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Guess the Famous Indian Quiz

Desi Looks Name the famous Indian from a paper cut-out of their look: freedom fighters, cricketers, film stars, leaders, comics and legends. No faces, just the hair, the cap, the specs and the props.

200 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts

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This Guess the Famous Indian Quiz has 200 questions: 55 easy, 89 medium and 56 hard, including 200 picture questions. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.

Sample questions

20 of the 200 Famous Indians from their signature look questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.

  1. Wrote letters to his daughter

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    Jawaharlal Nehru

    His letters to 10-year-old Indira were published in 1929 as 'Letters from a Father to His Daughter'.

  2. Quit the civil service

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    Subhas Chandra Bose

    He passed the Indian Civil Service exam in 1920 and resigned from it in 1921 to join the freedom struggle.

  3. Delhi kid, 2008 under-19 captain

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    Virat Kohli

    He captained India to the Under-19 World Cup title in 2008.

  4. Posts viral videos daily

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    Anand Mahindra

    He often replies to fans on X and has gifted Mahindra vehicles to people whose clever videos went viral.

  5. Ex ticket collector

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    MS Dhoni

    He worked as a travelling ticket examiner at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003.

  6. Queen of a fort city

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    Rani Lakshmibai

    Born Manikarnika in Varanasi, she was called Manu as a girl.

  7. Three ODI double hundreds

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    Rohit Sharma

    He is the only batter with three double centuries in men's ODIs.

  8. PhD from Columbia

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    B. R. Ambedkar

    The book his statues hold is the Constitution: he chaired the committee that drafted it.

  9. First five-star general

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    Sam Manekshaw

    In January 1973 he became India's first field marshal.

  10. Turned a phone camera into a classroom

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    Alakh Pandey

    He started his YouTube channel Physics Wallah in 2016 from Prayagraj.

  11. A soldier at Barrackpore

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    Mangal Pandey

    His attack on British officers at Barrackpore on 29 March 1857 is seen as an early spark of that year's rebellion.

  12. Lifted a cup at Lord's

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    Kapil Dev

    His side were rated 66-1 outsiders before they beat the West Indies in the 1983 final at Lord's.

  13. Spun khadi beside her husband

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    Kasturba Gandhi

    Gandhi later said he learnt the lesson of non-violence from his wife.

  14. Lightning Kid from Chennai

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    Viswanathan Anand

    He went on to win five world titles, including the undisputed crown in 2007.

  15. Tribal hero from Ulihatu

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    Birsa Munda

    Jharkhand was formed on 15 November 2000, his birth anniversary.

  16. Started out sorting diamonds

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    Gautam Adani

    He dropped out of a commerce degree and moved to Mumbai to sort diamonds as a teenager.

  17. World champion at 18

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    Gukesh Dommaraju

    In December 2024 he became the youngest undisputed world chess champion, at 18.

  18. Emperor at thirteen

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    Akbar

    He became Mughal emperor in 1556 at the age of 13.

  19. Engineer who disliked milk

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    Verghese Kurien

    Known as the father of India's White Revolution, he said he did not drink milk himself.

  20. Lives in a 27-floor home

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    Mukesh Ambani

    Antilia is named after a mythical Atlantic island and has three helipads on its roof.

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How many questions are in the Guess the Famous Indian Quiz?

200. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.

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