(CNN) -- In the last week, Jeremy Lin has gone from an unknown professional basketball player struggling to get time on court to an overnight sporting and media sensation. CNN takes a closer look at the first U.S.-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and how he's becoming more popular with every game.

Who is Jeremy Lin?

Born to parents Shirley and Gie-Ming on August 23, 1988, Lin is an Asian-American NBA player for the New York Knicks. He wears the jersey No. 17 and plays as point guard. As a professional basketballer he's not overly tall, measuring 6 feet, 3 inches (191 centimeters) and weighs 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms). He played for four years at Harvard, and has spent just one year as a professional player.

Career highlights:

Following his stint at Harvard (where he was twice named to the all-Ivy League), Lin failed to get drafted by an NBA franchise, and instead signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors in July, 2010. In December 2011, Lin signed with the New York Knicks after being cut by the Houston Rockets. His 109 points in his first four starts this past week have surpassed Allen Iverson's to become the most by any player since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976.

'Linsanity': Why the hype?

Everyone loves a battle-against-the-odds story, and Lin fits the bill perfectly. The reasons for his meteoric rise to become a U.S. basketball sensation are numerous, but it all starts with talent. In just weeks he's gone from one-time bench-warmer to team savior, leading the Knicks to five straight victories and averaging more than 20 points per game, while his field goal percentage during this winning streak tops 50%. In Friday's game against Kobe Bryant's L.A. Lakers, he reeled off 38 points in that victory alone. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who does 'Linsanity' refer to?
2. Who is that?
3. Is he popular?
4. When was he born?
5. How tall is he?
6. Is that tall for a basketball player?
7. How much does he weigh?
8. Did he get drafted right out of college?
9. What did he do instead?
10. Is he still with them?
11. What team does he play for now?
12. When did he join them?
13. Are they doing well with him on the team?
14. How well?
15. How many points does he average a game?
16. How were his first four starts this week?
17. When did they merge?
18. Who held the old record?
19. How long has he been a professional?
20. Where did he play in college?
21. What position does he play?
22. Why do people like him so much?
Answer: 1. Jeremy Lin
2. the first U.S.-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA
3. Yes.
4. August 23, 1988
5. 6 feet, 3 inches (191 centimeters)
6. No.
7. 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms).
8. No
9. signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors
10. No
11. The New York Knicks
12. In December 2011
13. Yes
14. five straight victories
15. more than 20
16. 109 points in his first four starts,the most by any player since the NBA-ABA merger.
17. in 1976
18. Allen Iverson
19. one year
20. Harvard
21. point guard
22. Everyone loves a battle-against-the-odds story

CHAPTER XXII

When all is done or said, In th' end this shall you find, He most of all doth bathe in bliss That hath a quiet mind.--LORD VAUX

Robert had promised to return in the end of March to be present at the Assizes, when the burglars would be tried, and he did not come alone. Mr. Crabbe judged it time to inspect Beauchamp and decide for his wards; and Lady Bannerman, between Juliana's instigations, her own pride in being connected with a trial, and her desire to appropriate Phoebe, decided on coming down with the Admiral to see how matters stood, and to give her vote in the family council.

Commissions from Mervyn had pursued Robert since his arrival in town, all for Bertha's amusement, and he brought down, by special orders, a musical-box, all Leech's illustrations, and a small Maltese dog, like a spun-glass lion, which Augusta had in vain proposed to him to exchange for her pug, which was getting fat and wheezy, and 'would amuse Bertha just as well.' Lady Bannerman hardly contained her surprise when Maria, as well as Mervyn and Phoebe, met her in the hall, seemingly quite tame and at her ease. Mervyn looked better, and in answer to inquiries for Bertha, answered, 'Oh, getting on, decidedly; we have her in the garden. She might drive out, only she has such a horror of meeting any one; but her spirits are better, I really thought she would have laughed yesterday when Maria was playing with the kitten. Ha! the dog, have you got him, Robert. Well, if this does not amuse her, I do not know what will.' What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who had vowed to come back?
2. When?
3. Where did he plan to be?
4. What would happen there?
5. was he alone?
6. What did Crabbe think it was time to do?
7. What kind of council was it?
8. What pursued Robert?
9. from whom?
10. since when?
11. for whose entertainment?
12. What did he bring?
13. what kind of dog was it?
14. was the pug healthy?
15. Was it thin?
16. where did they all meet?
17. How did Mervyn look?
18. Where was Bertha?
19. How is her mood?
20. What was Maria playing with?
Answer:
1. Robert
2. in the end of March
3. at the Assizes
4. the burglars would be tried
5. no
6. inspect Beauchamp
7. a family council
8. Commissions
9. Mervyn
10. since his arrival in town
11. Bertha's
12. a musical-box
13. a small Maltese
14. no
15. no
16. in the hall
17. better
18. in the garden
19. better
20. the kitten