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One of the most popular street foods of India, this crispy hollow ball made of semolina or wheat, filled with spicy potatoes and topped with tangy, spicy tamarind water has many names in different Parts of India!
Phuchka, Gol Gappa, Gup Chup, Phulki and many more. Delicious in every form!
Paani Puri
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Diwali, or Deepavali, is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. It is the festival of lights that symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness".
Diwali literally translates to a "Row of lights" and is marked by houses decorated and lit up with THESE small clay lamps.
What are Diyas?
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Diwali is the festival of lights that symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance". Like a good Indian wedding, most parts of India celebrate Diwali over 5 days with each day having its own significance.
Pick the one option that is not one of the 5 day :)
A) Dhanteras
B) Dussehra
C) Narakachaturdashi
D) Bhai Duuj
Dussehra
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Gambling, otherwise considered as a vice is something that people don't mind partaking during Diwali to "bring some good luck". Especially popular is THIS GAME akin to Poker that involves dealing 3 cards to each player. It literally translated to 3 cards in Hindi.
What is Teen Patti?
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This is a common connect between actors Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, Adam West and now Robert Pattinson.
What is Batman?
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Diwali celebrations are incomplete without sweets! These Indian sweet meats or "Mithai" use nuts or vegetables as a base, condensed down with sugar and maybe milk.
One of these is NOT a mithai that you would have during Diwali -
1. Kaju Katli
2. Laddoo
3. Kachori
4. Gulab Jamun
What is Kachori?
Kachori is a savory snack not a sweet!
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THIS might seem like it was always part of Diwali festivities but it was actually something that was imported from China in the 7th century.
It gained cultural and religious significance over time. According to one belief, The sound and the visual delight of THESE are an indication of the joy of the people living on earth, making the gods aware of their plentiful state and also to "scare away evil spirits".
Or maybe it's smoke is just good to get rid of flies and mosquitoes :)
What are Firecrackers?
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Diwali is widely celebrated in America too!
As recognized by this US President who was the first to celebrate Diwali in the White house by lighting a Diya in the Oval Office and recognizing this holiday that "rejoices in the triumph of good over evil and knowledge over ignorance". If only we got a day off :)
Who is Barack Obama?
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Daily Double
The mascot of this board game was originally named Rich Uncle Pennybags. The other characters had names too! The dude in "Jail" was "Jake, the Jailbird", and the guy who sent him there is named "Officer Mallory"
What is Monopoly?
400
Daily Double!
Floor plan of this famous TV show
Seinfeld!
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Sweets are an integral part of celebrating Diwali!
This spice that originated from the forests of the western ghats in southern India and other parts of South east Asia is one of the key ingredients. You could also probably find this in your local Starbucks :)
Cardamom
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The first evidence of THESE can be found in ancient China during the Han Dynasty. The original use of THESE was primarily as a light source. But they eventually gained decorative, celebratory and religious significance.
You would find a wide variety of THESE in different shapes, colors and sizes hung outside homes and lighting up the streets all across India.
What are lanterns (or kandeel)?
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THIS originates from a Sanskrit word which means expressing your joy and happiness through colorful designs.
You will find this at the entrance of people's houses during Diwali!
What is Rangoli?
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MentalPlex - 2000
PigeonRank - 2002
Copernicus - 2004
___ Gulp - 2005
___ Romance - 2006
___ Nose - 2013
Dog Engineer - 2014
Bubble wrap keyboard - 2017
Bad Joke Detector - 2018
___ Tulip - 2019
None - 2020
This fun list.
Google April fools’ pranks
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In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, the X brothers published a guide for French motorists, named the X Guide. Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition of the guide were distributed. It provided useful information to motorists, such as maps, tire repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings and petrol stations throughout France.
In 1922, one of the brothers, whilst visiting a tire merchant, noticed copies of the guide being used to prop up a workbench. Based on the principle that "man only truly respects what he pays for", they decided to charge a price for the guide and also made several changes - listing restaurants, hotels and removing advertisements in the guide.
X?
What is the Michelin Guide?
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Singapore's famous food hawker centers are home to food stalls servicing a selection of local dishes as well as flavors from across the world, including Chinese, Malay, Indian, and western. Some of these stalls are Michelin star rated!
One such food stall was featured in THIS MOVIE
What is Crazy Rich Asians?
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Diwali is celebrated all across the world! Including this city with it's "Little India" area all lit up in celebration!
What is Singapore
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Diwali is celebrated by millions of people in India and all over the world. It has a different significance for a variety of regions in India and also religions.
The most prominent legend attached to Diwali is the return of this Hindu God from 14 years of exile. Hindus believe that the first Diwali was celebrated by the people of Ayodhya to welcome their beloved prince back to his kingdom.
1) Lord Rama
2) Lord Krishna
3) Lord Hanuman
4) Christopher Columbus
Who is Lord Ram?
The story comes from the Hindu mythology, Ramayan
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This game has its origins in India. It was supposed to have been derived from this Indian game called Chaturanga sometime in the 7th Century.
Emperors of the Mughal Dynasty in India were particularly obsessed with this game. One such emperor, Akbar, built a life sized version of this game in the courtyard at the Fatehpur Sikri palace with human players.
Slightly more portable versions of this game is popular all over the world :)
What is Chess?
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A bunch of Melbourne students who had bonded over weekends in Chinese language school, started THIS to share jokes and light-hearted conversations about their experiences as first generation Asian-Australians.
What followed was a global phenomenon with millions of followers world-wide and variations catering to difficult cultural groups.
What is Subtle Asian Traits?
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Here is a picture of THIS iconic city that is celebrating the dawn of 2020 (Little did they know what was to follow :) )
What is Tokyo?
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Talking of celebrations, THIS Mexican holiday was celebrated this year on November 1 and 2. This was portrayed in the recent Pixar movie, Coco!
What is Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos)?
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Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which consist of sets, three or four of a kind of the same rank; or runs, three or more cards in sequence.
Sounds a little familiar? That's because this game might actually share a common origin with another popular asian game.
Mahjong!
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After joining Twitter in 2015, the only account HE decided to follow was the National Security Agency (NSA) official account.
Who is Edward Snowden?
