Mixed Bag - 2

1. In Rajasthan, it is believed that this River originated due to the penance of ascetic Kashyapa on Mount Abu. His penance had pleased Lord Shiva and in return, Shiva gave ascetic Kashyapa the Ganges River. The Ganges River flowed from Shiva's hair onto Mount Abu and became this River

Which river, which is associated majorly with India’s freedom movement?

1. X was involved in a boat race on the Pampa River in Kerala in 2016. The boat, a snake boat, capsized during a temple festival called "Valla Sadya", leaving X and others stranded in the water. Quite a few people died but X, being an athlete, swam across. A few months later, he became the second Indian to achieve a test batting feat.

After a long hiatus, he has come back into the Indian test team and has done well in IPL too. ID X.

1. Spanish travelers brought X to Europe in the 16th century, the Italians deemed them pomi d'oro (apples of gold) But at this time, there were Moors in Spain, and they took X back to Morocco, where they called it pomi dei mori, or "apple of the Moors." When the French got hold of x they called it "pommes d'amour” or love apple.

What is X?

1. In 2012, when Barack Obama won a 2nd term in the US Presidential elections, this Turkish pastry chef came up with this variation of a popular local item.

What punny name does it have?

1. Though it is difficult to point out its exact origin, the beginning of this sophistry can be traced back to the late 19th and early 20th century. It featured in old advertisements by cereal companies such as General Foods and Kellogg’s.

Today it is frequently quoted by articles promoting healthy eating, with little scientific basis.

What sophistry is this (Give me the blank)?

1. In 1932, Auto Union was founded as a result of a merger between 4 failing automobile companies: Horch, Wanderer, DKW and ____ to gain profits. In 1969, it merged with Volkswagen AG.

However their logo was retained and symbolized unity between brands.

Fill in the blanks

1. Krishna Pandit Bhanji was born on 31st December 1943. Born to an English mother and a Gujarati father, Krishna began his career in the theatre.

In the 1960s, Krishna changed his name X, fearing that a foreign name would hamper his career. He told the Radio Times, "As soon as I changed my name, I got the jobs. I had one audition as Krishna Bhanji and they said, 'Beautiful audition but we don't quite know how to place you in our forthcoming season.' I changed my name, crossed the road, and they said "when can you start?”

Was that just racism? “I suppose it says more about the 1960s than anything else. But the irony is of course I changed my clunky invented Asian name to a more pronounceable, and acceptable, universal name in order to play ___________ __________. There’s your irony.”

Who is X?

1. On 21st October 2018, The Times of India published an issue on its online platforms where multiple instances of the letter "I" were omitted from the body of the articles, the headings, and even the title of the newspaper. This was part of a guerilla marketing strategy for XY (X is a company, Y is the product) on the occasion of a day designated to raise awareness about a prominent medical problem in India which affects roughly 150 million in our country.

ID XY.

1. The greatest renaissance in UI design, most computers started off WITH this feature due to the inability of CRT tech at that point to efficiently function WITHOUT it.

As we moved to better tech, the opposite of this feature became more widely accepted and appreciated because systems WITHOUT this feature looked more natural to users. But soon after, in the late 2010s, UX design WITH this feature came back to the limelight with Google and Apple rolling out changes in all of their offerings WITH this feature.

What feature (QM visibly loves it) are we talking about?

1. Name the nearest major galaxy to our Milky Way which resides approximately 2.5 million light-years away from Earth. It is a spiral galaxy with a diameter of approximately 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years).

It is named after the beautiful daughter of queen Cassiopeia, who was rescued from the sea monster Cetus by Perseus.