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Bollywood quiz
How well do you really know Bollywood? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Bollywood questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
When someone says “Bollywood,” what film industry do they mean, and which Indian city is its main base?
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- India’s Hindi-language film industry
- Mumbai (formerly called Bombay)
- It is a major part of Indian cinema
- Easy
Name the 1995 blockbuster starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as Raj and Simran, and describe the relationship they develop.
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- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- Released in 1995
- Shah Rukh Khan plays Raj and Kajol plays Simran
- Raj and Simran fall in love
- Medium
In which Bollywood film do Jai and Veeru appear, and which two actors play them?
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- The film is Sholay
- Amitabh Bachchan plays Jai
- Dharmendra plays Veeru
- Medium
Who composed the music for Slumdog Millionaire, and how many Academy Awards did he win for it?
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- A. R. Rahman composed the music
- He won two Academy Awards
- The awards were for the film’s score and song
- Medium
Most Bollywood films are in which language, and what broad language family does it belong to?
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- Hindi
- Indo-Aryan language family
- Indo-European language family
- Medium
In Mumbai, what’s the famous film-production complex called, and what kinds of productions are made there?
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- Film City
- Also called Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari
- Hosts film and television production
- Medium
Who directed the epic Mughal-e-Azam, and which emperor’s court does its story center on?
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- K. Asif (also written K. Aasif)
- Directed Mughal-e-Azam
- The court of Mughal emperor Akbar
- A historical romance
- Boss
Which actor played the title role in Mother India, and what was her character’s name?
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- Nargis played the title role
- Her character was named Radha
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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