Why Always Me? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Manchester United

The game against Manchester United for the Premier League was held on Sunday October 23, 2011 at United's Old Trafford stadium and saw City win by 6-1. The scorers of the match were Balotelli with two, Dzeko with two, Aguero and Silva for City and Fletcher for Manchester United. "Super Mario" was always viewed as a difficult character and had the tendency of doing strange and unexpected things.

Answer: Hiccups

Osborne had the hiccups from 1922 until 1990, a mere 68 years! His hiccups started when he was trying to lift a pig and he fell down. From the fall he damaged a part of his brain that controls the hiccup reflex. It is estimated that he hiccuped 430 million times during those 68 years. The hiccups stopped for no apparent reason. He died a year later.

Answer: Park Ranger

Roy was first struck by lightning in 1942, losing a big toe nail. His hair was set on fire on two occasions and he also suffered burns in various parts of his body. The last he was struck was in 1977 and was entered in the Guinness Book of Records.

Answer: Monogamous marriages

Wolfe's shortest marriage lasted all of 19 days! He fathered 19 children and was grandfather to more than 40 children. He was living in Blythe, California and when he was buried only one of his children attended the service.

Answer: 27 confinements

Amazingly she had quadruplets four times, triplets seven times and twins sixteen times. Feodor Vassilyev lived in Shuya Russia and fathered another 18 children with his second wife who had twins six times and triplets twice.

Answer: Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was also known as the "Red Baron". He was born in May 1892 and died in April 1918 when he was shot down near Vaux-sur-Somme. He started his army carrier in the cavalry before switching to the air service. His father was a Prussian aristocrat and a Major in the army. The other three people on the list were also WWI aces.

Answer: Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merckx was one of the best and most successful riders in the history of cycling. He won the Tour of France on five occasions, the Tour of Italy on another five and a Tour of Spain. He also won all of the Classic one day races as well as three World championships.

He retired from cycling in 1878. He got the nickname "The Cannibal" because he would not let anyone else win! The other three options are French cyclists that have distinguished themselves in the Tour of France.

Answer: Chris Amon

Chris Amon participated in 96 races and made the podium on 11 occasions but he never won a single race. His best year was 1967 when he stood on the podium four times and his next best in 1970 when he made the podium three times. Denny Hulme had eight victories and was on the podium 33 times, Howden Ganley participated in 35 races without leading in any and McLaren won four races and was on the podium 27 times. All drivers were New Zealanders.

Answer: Croatian

Frane Salek apparently escaped unhurt from a train crash and subsequent fall in a river. Fell out of a plane and landed on a haystack, a bus in which was travelling fell in a river, he managed to escape from his burning car and he was badly singed in another car fire.

He avoided death when he was hit by a bus and finally avoided a collision with a UN truck only to fall in a gorge and manage to escape by holding on to a tree.

Answer: Jack Wilshere

The catalogue of Wilshere's injuries was really horrific. He suffered ankle injury, sprained ankle, surgery on his ankle, fatigue fracture, knee surgery, ankle injury, sprained ankle, hairline crack in the foot, ankle injury, ankle injury, hairline crack in calf bone, knee injury and ankle surgery. All these injuries happened before he was 26 years old! All players listed have played for both Arsenal and West Ham.