Geography
What is the capital of Pakistan?
Islamabad
Which dish is made of fermented rice and lentil batter, commonly eaten in South India?
Dosa
What festival is known as the “Festival of Lights”?
Diwali
Which instrument is commonly associated with classical South Asian music and has strings?
Sitar
What sport is extremely popular across South Asia and has a major patriotic impact?
Cricket
Which river is considered sacred in India and flows through cities like Varanasi?
The Ganges
What is the name of the spicy street food made with puffed rice, tamarind, and chutneys?
Bhel puri
Which garment is traditionally worn by many women in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh?
Saree
Which actor is known for films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge?
Shah Rukh Khan
Name 5 South Asian Languages
Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhala, Gujarati, Telugu, Marathi, etc (any 5!)
Which South Asian country is known as the “Land of Thunder Dragon”?
Bhutan
Which dessert is made from deep-fried dough balls soaked in sugar syrup?
Gulab jamun
What is the name of the body art tradition used in weddings and celebratory festivals?
Mehendi, Henna, Marudhaani
Name 3 film industries in India, and their corresponding langauges.
any 3 - Mollywood (Malayalam), Tollywood (Telegu), Kollywood (Tamil), Bollywood (Hindi), etc
Which movie industry produces films in Telugu?
Tollywood
What is the highest mountain in the world, and which country is it located in?
Mount Everest, Nepal/Tibet
What is “nihari,” traditionally eaten in Karachi and Delhi?
A slow-cooked meat stew, often eaten for breakfast
Which classical language of South Asia, still used in religious texts and traditional literature, is the ancestor of many modern Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali?
Sanskrit
Which dance form from Kerala involves elaborate costumes and storytelling?
Kathakali
name 3 airports in the South Asian subcontinent
any 3:
A popular tourist attraction, The Nine Arch Bridge, is located in which country?
Sri Lanka
What is “chaat” commonly referring to in South Asian cuisine?
savoury street snacks (e.g., pani puri, bhel puri, sev puri)
What major historical event in 1947 led to the creation of two separate countries, India and Pakistan, and caused one of the largest migrations in human history?
The Partition of India
Which Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet wrote Gitanjali?
Rabindranath Tagore
Name the three bodies of water that surround South Asia