Q 01/05

What does Jethalal Gada call his friend Taarak Mehta, the man he runs to whenever trouble strikes?

A) Ambulance

B) Lifeguard

C) Fire brigade

D) Bodyguard

Answer · why

C) Fire brigade

Fire brigade is the name because nearly every crisis at Gada Electronics ends with Jethalal sprinting to his neighbour for a rescue plan, and the poet...

Q 02/05

Tarak Mehta's column viewed daily life from a skewed angle — what does Ooltah Chashmah literally mean?

A) Inverted spectacles

B) Rose-tinted glasses

C) Broken mirror

D) Upside-down world

Answer · why

A) Inverted spectacles

Inverted spectacles is the literal sense of the Hindi title, and the column it came from, Duniya Ne Undha Chasma, ran weekly in a Gujarati magazine fr...

Q 03/05

Which snack pairing, gifted by Dilip Joshi to an Olympic medallist, is Jethalal Gada's great weakness?

A) Jalebi fafda

B) Khaman dhokla

C) Dal dhokli

D) Undhiyu puri

Answer · why

A) Jalebi fafda

Jalebi fafda is the Gujarati treat Jethalal craves in episode after episode, and Joshi celebrated Aman Sehrawat's Olympic bronze by handing him a box ...

Q 04/05

Amit Bhatt plays Jethalal's elderly father — how does his real age compare with Dilip Joshi's?

A) Four years older

B) Ten years older

C) The same age

D) Four years younger

Answer · why

D) Four years younger

Four years younger is the twist: Bhatt was born in August 1972 and Joshi in May 1968, so the actor playing the stooped old patriarch is junior to his ...

Q 05/05

Which recurring TMKOC character, Daya's sibling, is played by Disha Vakani's real-life sibling Mayur?

A) Bagha

B) Magan

C) Sundar

D) Bhailu

Answer · why

C) Sundar

Sundar is Daya's perpetually scheming brother, and the casting is a family affair: Mayur Vakani grew up in the same Gujarati theatre household as his ...