Project RISHI
Brown Life
Bollywood
Pop Culture
India
100

What does RISHI stand for?

Rural India Social Health Improvement

100

Which two professions are the only ones that aunties consider successful?

Doctor/Engineer

100

Who dis?

Shahid Kapoor

100

Which company owns Instagram?

Meta (Facebook)

100

What is the most populous city in India as of 2025?

New Delhi

200

Who is the founder of Project RISHI?

Dr. Sri

200

Name one stereotype of a brown F-boy. 

Earrings, curly hair, mama's boy, gym-goer, facial hair, named Aryan. 

200

Who is the highest paid Bollywood actress in 2025?

Deepika Padukone

200

Finish the lyric: "That's why I need a one dance, Got a Hennessy in my hand...

...One more time 'fore I go

Higher powers takin' a hold on me"

200

Who is the prime minister of India?

Narendra Modi

300

Name two other RISHI chapters that aren't at this conference

UMich, UCSB, Georgetown, UCR, UCI, Purdue, U of A, Berkeley, Pitt, Northwestern, Merced

300

You're a brown boy talking to Urmila maasi.. what is the first thing she says to you?

Wow, you've gotten so tall!

300

What is the highest grossing Indian film of all time?

Dangal

300

Name all of Kim Kardashian's kids

North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm

300

Which state in India has the highest literacy rate?

Kerala

400

When was Project RISHI founded

2005

400

What profession/line of business is the Gujarati stereotype?

Owning Hotels

400

Which movie is the song Chaleya from?

Jawan

400

Which Super Bowl Halftime Show was the most watched show of all time?

Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl LIX

400

Name 8 nationally recognized languages in India

Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Oriya, Nepali, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Manipuri, Santali, Dogri, Bodo, Maithili, and Sanskrit

500

RISExCON is being held in person next year, but where?

San Diego

500

DAILY DOUBLE: What is the first question asked when a girl tells their parents about their significant other?

What do they do for a living?/Does he have money?

500

Name the movie directed by Karan Johar that also stars Aishwarya Rai. 

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

500

What is the best sitcom of all time? (Hint: it's pilot debuted in 2005)

How I Met Your Mother

500

Name 2 founding fathers of India

Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B. R. Ambedkar, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Vallabhbhai Patel.