Summary
50,000 Rupees
A census man came into Colonel Taylor's house and asked their name, sex, and age. Taylor was the owner of the house where he owned servants, where Ram was one of them. Colonel Taylor and his family are all diplomats and are from Australia. Ram was practicing the Australian accent which was amusing. One day, a man named Jeevan Kumar called the house and spoke with Mr. Taylor about illegal documents. As Mr. Taylor was going to the destination, Ram called the Inspector and spoke an Australian accent to meet at the location where Taylor was going to get the documents. The next night, police came to the house where Mr. Taylor was asked to be declared "persona non grata" (unwelcome person) and was to leave within forty-eight hours by the Foreign Office.
Prem Kumar whispers to Ram that his luck has just ran out. He expects him to use one of his lifeboats to answer the question, where Kumar dislikes people that wins the quiz show. The next question was, "When a government declares a foreign diplomat persona non grata, what does it mean?" Ram answered, D. that the diplomat is not acceptable.
100,000 Rupees
Ram is now a bartender at Jimmy's Bar and Restaurant. It was past midnight and there was a lone customer at the bar who refuses to leave. Ram decides to have a conversation because he is having a troublesome life. His name was Prakash Rao, managing director of Surya Industries, which is the biggest manufacturer of buttons in India. His brother, Arvind Rao which Prakash replaced, is not saddened. Prakash remembered going to Mauritius for his honeymoon, to Port Louis. Then he decides to change the topic since Ram asked what happened to his brother. His brother Arvind was a great businessman who built Surya Industries. He sent Prakash to New York, and make him head of international sales, where the office was located. Prakash in New York, met a women named Julie. Julie was an illegal immigrant from Haiti. The capital was Port-au-Prince.
The next question was, "What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?" Is it A. Port Louis, B. Port-au-Prince, C. Port Moresby, or D. Port Adelaide? Ram crossed out the wrong answers which were not Port Louis that was located at Mauritius, it was not B. which is located at Haiti, and D. which is located in Australia. Ram answered, C. Port Moresby.
200,000 Rupees
Ram was on the railroad train with fifty thousand rupees, where in his mind is like fifty million. As he has awoken in the train by dacoit's(criminals of robbery), they had pulled a gun out asking for everyones valuables. Everyone handed in their valuables, even Ram with his fifty thousand rupees. As the dacoit was about to jump off the train, Ram jumped on the man and they both rolled on the ground fighting. As the dacoit was about to pull the trigger, Ram twisted the gun to his chest and the man died. Ram stood there holding the gun and examined it saying "Colt" on the pistol.
The next question was "Who invented the revolver?" Ram answered, A. Samuel Colt.
1,000,000 Rupees
On a bus, Ram was confronted by ruffians(a tough person) to be killed because he was a Muslim. But someone in the back named Ahmed Khan pulled out his revolver and pointed at them. The ruffians left, scared for their life. Ram was relieved that he lived and are now friends with Ahmed. Ahmed invited Ram to his house, where he loved watching Mumbai Crime Watch and cricket. Ahmed is a gambler, where he does illegal betting for cricket matches. One match, he betted that Sachin Malvankar, India's greatest batsman, would win. At the end of the game, Malvankar had lost, and the cricket player lost his thirty-seventh century by one run.
The next question was, "How many Test centuries had India's greatest batsman, Sachin Malvankar, scored? Ram answered, C. thirty-six.
Quote
"Tonight Mr. Thomas really seems to be the Man Who Knows!" (Swarup 129).
Reaction
As Ram Thomas got all his answers correct, Prem Kumar is shocked. He never had of guessed that a regular slumdog waiter such as Ram could make it this far. Kumar doubted his chances even by giving him a free answer. Prem Kumar doesn't want anyone to win the quiz show, as he always grins and chuckles at Ram.
as this story is recounting the ways Ram could get the answers, does the book describe what is happening to him in jail?
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