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This pillowy flatbread baked on the wall of a tandoor oven is a staple at every Indian restaurant
What is naan?
Shah Jahan built this white marble monument in Agra in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal
What is the Taj Mahal?
This bat-and-ball sport is by far India's most watched, and the IPL is its biggest league
What is cricket?
This Chennai-born, IIT-educated executive has been the CEO of Google since 2015
Who is Sundar Pichai?
This ancient Indian mind-body practice gets its own UN International Day every June 21
What is yoga?
Americans redundantly call this spiced milk tea by its name plus the word 'tea'
What is chai?
India's holiest river, it flows past the ancient city of Varanasi on its way to the Bay of Bengal
What is the Ganges (Ganga)?
Nicknamed the 'God of Cricket', this Mumbai batting legend scored 100 international centuries
Who is Sachin Tendulkar?
This Hyderabad-born cricket fanatic became Microsoft's third CEO in 2014
Who is Satya Nadella?
This strategy game of kings and grandmasters evolved from the ancient Indian game chaturanga
What is chess?
This crispy south Indian crepe made from fermented rice and lentil batter is often stuffed with spiced potatoes in its 'masala' form
What is a dosa?
This capital of Rajasthan is nicknamed the Pink City for its rosy terracotta buildings
What is Jaipur?
In 2023 this turban-wearing singer became the first artist ever to perform in Punjabi at Coachella
Who is Diljit Dosanjh?
This 3-letter acronym is India's famously selective chain of engineering schools, with a roughly 1 percent acceptance rate
What is IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)?
This sitar maestro taught George Harrison of the Beatles and played both Monterey Pop and Woodstock
Who is Ravi Shankar?
This beloved street snack of crispy hollow shells filled with spicy tangy water also goes by golgappa and puchka
What is pani puri?
Famous for backwaters, houseboats, and coconut everything, this southern state markets itself as 'God's Own Country'
What is Kerala?
Mindy Kaling created this Netflix comedy about Indian-American teenager Devi Vishwakumar
What is Never Have I Ever?
This India-built instant payment system, launched in 2016, now processes more real-time transactions than any other system on Earth
What is UPI (Unified Payments Interface)?
Indian mathematicians like Brahmagupta formalized the rules for this number, without which binary code (and this trivia game) would not exist
What is zero?
This traditional Kashmiri wedding feast can run to 36 courses, nearly all of them meat
What is Wazwan?
Mawsynram, the wettest inhabited place on Earth, sits in this northeastern Indian state whose name means 'abode of clouds'
What is Meghalaya?
In 2024, this 18-year-old from Chennai became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in history
Who is Gukesh (Gukesh Dommaraju)?
With this 2023 mission, India became the first country ever to land a spacecraft near the Moon's south pole
What is Chandrayaan-3?
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was born to Indian Parsi parents under this birth name
Who is Farrokh Bulsara?