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Chinese Checkers (despite the name) is the classic marble-racing game where players move their colored marbles across a six-pointed star board, trying to be first to move all pieces to the opposite triangle. Regular marbles, Hungry Hippos (a marble-eating game), and Ker-Plunk (a stacking game) don't match this race-to-opposite-side description.

Poker is the classic gambling card game played with a standard 52-card deck where players form hands like pairs, full houses, and straights. Players bet chips into a pot, and the best hand wins - exactly as described. 'Ante' is a poker term (the mandatory bet), not a game name, while Jenga is a physical stacking game and Shooters isn't a standard card game.

American Checkers (English draughts) is played on an 8x8 board with 64 alternating red and black squares. Players move diagonally and capture opponents by jumping over their pieces - exactly matching the description. Chess uses different pieces with different moves, and Game of Life doesn't involve piece capture.

Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1947. Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong (Meghalaya), Kiran Desai was born in New Delhi, and V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad and Tobago. The claimed answer B (Rushdie) is correct.

Tere Naam (2003) starring Salman Khan was the official Hindi remake of the Tamil film Sethu (1999) starring Vikram. The other listed films - Tumko Na Bhool Payenge, Garv, and Wanted - are different Salman Khan movies and not remakes of Sethu.

Mithun Chakraborty played the main negative role in Salman Khan's home production 'Lucky: No Time for Love' (2005). The other options listed are incorrect for this specific film - Amrish Puri and Punit Issar were not the main villain in Lucky, and Imran Khan wasn't in this film.

Mumbai's name was officially changed from Bombay in 1995 when the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government came to power in Maharashtra. The name Mumbai derives from Mumbadevi, the patron goddess of the city's Koli community. This renaming was part of a broader movement to reclaim indigenous city names across India.

Salman Khan won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), where he played Aman Mehra. This was the only Filmfare award he had received when this question was written (though he has won others since). Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam earned him a nomination, but Maine Pyaar Kiya and Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge did not win him Filmfare awards.