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This company has made clocks for the Royapettah Clock Tower, Anna University, and Spencer’s Plaza to name a few. For this #TriviaThursday, can you tell us which company is this?
In 1906, Haji Mirza Abdul Gani Namazi, whose family had come to Madras from Iran, began a small watch shop called the South India Watch Company. When it didn't take off the way they had expected, well-wishers suggested changing the name to something more Indian-
- upon which in 1909, #GaniandSons began its journey. In the year 1924, they earned the first feather in their cap when they were appointed Distributors for Westend & Longines watches of Switzerland, making wholesale business an important activity of the firm.
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Can you identify which ecologically rich college campus this photo belongs to for today's #TriviaThursday?

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons | Tshrinivasan Image
Yes, it's the #MadrasChristianCollege! The campus was originally formed as part of the Selaiyur Reserve Forest and the vegetation is of true scrub jungle that comes under Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest with tremendous species diversity of flora and fauna. Image
The 365-acre campus is also home to a lot of threatened plant species. There are about 9 different species of mammals, 25 species of birds, 13 species of butterflies, 11 species of reptiles, 1 species of mites, 4 species of beetles and 3 species of spiders are found on the campus
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This is a screengrab of the song “Enakku Oru Girlfriend” from the movie #Boys, which was released in 2003. Can you identify the building that has been featured in this scene?

#WhereWasThisShot #TriviaThursday
It is #SpencerPlaza on Mount Road, widely considered to be India’s first modern mall

While people in Bombay and Delhi were yet to experience mall culture, it was Madras that trumped them and became home to not only the first mall in India but also one of the biggest in -
South Asia when it opened in 1985. Spencer Plaza, the bright and imposing structure on Chennai’s arterial Mount Road (Anna Salai), is still one of the city’s most popular landmarks.

While the mall itself opened up only in 1985, the history of this venue predates it by more than-
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#TriviaThursday: Game-Winner Edition 🏆

Let's see how well you know the #WNBA 🤔
Who hit the game-winner in Game 1 of the 2016 WNBA Finals?
How many seconds were left on the clock when @MooreMaya knocked the game-winner in Game 3 of the 2015 WNBA Finals?
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