Gujarati Culture & Traditions

Food & Flavors

Bollywood & Music
Desi Life
General / Random
100

Festival where people throw colors like they’re auditioning for a paint commercial.

What is Holi?

100

This flatbread is spicy and travels well. If it had a passport, it would be stamped “Picnic Approved.”

Thepla

100

Movie where villagers play cricket to avoid taxes—basically the original sports drama.

What is Lagaan?

100

The thing every Indian parent says when you ask for McDonald’s instead of home food.

 

What is “Ghar ka khana best hai”? 


100

Movie where a ship hits an iceberg and everyone suddenly becomes a swimming instructor.

What is Titanic?

200

Dance where you spin in circles until you forget which way is home.

What is Garba?


200

I’m round, crunchy, and make chai taste better. People fight over the last one in the plate.

What is Ganthiya?

200

Actor who cries on screen better than most people cry in real life.

Who is Shah Rukh Khan?


200

The kitchen sound that signals dinner is ready in every Indian home—louder than any doorbell.

What is the pressure cooker whistle?

200

Movie where a guy spends three hours running behind a train, but somehow never buys a ticket.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ)


300

Gujarati word for sweet—because calling it “sugar bomb” isn’t traditional.

What is Mithai?

300

This Gujarati snack is steamed, yellow, and often mistaken for cake by confused Canadians.

What is Dhokla?

300

Movie with a song where people dance on a moving train like it’s normal.

What is Dil Se?

300

The magical container that holds everything from lentils to sewing kits—and sometimes your hopes and dreams.

What is a Dabba (steel container)?

300

This Bollywood movie had a villain so iconic that people still quote him at parties—because nothing says “fun” like asking your friends how many people came to kill you

Sholay


400

Leader who wore glasses before it was cool and freed a nation.

Who is Mahatma Gandhi?

400

The dish that makes every wedding buffet feel fancy, even if the budget is low.

What is Paneer Sabzi?

400

Movie where a guy talks to pigeons and somehow becomes a national hero.

What is Maine Pyar Kiya?


400

The phrase every Indian parent says before you leave the house, even if you’re 40 years old.

What is “Phone karte rehna”?

400

This is the only food that never spoils.

What is honey?

500

Outfit for grooms that says, “I’m fancy, but still sweating.”

What is Sherwani?

500

I’m a winter dish that hides vegetables under layers of spices—think of me as Gujarat’s secret garden.

What is Undhiyu?

500

Composer who makes music that sounds like magic spells.

Who is A.R. Rahman?

500

The REASON your relatives ask “Beta, shaadi kab karoge?” even when you’re just trying to eat dessert.

What is “Because it’s their favorite hobby”?

500

Hollywood movie where a guy spends years growing potatoes on another planet because Uber Eats doesn’t deliver there. 

What is The Martian?