Food and Snacks
Festivals and Traditions
Pop Culture
South Indian Cinema
Geography
100
This spongy, lace-edged pancake from Kerala and Tamil Nadu is made from fermented rice batter and coconut milk
What is appam?
100
In Kerala, this ten-day festival ends with a grand boat race and elephant procession — it celebrates the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali.
What is Onam?
100
This legendary music director, often called the “Maestro,” has composed over 7,000 songs and revolutionized Tamil film music in the 1980s.
Ilaiyaraaja
100
This Kannada film by Rishab Shetty mixed folklore, religion, and environmentalism — and became a pan-India blockbuster in 2022.
Kantara
100
This city, known as the “Garden City of India,” is the capital of Karnataka.
What is Bengaluru (Bangalore)?
200
This crispy snack made from rice flour and seasoned with cumin and ajwain is shaped into spirals and deep-fried during Diwali
What is murukku?
200
This Telugu festival marks the start of the harvest season and is dedicated to the sun god; kites fill the skies in Andhra and Telangana during it.
What is Sankranti (Makara Sankranti)?
200
This actor’s chemistry with Rashmika Mandanna in Geetha Govindam and Dear Comrade made him an internet heartthrob.
Vijay Devarakonda
200
This Telugu-language film by Sekhar Kammula blended social realism and romance, following a Telangana girl’s journey through urban Hyderabad.
Fidda
200
What state is this?
What is Kerala?
300
This savory pancake from Andhra Pradesh is made from green gram (moong dal) batter, onions, and chilies
What is pesarattu?
300
This Telugu New Year festival occurs around March or April and is celebrated by eating a mix of jaggery, neem, tamarind, and mango — symbolizing all flavors of life.
What is Ugadi?
300
This Malayalam actor-director combo is behind cult hits like Kumbalangi Nights and Joji, redefining “cool cinema.”
Fahadh Faasil
300
This Tamil neo-noir film by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, starring Vijay Sethupathi, is famous for its nonlinear narrative and existential themes.
Super Deluxe
300
This South Indian state split from Andhra Pradesh in 2014 to form a new capital at Hyderabad.
What is Telangana?
400
This soft fudge made with semolina, ghee, and sugar often includes cashews and raisins — it’s the go-to prasadam during festive pujas
What is rava kesari?
400
This item is broken in front of temples and new ventures to symbolize breaking the ego and offering purity to the divine.
What is a coconut?
400
Often called Lady Superstar, this Tamil actress shattered stereotypes with lead roles in Arai En 305-il Kadavul, Maya, and Connect.
Nayanthara
400
In this 2019 Telugu film, actor Naveen Polishetty played a desperate engineer-turned-comedian in a story about ambition and burnout.
Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
400
Although Hyderabad is the de facto capital, this planned city was officially designated the capital of Andhra Pradesh in 2015.
What is Amaravati?
500
In Karnataka, this fried snack made of mashed potatoes coated in chickpea batter is stuffed inside a pav bun and served with spicy chutney.
What is Aloo Bonda or Bangalore Bonda?
500
In rural Karnataka, some villages perform a ritual where young men leap over burning embers as part of a local festival — not Jallikattu!
What is Theemithi or fire-walking ritual?
500
This legendary Indian cricketer from Hyderabad is known as “The Wall” and went on to coach Team India.
Rahul Dravid
500
Known for his intricate scripts and “mass + class” filmmaking, this Tamil director is behind Master and Leo.
Lokesh Kankaraj
500
This hill station in Tamil Nadu is famous for its tea plantations and is often called the “Queen of Hill Stations.
What is Ooty (Udhagamandalam)?