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100
This Swedish manufacturer is synonymous with the city of Gothenburg, and has helped make it a thriving seaport and industrial center.
What is Volvo?
100
It is for good reason that this key Indian ingredient is called the 'King of Spices', helping prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's and cancer.
What is Turmeric?
100
On a cold winter morning in January 1986, this Shuttle exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing all 7 astronauts including a schoolteacher onboard.
What is Space Shuttle Challenger?
100
(adj) Local or originating from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka.
What is desi?
100
This actor has had the misfortune of crossing paths with the notorious Salman Khan, who ensured that all his films since have been sabotaged for want of funds or opportunities.
Who is Vivek Oberoi?
200
The population of this American city has fallen over a number of years, thanks in part to the decline in fortunes of the country's Big 3 auto companies - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - all of whom are headquartered here.
Where is Detroit, Michigan?
200
Want to whip up some Hummus? Pick up some Chickpeas, Garlic, Olive Oil and this ingredient to give it a smooth texture.
What is Sesame Paste (Tahini)?
200
Although the first to be retired in 2011, this was NASA's most well travelled orbiter, having performed both Return to Flight missions after the Challenger and Columbia crashes, and cumulatively spending a full year in space.
What is Space Shuttle Discovery?
200
(noun) Relating to or denoting the most prolific period of the dinosaur era.
What is jurassic?
200
Don't be misled by this actress's few blockbusters, as between her in-film jaunts to Paris and Wadala, she has delivered her fair share of flops and butted heads with personalities outside the silver screen.
Who is Kangana Ranaut?
300
This term refers to the braking technology that prevents car wheels from locking up when a sudden stop is required.
What is ABS?
(Anti-Lock Braking System)
300
If you went to the place of its origin in Persia and ordered a 'Biryani' without being specific, you would almost always get this meat served along with the layered rice and spices.
What is Mutton?
300
In the Shuttle-Mir program between the USA and Russia, a total of 9 docking missions were flown by the Shuttles to the Russian Space Station between 1995 and 1997. Due to its lighter weight, this shuttle was preferred in as many as 7 of those missions.
What is Space Shuttle Atlantis?
300
(verb) To cover one’s face as an expression of embarrassment, dismay, or exasperation.
What is facepalm?
300
This Tamil actor's Bollywood career went 'South' quickly, as he only had a penchant to impress in multi-starrer movies like 3 Idiots and Rang De Basanti, and not so much in films where was he was a single actor.
Who is R. Madhavan?
400
Indians from the 1980s and Mumbaikars seeking taxi rides may be familiar with this car - it was after all the country's top selling model of its time after the Ambassador.
What is the Premier Padmini?
400
Sambhar is a quintessential South Indian dish, but every state throws in a different ingredient to provide their unique take on it - Kerala uses coconut, Tamil Nadu uses turmeric, Andhra Pradesh uses gunpowder, and Karnataka goes for this sweet ingredient.
What is Jaggery?
400
In 1990, Space Shuttle Discovery put this object into orbit that serves astronomers all around the world well to present day. However, due to technical difficulties, it was not until the first servicing mission performed by Shuttle Endeavour in 1993 that it could be utilized to its maximum potential.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
400
(noun) Dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.
What is Islamophobia?
400
This 2010 Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar starrer was a remake of Hollywood's Back to the Future, but was universally panned by critics for being tacky and for having a third rate soundtrack.
What is Action Replayy?
500
When the Japanese decided to crack open the luxury segment in the US back in the 1980s, Nissan created the Infiniti, Toyota created the Lexus, and Honda created this subsidiary.
What is the Acura?
500
This controversial food grown by soybean farmers in China has had a rough time making it to kitchens worldwide, having been intermittently banned for its negative hormonal and thyroid effects.
What is Tofu?
500
The Soviet Union were going toe to toe with NASA throughout the 20th century, and it was only natural that they would make their own copy of the Shuttle, that although never actually flew into space, went by this name.
What is the Buran?
500
(adj) able to use the right and left hands equally well.
What is ambidextrous?
500
Shah Rukh Khan was riding high with hit after hit in the late-1990s, until Hrithik Roshan and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai overshadowed this commercial failure put out in the same week in 2000, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla.
What is Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani?