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Hyderabad quiz
How well do you really know Hyderabad? 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 Hyderabad questions for your group.
The questions
- Easy
Which lake lies between Hyderabad and Secunderabad, and what giant statue stands on its island?
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- Hussain Sagar
- A large statue of the Buddha stands on its island
- The lake lies between Hyderabad and Secunderabad
- Medium
A day out near Hyderabad takes you among movie sets: name the sprawling attraction and the kind of productions made there.
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- Ramoji Film City
- Film and television productions are made there
- It is a large studio complex
- Medium
What local biryani is Hyderabad famed for, and what slow-cooking style traditionally finishes it?
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- Hyderabadi biryani
- dum cooking
- cooked slowly in a sealed pot
- often made with layered rice and meat
- Medium
Golconda Fort once sat at the heart of a famous trade: what precious stone was traded, and which dynasty expanded the fort?
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- Diamonds
- The Qutb Shahi dynasty
- Medium
A rain-swollen river winds through Hyderabad before joining a much larger one. What are the two rivers called?
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- Musi River
- Krishna River
- The Musi joins the Krishna
- Medium
Flying into Hyderabad, what is the international airport called, and in which suburb is it located?
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- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
- It is in Shamshabad
- It serves Hyderabad
- Hard
Which Hyderabad museum is known for a vast collection assembled by one family member, and what was that collector’s name?
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- Salar Jung Museum
- The collector was Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, also known as Salar Jung III
- The collection includes art and historical objects
- Boss
Osmania University opened in Hyderabad in what year, and which ruler founded it?
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- 1918
- Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad
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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