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A festival in which Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs celebrate the triumph of good over evil and new beginnings, also known as the Festival of Lights.
Diwali
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Former CEO of PepsiCo
Indra Nooyi
100
This island country features prominently in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
Sri Lanka
100
The Bollywood actor nicknamed “King Khan.”
Shah Rukh Khan
100
A food eaten throughout Nepal and India, a lentil dish that is usually soupy and eaten with rice or other grains.
Daal.
200
Festival that involves throwing color and spraying each other with water.
Holi
200
The author of The Namesake, an award-winning novel about a Bengali-American family in Boston which was made into a movie starring Kal Penn.
Jhumpa Lahiri
200
Number of years India was under British rule
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Bollywood actress who has recently made her debut on American television, in Quantico.
Priyanka Chopra
200
A common South Asian dessert prepared by deep frying flour in a sugar syrup, often in the shape of a pretzel or spiral.
Jalebi
300
A Muslim holiday consisting of a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset.
Ramadan
300
The Sherpa mountaineer who was one of the two first people to summit Mount Everest.
Tenzing Norga
300
The language developed by the Aryans to write down their oral traditions.
Sanskrit
300
A British rapper of Sri Lankan origin who has been nominated for 3 Grammy awards for songs such as “Paper Planes” and “Bad Girls”.
M.I.A.
300
One of the most commonly known South Asian snacks, a triangle of fried dough with vegetable or meat filling.
Samosa
400
Festival that celebrates the brother-sister relationship.
Raksha Bandhan
400
The current prime minister of India.
Narendra Modi
400
Pakistan’s Independence Day.
August 14, 1947
400
Highest ever grossing Bollywood movie
Dangal
400
The Indian state where food such as paneer tikka, naan, and chicken korma originates from.
Punjab
500
The kind of calendar holidays in many South Asian countries are based on, including countries like India, Pakistan, and Nepal.
Lunar
500
The Current President of Bhutan
Lotay Tshering
500
This country was the first in Asia to have an openly gay individual serve as a member of the federal parliament.
Nepal
500
The name of Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani's movie about him and his wife’s relationship where she falls into a coma.
The Big Sick
500
The name of this snack.
Kurkure