King's Cup Elephant Polo King's Cup Elephant Polo King's Cup Elephant Polo is an elephant polo event played three times a year in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The event is sponsored by Anantara Hotels, a brand owned by the Minor Hotel Group of Bangkok, Thailand. In each match, two teams compete. Each team consists of five humans and five elephants. There is no monetary prize. Sponsors have included Johnnie Walker, PwC, Peroni, and IBM. PETA claims that at least eight other corporate sponsors have ended their support of the event due to its allegedly inhumane nature. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
White elephant gift exchange of gift that was brought by each player. Typically, a "White Elephant" gift was any item that the player had lying around the house, and would actually like to get rid of, or just a humorous, silly gift. This was in deference to the stories about a king giving a "worthless or not-so-desirable" gift, a.k.a. the "White Elephant". A "Dirty Santa" gift exchange was more of a reference to the method of play of the game, in which gifts were "stolen" after they had been received (picked). It is easy to see how the White Elephant type game began to