Ali Sethi Song Quiz

You hear one second of a real Ali Sethi recording and name it. Land it straight away and the round is worth five points. Miss or skip and the clip grows to two seconds, then four, seven and eleven, worth less every time. Five Ali Sethi tracks per run, roughly two minutes, and the guess box suggests titles as you type so spelling never costs you a round.

Tracks are pulled live from the public catalogue, so the five you get change every run. Expect titles like Pasoori, Chandni Raat, Ranjish Hi Sahi, Aaqa. Each round also starts at a random point in the recording, so Pasoori opening on a verse and Pasoori opening on the chorus are two completely different puzzles.

Harder than the mixed desi quiz. When every round is Ali Sethi, the genre and era clues you normally lean on in the first second are gone, so you are separating Chandni Raat from Ranjish Hi Sahi on texture alone. Most casual listeners need three or four seconds a track; regulars get there in one.

No, but it helps. Knowing Ali Sethi and recognising Ali Sethi in a single second turn out to be very different skills, which is why the first round humbles almost everyone. If it bites, try the wider Desi quiz first and come back.

Yes. No sign-up, no download, no cost. The Ali Sethi Song Quiz runs in any browser on phone, tablet or desktop, and you can replay it as many times as you like because the Ali Sethi tracks reshuffle each run.