Aloha! Names are interesting things of their own - almost everything has a story behind it. Discover the strange tales behind names you all know, via these questions.
The name of this city situated in Gujarat means the heart of the Banyan. Which city am I talking about?
These were openings in castle walls from which archers used to shoot their arrows. Today, we use them to avoid or exploit a rule or a law. What word?
What puzzle game whose name means 'single number' was popularised by the puzzle company Nikoli in its native country in 1986 before gaining international popularity from 2005 onwards?
It is widely believed that the name of this musical instrument is derived from 'sau rang‘ (a hundred colours) indicating its adaptability to many styles of vocal music, its flexible tuning, and its ability to produce many tones. Which instrument?
The word “smog” indicates a form of pollution produced by “smoke” and “fog”. “Vog” is a form of foggy pollution experienced in places like Hawai’i. What gets added to fog to produce this form of pollution?
Name the hilarious internet acronym, the name of a vegetable, that is used to describe older people acting like youngsters.
Which sport gave birth to the phrase “hands down”, because the person in this situation would be so far ahead that he could drop his hands, relax and still win?
Which Japanese electronics company name literally means three oceans referring to the owner’s ambition to sell their products across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans?
Which animal was once referred to by Ancient Greeks as the 'Camelopard', since it was thought to be similar to the camel and leopard?
These houses and buildings (shown below), popular in South America, are made of mud and get their name from the Spanish for “mud brick”. This name is also that of a popular software maker which helps you build documents. What name?
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