Food
This thin, crispy fermented rice-and-lentil crepe is often served with chutney and sambar
What is Dosa?
This actor, fondly called "Thalaivar," is known for iconic style moments like flipping his sunglasses and cigarette in the air
Who is Rajinikanth?
This is the state home to Chennai and the longest urban beach in India.
What is Tamil Nadu?
This is UBC's official mascot.
What is the Thunderbird
This Hindu festival of lights is celebrated by lighting oil lamps and bursting firecrackers
What is Deepavali/Diwali?
During Pongal, this sweet dish made with rice, milk, jaggery, and cardamom is traditionally prepared in a clay pot.
What is Sarkarai Pongal?
This actor turned politician is known as "Thalapathy" and starred in "Master" and "Leo"
Who is Vijay?
This country is the only one in the world with a national flag that isn't rectangular.
What is Nepal?
This popular UBC tradition involves students jumping into the ocean (usually freezing) at Wreck Beach or nearby, often around exam season
What is the Polar Bear Swim?
This is a four-day traditional harvest festival celebrated by Tamil communities around the world to give thanks to nature, the sun, and farm animals.
What is Pongal?
Also known as string hoppers, these are steamed, noodle-like rice flour coils that are paired with sweet coconut milk or spicy kurma.
What is idiyappam?
This composer, often called the "Mozart of Madras," is the first Tamil composer to win two Oscars.
Who is AR Rahman?
This large body of water borders India and Bangladesh to the east.
What is the Bay of Bengal?
This UBC residence area, home to first-year students, is named after a former UBC president and has the “best” dining hall food.
What is Totem Park?
On the third day of Pongal, this animal is worshipped and decorated.
What is a cow (Mattu Pongal)?
Traditionally served on a banana leaf, this elaborate South Indian feast is known by this name, particularly in Kerala.
What is Sadhya?
This 2010 sci-fi blockbuster starring Rajinikanth features a robot named Chitti who falls in love with his creator's girlfriend
What is Enthiran?
This Canadian province is unique for sharing a land border with only one other Canadian province
What is Nova Scotia?
This museum houses Canada's largest blue whale skeleton.
What is the Beaty Biodiversity Museum ?
This traditional Tamil art form involves drawing elaborate geometric designs, often using rice flour, at the entrance of a home.
What is Kolam?
A traditional deep-fried sweet made during Deepavali, consisting of fermented rice flour and melted jaggery dough.
What is Adhirasam?
This 1987 Kamal Haasan film, directed by Mani Ratnam, was inspired by the life of a real-life Bombay underworld figure and won three National Awards.
What is Nayakan?
Of the world's sovereign states, this country has the highest number of other countries with which it shares a land border: 14.
What is China?
This UBC lab houses the largest particle accelerator cyclotron in the world.
What is UBC TRIUMF?
This ancient Tamil ethical text consists of 1,330 couplets, organized into 133 chapters of ten couplets each.
What is Thirukkural?