What we asked
■ When and where was Gandhi born?
■ What is his wife's name?
■ Who gave him the title Mahatma?
■ What is the title of his
autobiography and in which language was it written?
■The United Nations has declared
October 2 as what day?
What they should have said
■ October 2, 1869. In Porbandar
■ Kasturba
■ Rabindranath Tagore
■ My Experiments with Truth.
Written in Gujarati
■ International Day of Non-violencewhat they said
what they said
■ Don’t remember
■ Don’t know
■ Nehru
■ Don’t remember, but it was written in English right?
■ Sorry, don’t know
Score: 0/100
— Suraj & Champa, BA students
■ October 2, 147 years ago. Delhi?
■ Elisa? Is that correct?
■ The Brits? He was against them but they also had respect for him
■ Gandhi the Great, written in Hindi?
■ World Peace Day. He was the symbol of peace
Score: 0/100
— Guido, tourist from Holland
■ Today, in
Gujarat
■ Kasturi bai
■ Don’t know
■ Don’t know
■ Gandhi Jayanti
Score: 0/100
— Balu,
gym instructor
■ 1891. In Porbandar
■ Kasturi bai
■ Nehru, I think
■ Don’t know but it must have been
written in Hindi
■ Don’t know
Score: 10/100
— Kamal, engineer
■ Don’t know. In Porbandar
■ Don’t know
■ No idea
■ Don’t know. In Hindi?
■ Something to do with peace, I guess
Score: 10/100
— Priya, homemaker
What we asked?
■ When and where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
■ What is his wife's name?
■ Who gave him the title Mahatma?
■ What is the title of his
autobiography and in which
language was it written?
■The UN has declared October 2 as what day?
... And what they said
■ He was born today. In Africa?
■ Kasturba was his mother.
Who was his wife?
■ Tagore
■ No idea
■ National holiday?
Score: 20/100
— Kiran and Lekhana,
BCom students
■ October 2. In Anand, Gujarat?
■ Kantiben
■ Jawaharlal Nehru
■ I am Mahatma? Don’t know in which language
■ Ahimsa Day or Vegetarian Day. No, Non-violence Day!
Score: 20/100
— Chandira and Ridhi, architects
■ October 2. In Porbandar
■ Putlibai
■ Don’t know
■ Don’t know. Was it written in
Gujarati?
■ Don’t know
Score: 20/100
- Raju, pharmaceutical
firm employee
■ October 2, 1869. In Porbandar
■ Kamala?
■ Jawaharlal Nehru
■ Gandhi? Don’t know. In English
■ Gandhi Jayanti
Score: 20/100
— Vishesh (bank employee) and
Rohit (IT firm employee)
■ He was born in Porbandar,
not sure when
■ Kasturba
■ Nehru
■ Journey of Freedom? Was it
written in Hindi?
■ World Freedom Day
Score: 30/100
— Sonia and Tania,
Class 10 students
■ Porbandar. Don’t remember the year
■ Starts with ‘K’...Kasturben?
■ The people
■ My Experiments with Truth.
Probably in English or Gujarati
■ Don’t know
Score: 30/100
— Vijay, software engineer
■ I guess October 2. In Porbandar
■ Kasturba
■ Don’t know
■ Don’t know. In his mother tongue, so Hindi or Marathi?
■ Don’t know
Score: 30/100
— Akshara, HR professional
October 2, 1869. In Sabarmati
■ Kasturba
■ I suppose, Patel or Nehru
■ My Experiments with Truth.
I’ve only seen it in English
■ Don’t know
Score: 40/100
— Brig (retd) H S Gill
■ October 2, 1869. In Porbandar
■ Some...bai
■ Rabindranath Tagore
■ Bapu. It was written in Gujarati
■ Don’t know
Score: 50/100
— Ankit Kawatia,
software engineer
■ October 2, 1869. In Porbandar
■ Kasturba Gandhi
■ Tagore?
■ My Experiments with Truth,
written in English
■ Don’t know
Score: 70/100
—Tinku George
(Amnesty International) and
Ally Varghese (homemaker)
■ October 2, 1869. In Porbandar
■ Kasturba
■ Tagore
■ My Experiments with Truth,
written in Gujarati
■ Don’t know
Score: 80/100
— Revathi and Ajmal,
M Tech students, and
Srinath, software engineer