Umrican Diwali
Indian Brilliance
Incredible India
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100
Diwali is popularly referred to as this.
What is the Festival of Lights?
100
This city is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India.
What is Bangalore or Bengaluru?
100
India's official name.
What is The Republic of India?
100
Christopher Columbus was looking for these when he accidentally discovered America.
What are spices?
100
This person is the host of the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" (Kaun Banega Crorepathi?).
Who is Amitabh Bachchan?
200
He was the first United States President to celebrate Diwali in the White House.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
This form of exercise originated in India and has become a normal practice in Western life.
What is yoga?
Yoga started in India and has been practiced for over 5,000 years.
200
Year in which the Taj Mahal was completed.
What is 1653 (1650s)?
200
Earliest form of medicine known to mankind and now a form of alternative medicine.
What is Ayurveda?
200
This actor became famous from the movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Who is Dev Patel (or Frieda Pinto)?
300
The year the Diwali stamp launched in the United States.
What is 2016?
300
She is the top women's tennis player in India and won the mixed doubles at the French Open in 2012.
Who is Sania Mirza?
300
Number of countries invaded by India.
What is zero?
India has never invaded another country in its 100,000 year dynasty.
300
Carrots, Ghee/Butter, Milk, Sugar.
What is Gajar Ki Halwa or Carrot Halwa?
300
This actor is a supermodel and acts in India & America.
Who is Priyanka Chopra?
400
This person's name means lotus flower.
Who is Kamala Harris?
400
This person was known as the human calculator and world famous Indian mathematician.
Who is Shakunthala Devi?
There is also a Netflix movie about her.
400
Both of these games were invented in India.
What are Chess, & Snakes & Ladder (Chutes & Ladder).
Snakes & Ladder was originally called Mokspat and was used to teach people about karma through virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes).
400
This spice is also used as an herbal treatment to fight infections, arthritis, skin cancer to name a few.
What is tumeric?
400
This Indian personality is a supermodel who often writes opinion articles for the New York Times.
Who is Padma Lakshmi?
500
American city that celebrates Diwali for 2 days at its city center.
What is New York (Times Square)?
500
India was the first country to mine this.
What are diamonds?
Until 1896, India was the only place to mine diamonds.
500
Name the oldest city in India.
What is Varanasi or Benaras?
Varanasi, also called "Ancient City", is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the whole world.
500
Almost every Indian consumes this every day twice a day.
What is masala chai?
500
This most famous Bollywood star.
Who is Shah Rukh Khan?