Festival Facts
What does Diwali literally mean in Sanskrit?
What is "Row of Lights?"
Deep-fried Spirals soaked in sugar syrup; best friends with rabri.
What is jalebi?
This person starred in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
Who is Shah Rukh Khan?
India's smallest state by area.
What is Goa?
"Captain Cool," India's 2007 T20 & 2011 ODI World Cup-winning skipper.
Who is M. S. Dhoni?
This city on the Sarayu river is famous for lighting hundreds of thousands of diyas during "Deepotsav."
What is Ayodhya?
The "King of Fruits," called Hapus in Maharashtra, with a famed GI tag.
What is Alphonso Mango?
Composer of Oscar-winning "Jai Ho."
Who is A. R. Rahman?
Energetic North Indian dance often performed to the dhol?
What is Bhangra?
India won its first ODI Cricket World Cup in this year.
What is 1983?
What is Govardhan Puja (Annakut)?
A crunchy, Diwali-time snack of flattened rice with nuts and curry leaves.
What is poha chivda?
The 1975 classic with Jai, Veeru, Thakur, and Gabbar.
What is Sholay?
"Land of the Rising Sun" state on India's far east.
What is Arunachal Pradesh?
The Mumbai stadium where India lifted the 2011 ODI World Cup.
What is Wankhede Stadium?
The day after Diwali, Gujratis celebrate their New Year, also called this.
What is Bestu Varas (Gujrati New Year)?
Slow-cooked, aromatic rice layered with meat and spices, popularized by the Nawabs of Awadh.
What is (Lucknowi/Awadhi) biryani?
She played undercover agent Sehmat in Raazi.
Who is Alia Bhatt?
This high mountain pass links the Kashmir Valley with Ladakh.
What is Zoji La (Zojila)?
Indian pacer famed for a unique action and toe-crushing yorkers.
Who is Jasprit Bumrah?
In South India, Deepavali is linked to the defeat of this asura by Krishna, observed as Naraka Chaturdashi.
Who is Narakasura?
Kashmiri green tea with saffron and nuts, brewed in samovar.
What is kahwa?
"How's the josh?" exploded into a catchphrase after this film.
What is Uri: The Surgical Strike?
Spectacular stepwell UNESCO site in Patan, Gujarat.
What is Rani-ki-Vav?
India's first Test series win in Australia (2018-19) came under this captain.
Who is Virat Kohli?