Culture trivia
Name an Indian festival or holiday
Everyone has a first answer to “Name an Indian festival or holiday”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 222 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Diwali
- Holi
- Eid
- Navratri
- Dussehra
- Raksha Bandhan
- Ganesh Chaturthi
- Christmas
- Pongal
- Onam
- Independence Day
- Republic Day
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Janmashtami
- Makar Sankranti
- Lohri
- Baisakhi
- Ugadi
- Gudi Padwa
- Maha Shivaratri
- Durga Puja
- Karva Chauth
- Bhai Dooj
- Dhanteras
- Chhath Puja
- Guru Nanak Jayanti
- Buddha Purnima
- Mahavir Jayanti
- Eid al-Adha
- Muharram
- Good Friday
- Easter
- Ram Navami
- Hanuman Jayanti
- Rath Yatra
- Kumbh Mela
- Teej
- Navroz
- Vasant Panchami
- Thaipusam
- Gandhi Jayanti
- Bihu
- Poila Boishakh
- Kali Puja
- Vishu
- Mysore Dasara
- Pushkar Camel Fair
- Hornbill Festival
- Govardhan Puja
- Ramadan
- Holika Dahan
- Uttarayan
- Tamil New Year
- Karthigai Deepam
- Bonalu
- Bathukamma
- Ayudha Puja
- Akshaya Tritiya
- Guru Purnima
- Naraka Chaturdashi
- Dev Deepawali
How deep does “Name an Indian festival or holiday” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsDiwali · Holi · Eid
- Below the Surface48 answers · 25 ptsJanmashtami · Makar Sankranti · Lohri …
- The Deep82 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss79 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 82 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 79 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 222 answers in total, 159 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Eid”. Longest: “Kila Raipur Sports Festival”.
- K, M and S are the most common first letters; together they start 26% of the answers.
- 45 answers can be typed more than one way: “Choti Diwali” counts as Naraka Chaturdashi.
Getting below the surface
- Start with K: 22 of the answers begin with it.
- Diwali, Holi and Eid are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name an Indian festival or holiday”?
- The usual first answers are Diwali, Holi, Eid, Navratri and Dussehra. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an Indian festival or holiday”?
- 222 in all: 12 on The Tip, 48 Below the Surface, 82 in The Deep, 79 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an Indian festival or holiday” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Eid” and the longest is “Kila Raipur Sports Festival”.
- How hard is “Name an Indian festival or holiday”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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