Holidays
This Indian holiday is characterized by light and joy.
What is Diwali?
The cottage cheese dish usually mixed with curry, vegetables, and spices.
What is paneer?
The national language of India.
What is English or Hindi? (Both are official languages.)
The only country without a rectangular-shaped flag.
Male protagonist of Kuch Kuck Hota Hai and Om Shanti Om; initials SRK.
Who is Shah Rukh Khan?
Two countries that celebrate Durga Puja.
What are India and Bangladesh?
What is Nihari?
True or false: More than 21,500 languages or dialects are spoken in India as a ‘mother tongue’.
False; only 19,500 are (reportedly).
What is the national flag of Bangladesh?
The Bollywood movie where Aditya, a heartbroken tycoon boards a train and meets Geet, a high-spirited girl planning to elope with her lover.
What is Jab We Met?
The date and name of Bangladesh's Independence Day.
What is Shadhinota Dibosh on March 26th?
The national cuisine of Nepal; Nepalese meat dumplings.
What are Momo?
The oldest spoken language in the world.
What is the Tamil language?
This national flag has the national symbol of the country: the Druk Yul dragon.
What is Dangal?
The Nepali festival dedicated to the Hindu Shaiva Siddha.
What is Machendrajatra?
The language the Indian national anthem was originally written in and (bonus) who wrote it.
What is Bengali and who is Rabindranath Tagore?
The designer of the Indian National Flag; this individual was a freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh.
Who is Pingali Venkayya?
The Pakistani actor named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world (also an Oscar nominee).
Who is Kumail Nanjiani?
The Buddhist festival of Sri Lanka where elephants are decorated.
What is Esala Perahera?
The sweet dessert dish whose name was derived from the Persian word for flower and water and the Hindi word for a black plum.
What is Gulab Jamun?
The early/ancestral form of Sinhalese.
What is Elu?
This animal on the national flag of Sri Lanka represents the Sinhala ethnicity and the strength of the nation.
What is the Lion?
The name of the male protagonist in the popular Sinhalese movie Butterfly Symphony
Who is Vadeesha Devaminda Wickramanayaka?