Friday #3

1. The river is named after Ghulam Rasool X, a Ladakhi explorer of Kashmiri descent, who first explored the course of the river. In 1899, he was part of a British expedition team that was exploring the areas to the north of the Chang Chenmo valley, when he ran into this previously unknown river valley. This river later joins Shyok River to form one of the upstream tributaries of Indus River. 

Identify the river recently the focal point of a lot of news.

2. Quibla signs

These are Qibla Pointers, a very famous piece of accessories present in a lot of Hotels, especially in Middle-East. What is the purpose of these Qibla Pointers. 

3. Shared man of the match.

There was a Test Match between South Africa and New Zealand on December 12, 2000. Although the series was already won by South Africa with not much to look up to, this test match will forever be remembered for its Man Of the Match being Chris Scott. 

What was so special about him being awarded Man of The Match.

4. Nobel peace not given by Sweden.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (in native language: Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap), is an economic prize administered by the X Foundation. It was first awarded to Dutch Economist Jan Tinbergen and Norway National, Ragnar Frisch "for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes". Commonly considered the topmost prize in this field, How do we popularly know this award? 

5. Saturday Evening Puss is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 48th Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The cartoon was released on January 14, 1950, produced by Fred Quimby. It is the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to feature something very rare. What is so special about the episode. 

Answers:

1. GALWAN River, the Galawan Valley is the point of Sino-Indian Standoff in 2020. 

2. It shows the direction towards Mecca, which is the direction which Muslims have to face while praying. 

3. Chris Scott was not an active player, but the chief groundsman for the test. It is the only cricket match in history Man of the Match is awarded to a person who did not play the match. 

4. It is the Noble Memorial award started in 1969, commonly referred as Noble in Economics.

5. It is the only episode to show facial features of Tom's owner, Mammy Two Shoes.