HISTORY
The Mughal emperor who commissioned the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife.
Who is Shah Jahan?
This Indian city is nicknamed “Bollywood capital.”
What is Mumbai?
Names of the two official languages of Afghanistan.
What is Pashto or Dari/Fasrsi?
The founding leader of Bangladesh, often called Bangabandhu.
Who is Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?
Popular foods like dosa, vada, and papad are all made of one main thing.
What are daal/lentils?
This country is known as the “graveyard of empires” due to its history of resisting invasions.
What is Afghanistan?
There are seven countries with ‘stan’ at the end. Name five.
What are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan?
Hindi is written in this script.
What is Devanagari?
This Pakistani activist became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate for her advocacy of girls' education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
A Pakistani/North Indian/Bangladeshi drink, made from rose syrup, milk, and basil seeds.
What is Rooh Afza?
A South Asian country with a non-rectangular flag.
What is Nepal?
The 3 main water bodies that surround South Asia/the Indian Subcontinent.
What is the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?
The Dravidian language spoken by the most people in India.
What is Telugu?
This mountaineer was the first Nepali to climb Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary.
Who is Tenzing Norgay?
The national fruit of Afghanistan.
What is pomegranate?
The 1857 revolt against British rule is often called this by Indian historians.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny? What is the Indian Rebellion?
The Indus Valley civilization city, now in Pakistan, known for its Great Bath.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
This Asian language has contributed the most loanwords to English, including terms like “pajamas,” “shampoo,” and “bungalow.”
What is Hindi?
Indian-American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space.
Who is Kalpana Chawla?
A fermented, bowl-shaped pancake-like dish, popular in Sri Lanka and Southern India.
What is appam?
Bhutan transitioned from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy in this decade.
What is the 2000s (2008)?
This UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers, is famous for its unique mangrove forests and the endangered Bengal tiger.
What are the Sundarbans?
This language, which is primarily spoken in the island nation of Sri Lanka, has over 3 million speakers and is part of the Dravidian family, distinct from the Indo-Aryan languages of the region.
What is Sinhala?
The country that Wanindu Hasaranga a professional cricket player, who also plays for the Rajasthan Royals, is from.
What is Sri Lanka?
The fruit/nut that is used to make the alcohol Feni (a Goan classic).
What is cashew?