Tag: general knowledge

In Chetan Bhagat's Five Point Someone, Alok is nicknamed 'Fatso' by his friends. Ryan is the charismatic leader, Hari is the narrator, and Prof. Cherian is their professor - none of them are called Fatso.

Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq, and Chaminda Vaas each took 2 ODI hat-tricks in their careers. Walsh, Lee, and Langeveldt did not achieve this feat. This is rare cricket trivia.

Salman Rushdie is the author of the controversial novel 'Shame'. Vikram Seth wrote A Suitable Boy, Rohinton Mistry wrote Such a Long Journey, and V.S. Naipaul wrote A House for Mr. Biswas.

In boxing, judges score each round and the total is only announced at the end, so neither boxers nor spectators know the leader until the decision. Polo, mountain biking, and gymnastics all have visible scoring during the event.

Chetan Sharma took the first ODI World Cup hat-trick against New Zealand in 1987. Saqlain, Vaas, and Lee took hat-tricks in later World Cups, but not the first. Wasim Akram never took a World Cup hat-trick.

'Show Business' is a novel by Shashi Tharoor, published in 2010, which explores the intersection of politics and media in India. Salman Rushdie is famous for 'Midnight's Children' and 'The Satanic Verses', while Rohinton Mistry wrote 'A Fine Balance' and 'Family Matters'. Javed Akhtar is primarily known as a lyricist and poet, not for this novel.

English grammar typically recognizes 13-15 standard punctuation marks depending on classification. The 14-mark convention includes: period, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, parenthesis, bracket, brace, apostrophe, quotation marks, and ellipsis. Note that some sources may count differently.

'The Namesake' (2003) is Jhumpa Lahiri's debut novel, exploring themes of identity and cultural assimilation among Indian-American immigrants. Amitav Ghosh wrote 'The Shadow Lines' and 'The Glass Palace', while Upamanyu Chatterjee is known for 'English, August'. Suketu Mehta authored 'Maximum City', a non-fiction work about Mumbai.

'The Golden Gate' (1986) is a novel in verse by Vikram Seth, written entirely in rhyming sonnets. Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize for 'The God of Small Things', while Jhumpa Lahiri wrote 'The Namesake' and 'Interpreter of Maladies'. Salman Rushdie is famous for 'Midnight's Children' and 'The Satanic Verses'.