Some sample questions from this category:
* If a player gets injured during a game of cricket, he may ask for another team member to run between the wickets for him. What is such a player (not the batsman) called?
* It's common knowledge that India was a British colony till it gained independence on the 15th of August 1947. However parts of present day India were also colonized by other European powers. To whom did the Union Territory of Pondicherry belong at the time of the Indian independence?
* This South American city was founded by the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro on 18th January 1535 and called the 'City of Kings'.
* "Red touches black, you're ok Jack;
Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow".
This type of rhyme is used to distinguish between the non-venomous and venomous types of which snakes?
* On the 1st of January, 1993, the former country of Czechoslovakia was dissolved to form the nations of Slovakia and Czech Republic. What is this event also known as?
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