Authors and Literary Figures Quiz

Aravind Adiga is indeed the correct answer. He worked as a correspondent for Time magazine and his work has appeared in the Financial Times. He is an Indian-Australian journalist and author, best known for his novel 'The White Tiger' which won the Booker Prize in 2008. His journalistic background included stints with Time magazine and various publications including the Financial Times.

Arundhati Roy is indeed the correct answer. She was taken to court and jailed for one night in March 2002 for contempt of court due to her criticism of the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Narmada Dam project. This incident is well-documented and the author is famous for her activism and controversial stances on various socio-political issues, which have frequently landed her in legal trouble.

Kiran Desai is indeed the correct answer. She is the daughter of famous author Anita Desai, and Kiran Desai herself won the Booker Prize in 2006 for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss.' This makes her one of the few mother-daughter pairs where both have been Booker Prize winners (Anita Desai has been shortlisted multiple times though she hasn't won).

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle is indeed the correct answer. He was a physician (medical doctor) and writer, best known for creating the famous character Sherlock Holmes in his detective novels. He practiced medicine and wrote fiction simultaneously, with Sherlock Holmes becoming one of the most recognizable characters in English literature. His medical background influenced some of his writing.

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed 'Vande Mataram', which became India's national song and is his most enduring legacy. While Rabindranath Tagore also wrote famous songs, the specific phrasing 'always remembered for his song' points to Bankim and Vande Mataram, which remains central to his identity in Indian cultural memory.

Aristotle was the tutor of Alexander the Great and his extant works span an incredible range of subjects from physics and biology to politics and poetry. The breadth of his writings listed matches Aristotle's known corpus perfectly, distinguishing him from other ancient Greek philosophers.

George Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and later an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay adaptation of 'Pygmalion'. This unique combination of honors makes him the only person to have achieved both a Nobel Prize in Literature and an Oscar.