Q 01/05

KBC was nearly launched as Kaun Banega Lakhpati with a ₹1 lakh top prize; who ordered it raised to ₹1 crore?

A) Sameer Nair

B) Rupert Murdoch

C) Subhash Chandra

D) Ratan Tata

Answer · why

B) Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, the channel's parent, gave the order in February 2000, a month after Amitabh Bachchan was picked as host...

Q 02/05

Who hosted KBC's third season in 2007, after Amitabh Bachchan declined to return once illness had halted season two?

A) Shah Rukh Khan

B) Aamir Khan

C) Akshay Kumar

D) Salman Khan

Answer · why

A) Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan's season opened strongly but its ratings slid, and the show went dark for three and a half years before Bachchan returned in 2010.

Q 03/05

Which phrase does Amitabh Bachchan use on KBC to confirm a contestant's choice, India's 'Is that your final answer?'

A) Lock kiya jaye

B) Sahi jawab

C) Aapka samay shuru hota hai

D) Deviyon aur sajjano

Answer · why

A) Lock kiya jaye

Lock kiya jaye, literally 'shall it be locked?', has spread to the regional editions too: Puneeth Rajkumar asked 'Lock maadoda?' in Kannada and Nagarj...

Q 04/05

Sushil Kumar, a ₹6,000-a-month computer teacher dubbed the real Slumdog Millionaire, won ₹5 crore from which state?

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Bihar

C) Jharkhand

D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer · why

B) Bihar

Bihar's Sushil Kumar taught computers under the MNREGA rural jobs scheme before his 2011 win, which drew the highest ratings of any Hindi entertainmen...

Q 05/05

Who plays Prem Kumar, the sneering quiz host who feeds Jamal a wrong answer in Slumdog Millionaire?

A) Anil Kapoor

B) Anupam Kher

C) Saurabh Shukla

D) Irrfan Khan

Answer · why

A) Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor has since sat in the real KBC hot seat himself, on a celebrity edition of the very show his character was modelled on.