Mohan's North American Monkey

back to ragas based on silly clues

24. Ah, tomorrow is Pongal.
25. Diabetics better not think about this raga
26. Would have been the signature raga of a hit Telugu/Tamil movie from 2015
27. we bid adieu to the day
28: idu Saveriya? Nope.
29: Please don't hum that sad tune
30. na aham

27. Neelambari?
29. Hamsadhwani

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 May 2016, 08:13

29 is correct . ( btw correct as in what I had in mind.. )

vgovindan · Post by **vgovindan** » 02 May 2016, 09:18

Spring without cuckoo?