Urdu Trivia
Flex your literary swagger with Urdu trivia—from soulful ghazals and elegant Nastaliq to epic Mughal moments—and show you’ve got the chops!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Which province in Pakistan, home to the bustling city of Karachi, is renowned for its high rate of second-language Urdu fluency?
Sindh
Which thick, slow-cooked Pakistani stew—celebrated during Ramadan and weddings—is made by simmering meat, lentils, wheat, and barley?
Haleem
With its ornate Nastaliq calligraphy lighting up South Asian art and media, in which order are Urdu characters arranged on a horizontal line?
Right-to-left
Which renowned Urdu poet wrote the lyrics for Pakistan’s national anthem in 1952?
Hafeez Jalandhari
Who wrote the landmark Urdu autobiography Shahabnama?
Qudratullah Shahab