Are You Bangalee? Take this Quiz and Find Out.

Before I unveil my newly created quiz, some random bits of news...

1. Monsoon mas grande. The long-awaited rains have come...and they just keep a' comin. I'm going to need to row my way to BRAC in the mornings soon.

2. My once-purplish hair is now turning blondish-brown. It's really ugly, and all my English students say I look like an old lady or a hajji (pilgrim to Mecca who has put mehindi dye in her hair).

3. Jai Bangla! The Bangladesh cricket team "owned" Team Australia this week. My friend Arif says "it was the happiest day of my life other than the day my daughter was born." Bangladesh was unfortunately walloped by England two days later.

And Now....

ARE YOU BANGALEE?

Take this quiz to find out if you are of Bengali decent, an honorary Bangalee, or just Bangalee-at-heart

1. Tagore is a) a famed Nobel Laureate b) some Italian guy c) a lifestyle

2. How is this word pronounced: BIRD a) “berd” b) “buhd” c) “bAArd”

3. What is the correct way to ask someone if they’ve eaten their meal?
a) have you eaten? b) did you eat? c) have you taken your rice?

4. Please fill in the blanks: Aite shaal, jaite shaal, thar nam ____________.

5. Which more closely resembles your vision of Hell, a place with no bars or no mishti shops?

6. One of these fish does not belong: elish mach chingri mach SALMON rui mach

7. I wear a loongie… a) only at night b) peddling my rickshaw c) what’s a loongie?

8. When I meet someone new, I typically a) ask them about their job b) get their business card c) ask them to sing a song

9. Yes or No: Has anyone at a family gathering or social event ever composed a poem on a napkin and done an impromptu reading?

10. Cricket is a) to Jiminy as mouse is to Mickey b) the name and sound made by a nocturnal insect c) the most important sport in the world

11. Imagine you are someone’s auntie. Please fill in the blanks accordingly: You are looking very ____________ today. a) nice b) happy c) fatty-fatty

12. A wooden boat can be found a) in a naval museum b) in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie c) in your garage so you can get to work when the monsoons come

13. The world can basically be divided into the following groups of people:
a) good, bad, ugly b) human kind is too diverse to be so crudely categorized
c) Bengali and non-Bengali

14. If your full name were Mohammed Kazi Moinnuddin Ahmed, people would probably call you:
a) Mo b) Kazi c) Mitu