History/ Mythology
Brands
Potpourri
Bollywoooood!
Word Origins
100

Located on the banks of a river, this was India's first urban civilization. At the time, this was larger than any other empire, including Mesopotamia and Egypt.

India Valley Civilisation

100

Using deepfake enabled tech Cadbury Celebrations has created ads for 2000 stores where a well known celebrity is endorsing their store. Who is the celebrity?

Shah Rukh Khan

100

This mathematical constant, approximately 1.618, appears throughout nature and art.

Golden Ratio

100

Deduce the film from its shooting spots:

  • Pangong Lake
  • Imperial College London
  • Amsterdam streets
  • Delhi University campus

3 Idiots

100

Oxymorons: Abbreviated VR, it was coined by computer scientist and musician Jaron Lanier

Virtual Reality

200

This ancient Indian mathematician first conceived the concept of zero as a number

Aryabhatta

200

This startup came out of its founder Phanindra Sama unable to get bus ticket from Bangalore during Diwali.

RedBus

200

This popular board game was originally called "Criss Crosswords"

Scrabble

200

What is Shahrukh Khan's debut movie?

Deewana

200

This word for a sudden lucky discovery comes from Archimedes' famous exclamation


Eureka

300

This Delhi Sultanate ruler was known as "Muhammad of the Blood" due to his military campaigns

Muhammad bin Tughlaq

300

Which motorcycle brand has launched LIVEWIRE its first production electric motorcycle recently ?

Harley Davidson

300

This popular company was called "BackRub" when it was first founded.

Google

300

Which Chetan Bhagat book was adapted into "Kai Po Che"?

The 3 Mistakes of My Life

300

In 2008 Time Magazine described this new practice as “one part social networking and one part capital accumulation”

Crowdsourcing

400

This 14th-century North African traveler wrote detailed accounts of life in the Delhi Sultanate

Ibn Batuta 

400

Which popular all-healing cream is called the "Hathiwala Cream"?

Boroline

400

Which two countries share the longest international border?

Canada and USA

400

Which 1913 silent film by Dadasaheb Phalke is considered India's first full-length feature film?

Raja Harishchandra

400

The name of which animal comes from an early French dialect word meaning “hairy cat”?

Caterpillar

500

In ancient texts, this character's name translates to the "sacred voice resembling a horse's cry", reflecting his unusual birth. He is renowned as a Maarathi, a formidable warrior of his time, who predominantly fought alongside the Kauravas during the epic battle of Kurukshetra against the Pandavas. Legend has it that his bid to slay Uttara's unborn child led to a divine curse from Krishna, granting him a unique form of eternal life.  Who is this immortal warrior of the Mahabharata?

Ashwatthama

500

X was first bundled with Windows 3.0. Much like the other notable bundled game, Minesweeper,  X was a secret tutorial for mouse. X honed clicking, double clicking, and drag-and-drop skills. It was bundled up to Windows 7. X has been inducted into Hall of Fame for video games.

Solitaire

500

The iconic Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star represents dominance over what three domains?

Land, Sea, and Air

500

Which historical figure connects:

  • Kamal Haasan's "Hey Ram"
  • Lage Raho Munnabhai
  • Akshaye Khanna's "_____, my Father" 

Mahatma Gandhi

500

A Latin word for a sea creature, in photography, it’s a color that conveys nostalgia

Sepia

M
e
n
u