Bollywood
The 1975 film with the dacoit Gabbar Singh
Sholay
The term for a batter out on the very first ball they face.
Golden duck
India’s first woman Prime Minister.
Indira Gandhi
The hardest natural substance on Earth.
Diamond
This sweet is made by frying batter in coils and soaking it in sugar syrup.
Jalebi
This Oscar-nominated 2001 film has villagers playing cricket against the British.
Lagaan
He holds the highest individual ODI score, 264.
Rohit Sharma
The minimum age to become a Lok Sabha MP.
25 years
The largest animal on Earth.
Blue whale
The world’s most expensive spice by weight
Saffron
Akshay Kumar’s real name
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
The only Indian bowler to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings.
Anil Kumble
India’s first President.
Dr Rajendra Prasad
The number of planets in our solar system.
8
Kerala is a major producer of this “King of Spices.”
Black pepper
This composer won two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire.
A.R. Rahman
England gave this fast bowler the ball for the Super Over in the 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand.
Jofra Archer
The finger that gets the indelible ink mark when you vote.
Left index finger
The largest organ of the human body.
Skin
This slow-cooked Hyderabadi dish of meat, wheat and lentils is popular during Ramzan.
Haleem
This 1957 film was India’s first nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Mother India
Kapil Dev rescued India from 17/5 with an unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe at this English town’s ground in 1983.
Tunbridge Wells
The number of elected seats in the Lok Sabha.
543
Making up about 78% of the air we breathe, this gas is by far the most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere. Most people wrongly guess oxygen.
nitrogen
Bhut jolokia, once the world’s hottest chilli, comes from this region.
Northeast India