(Science) Words in the Wild
Bollywood Dhamaka
Surrounded
Starts with a J
Yum.
100

p-value < alpha, important

What is significant?

100

The Nightingale of India

Who is Lata Mangeshkar?

100

sumo wrestling is this country's national sport

What is Japan?

100

India's national anthem

What is Jana Gana Mana?

100

a Middle Eastern dip, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic

What is hummus?

200

non-native, otherworldly

What is an alien?

200

The story follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college. Remade in Tamil, Telugu, and Mexican-Spanish.

What is 3 idiots?

200

a technique that uses multiple audio channels from speakers to create an immersive audio experience that feels like sound is coming from all around you

What is surround sound?

200

island country in East Asia

What is Japan?

200

a traditional Japanese soup consisting of miso paste mixed with a dashi stock

What is miso soup?

300

quantity/amount, also happens at a church.

What is mass?

300

Designed Anushka Sharma's lehenga in ADHM

Who is Manish Malhotra?

300

This U.S. state, nicknamed 'The Land of 10,000 Lakes,' is completely surrounded by land and shares no borders with any ocean

What is Minnesota?

300

member of the iconic band, The Beatles

Who is John Lennon?

300

a Portuguese fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal

What is port wine?

400

Technically substantiated by lots of evidence and repeated experiments, but often categorized as an idea that lives in someone's head or an educated guess.

What is a theory?

400

A popular 2023 film featured an adaptation of this 1966 Madan Mohan song. 

What is Jhumka Gira Re?

400

During the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, this Union general famously surrounded the Confederate stronghold, leading to its surrender.

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

400

Author of Namesake, Interpreter of Maladies, etc

Who is Jhumpa Lahiri

400

a cooking technique that involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a sauce or marinade, such as barbecue

What is basting?

500

average, expected, also a bell.

What is normal?

500

Archana Puran Singh plays this character in K3G.

Who is Ms. Berganza?

500

This country has changed its flag more than any other country in the world.

What is Afghanistan?
500

a medium-sized chili pepper pod type cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum

What is a jalapeƱo?

500

This is the first food grown in space.

What is a potato?

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