Free Bollywood quiz game for game night Are You Desi Enough?

The number on each square is its points. Tap them, and lift them all for a little surprise.

A Bollywood quiz you play together on one big screen. One person hosts and everyone else answers.

Play the quiz How to play

📺 It's built for a big screen. Send this link to whoever has the laptop and the HDMI cable.

Bare Minimum✦Emoji Kahani✦Naam Toh Suna Hoga✦Antakshari Ulta✦Debut Ho Gaya✦Corporate Filmy✦Lost in Translation✦Frame Freeze✦Scrambled Sitaare✦Chori Ka Maal✦Joining the Dots✦Jodi No. 1✦Dialogue Flat✦Box Office Bomb✦साल क्या था✦

The quiz

Three boards, played in order. Each one takes about an hour with a full room. Short on time? Play these 50 Bollywood quiz questions with answers on your phone instead.

Admit: the whole room

First Day First Show

  • 3 boards
  • 75 questions
  • A hidden photo on every board

Posters, emoji plots, song clips, deadpan dialogue and one category written entirely in office jargon.

Play

Board One

  • Bare Minimum
  • Emoji Kahani
  • Naam Toh Suna Hoga
  • Antakshari Ulta
  • Debut Ho Gaya

Board Two

  • Corporate Filmy
  • Lost in Translation
  • Frame Freeze
  • Scrambled Sitaare
  • Chori Ka Maal

Board Three

  • Joining the Dots
  • Jodi No. 1
  • Dialogue Flat
  • Box Office Bomb
  • साल क्या था

How to play this quiz

Plug a laptop into the TV, press F11 and pick someone bossy to host. Here's one turn, start to finish.

What you need

  • A big screenA laptop on a TV is ideal. It's made to be read from the sofa, so it doesn't work well on phones.
  • One hostHolds the keyboard, reads the questions, settles the arguments. Can play along but can't win. There's an answer sheet link on the board to open on your phone.
  • A buzzerAny free buzzer app that shows who buzzed first. We used MultiBuzz.
  • Paper and a penThe quiz shows questions and answers but doesn't keep score, so someone honest has to.

Hosting at the office or in college? BollyQuiz works on any projector, so you can skip the Bollywood quiz PPT and play straight from the browser.

A turn

Scoring

Right answerThe square's points, from 10 to 50
Wrong answerLose half the square's points (−15 on a 30). Then it passes to the next buzzer
Nobody gets itNo one scores. The tile still lifts
Photo guessed right+100
Photo guessed wrong−50, and no more photo guesses on that board

Each board has 750 points on its squares. Near misses ("Om Shanti" for Om Shanti Om) are the host's call, so agree how strict to be before you start.

The hidden photo

There's a photo under every board. After you get a correct answer, you can take one guess to identify the person in the hidden photo. It could be anyone from the Bollywood industry.

Right: +100. Wrong: −50, and you can't guess the photo again on that board.

The categories

  • PosterBare MinimumA minimalist poster. Guess the film.
  • EmojiEmoji KahaniThe plot in emoji. Guess the film.
  • CharacterNaam Toh Suna HogaA character's name. Name the film.
  • AudioAntakshari UltaListen to the clip. Name the song and the film.
  • DebutDebut Ho GayaWhich actor had their first lead role in this film?

Host shortcuts

  • H Show every key on screen
  • ←→ Move around the board
  • Enter Open a square
  • U Undo the last lift
  • 123 Switch board
  • S Save a backup of the game

Hosting? Keep the answers on your phone

To judge a guess, you need the right answer before the room sees it. The answer sheet lists every answer by board, category and points, plus the person in each hidden photo.

  1. On your phone, go to Answer sheet at the top right of the quiz board.
  2. When a player answers, find the square on the sheet and check their guess. Then reveal the answer on the TV.
  3. Keep it off the big screen, or everyone sees the answers. You can also print it before guests arrive.

Why I made this

We were planning a game session and I wanted something more fun than a phone quiz. So I made a board like KVizzing by Kumar Varun, with the questions best suited to our group of friends.

In September 2026, I hosted the first one at home. The board went up on our TV, filmy posters went up on every wall and window.

Kavya hosting the quiz in her living room, with Board One on the TV and posters on the window
Board One on our TV, September 2026
  • Poster reading Ye Hamari Pawri Ho Rahi Hai, above one reading Desi Me Rollin'
  • An auto-rickshaw print draped in marigold garlands
  • Poster reading We listen and we don't judge. OK, we do sometimes
  • Illustration of a sneaker next to an embroidered jutti
  • Retro poster of a woman in sunglasses reading Tussi ja rahe ho? Jaldi jao. Nalayak

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Keep BollyQuiz free

Hi, I'm Kavya. I'm an indie builder in Singapore, and I made BollyQuiz on my own.

It's free, with no sign-up and no app, and I want to keep it that way. If you enjoyed it, a small tip helps me keep building new quizzes.

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Questions

Is BollyQuiz free?

Yes. No sign-up, no app, no payment. Open the link and play. (There's a tip jar if you had fun.)

How do I play it on a TV?

Open bollyquiz.com on a laptop and connect it to the TV with an HDMI cable, or cast the browser tab. The board is designed for a big screen.

How many people can play?

Any number. It works best with 2 to 4 teams and one host who runs the board.

How does the host see the answers?

Each quiz has a separate answer sheet the host can open on their phone, so the TV never gives anything away.

Do I need to speak Hindi?

It helps, but it's not essential. Emoji plots, posters and photo rounds are guessable for anyone who's watched a few Bollywood films.

Can I use it for an office or Diwali party?

Yes. It's built for groups, and it works on a projector or a meeting-room screen.

Do I need a buzzer?

Any free buzzer app works (we use MultiBuzz). Raised hands work too, if your friends are honest.

Made with love

Hi, I'm Kavya. I live in Singapore and I make small things on the internet, some for work and some just because they're fun to make!

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