Tricky General Knowledge Trivia Quiz

Answer: 10

Bowled, Caught, Leg Before Wicket (LBW), Run Out, Stumped, Hit Wicket, Handling the Ball, Obstructing the Field, Intentionally Hitting the Ball Twice and Timed Out (where the incoming batsman takes longer than two minutes to come onto the ground). The last three are hardly ever used.

Answer: Belisarius

Belisarius (505-565AD) was born in Illyria. He was given command of an army by the Emperor Justinian I and quickly distinguished himself in battle defeating the Persians in 530. In 532 he crushed an internal rebellion and by 533 was finishing off the Vandals in Northern Africa. By 540, Belisarius had reconquered Italy but the Barbarian Goths were not fully subdued until 548. Belisarius was replaced around this time but had to be recalled a decade later to repel a Bulgarian attack on Constantinople.

He died in 565 AD after a short period of imprisonment.

Answer: Belgian

Sax was born in 1814 to a Belgian instrument maker Charles Sax. He studied the flute and clarinet at the Brussels Conservatory. He is known for inventing the saxophone but also invented the saxotrompa and saxhorn.

Answer: Tashkent

Tashkent is located in the east of Uzbekistan along the Chirchiq River. It was founded in the 7th century AD and has changed hands many times over the centuries. The Russians annexed the area in 1865 and it became the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 1991.

Answer: Red Kangaroo

The Red Kangaroo is found in plague proportions across Australia. They are well known for their ability to leap long distances
(9 metres.)

Answer: Osman

Born to the Seljuk Sultan of Rum, Osman made himself ruler of a small area of northern Anatolia and eventually conquered the rest of Anatolia from the Byzantines. his descendants expanded the Empire to include the Balkans, North Africa and Arabia. The Ottoman Empire disintegrated after World War I.

Answer: Yellow

Sodium (Na), generally found in the form of Sodium Chloride (NaCl) or table salt, will burn with a yellow coloured flame.

Answer: Longbow

An English army of 20,000 (including 11,000 Longbowmen) under King Edward III defeated a French army of 40,000 men. The French were poorly led and charged the English positions but were cut down by fire from the English longbowmen.

Answer: Australia

Norfolk Island is a small Pacific island about 1500km east of the Australian mainland. It was used as a penal colony in the early 19th century.

Answer: Oxygen

The six Noble Gasses are Helium, Argon, Neon, Krypton, Xenon and Radon. They have full outer electron shells and are generally unreactive.