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 had the prize raised when he visited in February 2000, and even then Amitabh Bachchan see-sawed for months before agreeing to host.

Q 02/05

Who hosted KBC's third season in 2007, after Amitabh Bachchan declined to return?

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 Hindi phrase does Amitabh Bachchan use on KBC to confirm a contestant's final answer?

A) Lock kiya jaye

B) Freeze kiya jaye

C) Pakka kiya jaye

D) Seal kiya jaye

Answer · why

A) Lock kiya jaye

Lock kiya jaye, 'shall it be locked?', is Bachchan's cue to the computer, which he addresses as 'computer ji'.

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 plays the host, and with one question to go, Jamal is arrested and interrogated overnight on suspicion of cheating.