Culture
What meal has at least 15 dishes and is served on platters for 4?
Wazwan.
Where is Char Chinari located?
In the middle of Dal Lake.
What is the name of the man-made pass that is our unfortunate connection to India?
Banihal.
What is the difference between shikara and a demb naav?
Shikaras are covered.
What is Black Day?
October 27, 1947. It's the day India flew its first occupational troops into Kashmir.
Which vegetable is not the leaves, root, flower or fruit of the plant, has no nutritional value, yet is loved by all Kashmiris?
Nadur. It's the stem of the lotus plant and is entirely fibre.
What flower can we see for miles and miles while driving through Pampore in the fall?
Saffron.
How long was Kashmir a colony of the British?
It never was. It was a protectorate.
Kashmiri language has words from Persian, Arabic, Urdu and which other language?
Sanskrit.
What year did the flood take place?
2014
What does the clove and the cardemom (ael te rong) refer to in wedding songs?
The bride and the groom.
What is the highest mountain in Kashmir, that although lesser in height than the Everest is tougher to climb?
K-2.
How did Islam come to Kashmir?
a: Though the Mughal invasion.
b: Through traders.
c: Through the Afghan invasion.
d: Through Sufi mystics.
d: Sufi mystics.
How do you say, "Please..." in Kashmiri?
OR
How do you say, "Thank you."?
There is no word. Rather, there are countless ways to express the feeling of Please.
There is no word that can fully express how thankful we are so...we just pray for the person.
Who wrote the rap song, "Criminal"?
Mu'azzam Bhat.
While there is a ceremony where a girl reads Qur'an after taking a bath on the wedding morning, what does the boy do?
Mas kasun. Gets a hair cut.
Name one river that flows from Kashmir into India?
There are none.
Which aspect of Islam has been historically valued most by Kashmiri people?
a: Fiqh
b: Tazkiyah
c: Aqeedah
d: All of the above.
b: Tazkiyah
Who is called a woonth (camel) in Kashmiri?
Someone big that doesn't move...
What prompted the pellet attack by the Indian forces in Summer of 2016?
The murder of Burhan Wani.
What is the head dress that goes with the Pheran called?
Pootz/ Dej/ Khaase
Why is the bridge in Rajbagh named Zero bridge?
Bridges along the Jehlum were called 1st, 2nd etc and zero bridge was built after the 1st but was located on the Jehlum before bridge 1.
Which country brought the issue of Kashmir to the UN Security Council in 1948?
India.
What is a person who is called zahar (poison)?
Dashing.
Who said, "“We have declared that the fate of Kashmir ultimately has to be decided by the people. That pledge we have given, and the Maharaja has supported it, not only to the people of Kashmir but to the world. We will not, and cannot, back out of it.” ?
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.