Monday #5

1. While White House is well known as the seat of President of the United States, there also exists a magnificently named "Pink House" (no, not in the Pink City). It acts as the Office for the president of which country. 

2. 

It is a historic temple, which was constructed in 1936 by freedom fighter Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. The temple is built on the campus of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, in Varanasi. Identify the presiding entity of this Temple.

3. This now familiar lovable figure first made his appearance way back in 1946, when Bobby Kooka a Commercial Director and Umesh Rao, an artist with J.Walter Thompson Ltd., Mumbai, together created this.

4. He was an exemplary Hockey Player who won 2 gold medals in 1932 Los Angles Olympics and 1936 Berlin Olympics as part of formidable hockey team of India (British India). His brother is also an equally great player. A street in Munich was named after him following his impressive performance at the 1936 Olympics. 

Interestingly he was the player with most goals, contrary to popular belief, in that historic 24-1 win against USA in 1932.

Identify this great player. 

5. The origins of X can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. During that race, opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. However, rather than rejecting the label, Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812 who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, was amused by it and included an image of the animal in his campaign posters. Jackson went on to defeat incumbent John Quincy Adams.

However, it was in the 1870s, influential political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the X as a symbol. 

Identify X, arguably one of the most featured symbol in USA, especially during Presidential elections.

Answers:

1. Argentina. Also known as Casa Rosada, it is rather unenthusiastically named Casa de Gobierno, officialy.

2. It's presiding entity is Bharat, or the country India. Called as Bharat Mata temple, it features a map of undivided India on marble.

3. Maharaja, the mascot of Air India

4. Roop Singh, contrary to popular belief, it was him and not his brother Dhyan Chand who scored the most goals in highest scoring Olympic Hockey match. 

5. Democratic Donkey Party Symbolism.