2000s Bollywood
This 2001 coming-of-age film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Akshaye Khanna made “Yaadein” and “Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe” college anthems.
What is Dil Chahta Hai?
India gained independence from British rule in this year.
What is 1947?
This U.S. state is nicknamed “The Sunshine State” and is famous for its beaches and theme parks.
What is Florida?
This traditional Indian flatbread is cooked in a clay oven called a tandoor.
What is naan?
This is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
In this 2006 film, a group of friends is inspired by freedom fighters after acting in a documentary — and end up fighting corruption in modern India.
What is Rang De Basanti?
This Mughal emperor commissioned the construction of the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Who is Shah Jahan?
This river in the Pacific Northwest was once the center of the 19th-century fur trade and marks much of the modern border between Oregon and Washington.
What is the Columbia River?
Originating in Japan, this term refers to thinly sliced raw fish served without rice.
What is sashimi?
This 19th-century monarch is believed to have started the trend of wearing white wedding dresses.
Who is Queen Victoria?
This 2002 romantic drama introduced Vivek Oberoi and made everyone hum “Aankhein Khuli Ho Ya Ho Band.”
What is Saathiya?
Signed in 2020, this agreement between India and the U.S. focused on sharing geospatial intelligence for defense cooperation.
What is the BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement)?
This river forms the border between the states of Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
This fermented tea drink, known for its probiotic benefits, originated in Northeast China over 2,000 years ago.
What is kombucha?
The novel Brave New World was written by this British author who also coined the term “hypnopaedia.”
Who is Aldous Huxley?
This 2007 experimental film by Sriram Raghavan, starring Dharmendra and Rimi Sen, was one of Bollywood’s first neo-noir thrillers and gained cult status despite flopping at the box office.
What is Johnny Gaddaar?
This Indian freedom fighter, who once escaped from British custody in Calcutta, later led the Indian National Army with the slogan “Give me blood, and I will give you freedom.”
Who is Subhas Chandra Bose?
The I-75 highway start and end in these cities.
What is Miami, FL and Sault Ste Marie, ON (or Marie, MI)
This French cooking method involves sealing food in parchment or foil to steam it in its own juices.
What is en papillote?
In Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, this fictional language is primarily associated with the elves and was inspired by Finnish phonetics.
What is Quenya?
Before he directed Gangs of Wasseypur, Anurag Kashyap ghost-wrote the dialogues for this 2000 psychological thriller starring Manoj Bajpayee and Sushant Singh, directed by E. Nivas.
What is Shool?
This 1773 law passed by the British Parliament created the position of Governor-General of Bengal, marking the beginning of centralised British administration in India.
What is the Regulating Act of 1773?
This national park, located in Alaska, is the largest in the United States and bigger than the entire country of Switzerland.
What is Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve?
Known as the “queen of cheeses,” this French cheese made from unpasteurized cow’s milk is aged for up to 36 months and has a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).
What is Comté?
This animal’s heart is located in its head.
What is shrimp?