Indiana
The term for one who hails from Indiana. Although it’s exact etymology is debated, the term is thought to have once meant a backwoodsman, a rough countryman, or a country bumpkin.
Hoosier
This Academy Award winning Actor played Indiana Jones’s father in The Last Crusade, and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Sean Connery
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, this white alabaster mausoleum attracts nearly 8 million visitors each year.
Taj Mahal
Hailed as the “greatest independent film of all time” by Empire magazine, this was Quentin Tarantino’s first film.
Reservoir Dogs
The one Diana everyone knows. Mother to William and Harry.
Princess Diana of Wales
This is the capital of Indiana.
Indianapolis
This Indiana Jones film was the only to be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award (it lost to Chariots of Fire).
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Along with white, these two colors are featured on the Indian flag.
Orange and Green
This was the first foreign language film to take home the Best Picture award at the Oscars.
Parasite
Diana Ross got her start in Detroit with this R&B group in 1959.
The Supremes
This River marks the southern border of Indiana.
The Ohio River
Along with director Steven Spielberg, this famous director, producer, writer is credited with creating the Indiana Jones franchise.
George Lucas
Formerly known as Bombay, this financial center is also home to India’s bustling Bollywood film industry.
Mumbai
This comedy about a dysfunctional family and one girl’s unlikely dream of winning a beauty pageant stars Steve Carrell, Toni Collette, and Abigail Breslin.
Little Miss Sunshine
Diane de Poitiers, a wealthy French aristocrat and mistress of Henry II, died because she frequently drank a diluted liquified form of this heavy metal in an attempt to preserve her youth.
Gold
No US President has ever been born in Indiana, but Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 hail from this Indiana city.
This is the name of Indiana Jones’s young side kick in Temple of Doom.
Short Round
A common element in Indian cuisine is clarified butter, this is the common name for it.
Ghee
Sofia Coppola’s first screenplay, starring Bill Murray, took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2003.
Lost in Translation
This British actress is known for her roles as Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, as well as a former Bond girl.
Diana Rigg
Indiana's State Bird
Cardinal
This actor played young Indiana Jones in the flashback sequences of The Last Crusade.
River Phoenix
This city is home to the famous Taj Mahal.
Agra
This 2005 film, starring Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, and Jesse Eisenberg tells the tale of divorce from the perspective of two young boys.
The Squid and the Whale
This singer-songwriter’s album, My Remembrance of You, was called the “best Country album of 2006” by the Chicago Tribune.
Diana Jones