Chandra Quiz

Hi! I'm Chandrasekhar Ramanujan!

You can call me Chandra for short.

First Question: Why is my name like this?

• My parents are giant nerds and named me after 2 scientists 🤓

• There's no special reason for my name 😭

Answer explanation

My parents named me after scientists! Sometimes they still have hope that I will do a PhD one day 🤭

Second Question: What is my profession?

• I am a scientist, just like the ones I was named after 🧪

• I am a designer, despite my science-themed name 🎨

Answer explanation

I've been a designer for 3.5 years, and hold a M.Des Degree from Srishti, a Bangalore based design college

Third Question! My Birthday falls on a national Holiday. It comes on​ ​ (a)  

• 15th August (Independence Day)
• 26th January (Republic Day)
• 2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti)

Answer explanation

My birthday falls on August 15th, which is India's Independence Day! (And also a dry day 😭)

Which of these languages am I proficient in?

Groups:

(a) Very Proficient

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(b) Somewhat proficient

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(c) Can speak a few words

• English

• Tamil

• Hindi

• German

• French

• Bahasa Indonesia

Answer explanation

I am Tamilian but grew up speaking Hindi at home. So as a result Hindi and English are my main languages I spoke growing up.

I learned the others for work or for school / college

2 truths and a lie about me! Can you find the lie 🙈

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Answer explanation

I appeared on a reality TV show in 2011 as a panelist! It was about teenager's issues.

I am an amateur musician! Listen to the clip and select the Coldplay song that I am singing:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uml3eYWyPePIlw5DXgqUhwYBA_gf8Rwc/view?usp=sharing

• Yellow

• The Scientist

• Fix You

• Something Just Like This

In my life, so far I have lived in 5 different cities / towns.

Hint: 3 are in South India, one is in East India.

Can you guess them?

Answer explanation

Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pondicherry, Bengaluru!

Can you match my ranking of best dosas in Bangalore?

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In my first job at a market research firm, I did something very shady. Can you guess?

• Figure out the number of potato chips you can take away from a packet without people noticing 🥔

• Study people's responses to ads

• Created and piloted surveys for B2B customers

• Built mock crowdfunding websites on which we would test our customer's concepts

Answer explanation

If you ever felt like potato chips packets are full of air, I am the reason why!

In my 2nd job at Obvious, I helped build a HR tool that people at Quizizz use daily: ​ (a)   ​

• Pause
• Plum
• Slack

Answer explanation

I was on the team that built and launched the first version of Pause! I worked on the calendar UI and the slack integration