Rules - or as Monica of TV Show F.R.I.E.N.D.S' fame would like to say - the things that help us control the fun. But this isn’t a boring quiz on rules. It's about the stories, names, and fun facts around rules, laws and regulations that we have encountered in life: be it in sport, games, politics and even STEM!

Have you thought about it -
What makes for the strange scoring system of tennis?
In which country is it illegal to change a lightbulb?
Is there really a place where you cannot let your chickens cross the road?

We will discover answers to some of these at the end of the quiz (plus there’s a new year surprise at the end too). But before that, here are ten quiz questions for you - all about rules.

1. The Marquess of Queensberry Rules is a code of generally accepted rules governing which sport?

2. As per a strange law in Milan (Italy), you could be fined for not doing this at all times except at funerals or hospitals. What?

3. In a general sense, this word is used to denote something that is "in accordance with the governing laws”. What word, more readily-associated with food?

4. This sports term comes from a military term denoting a man trapped behind enemy lines. While it is used in several team sports, you would know it more from ‘the beautiful game’. What term?

5. Indian electoral rules require Lok Sabha candidates to file their papers in their constituencies with signatures of 4 proposers. In Narendra Modi's case in Baroda, three of these were: wife of the late Maharaja, wife of the former BJP state president, BJP’s first city president and one Mr. Kiran Mahida.
   What was Mr Mahida's occupation?

6. The name of this sport comes from the set of rules that all participants must abide by - and was coined just after World War II. Which sport?

7. In which novel would you come across this?   

   "Project Mayhem", a cult organization, is also controlled by a set of rules: You don't ask questions. You don't ask questions. No excuses. No lies. You have to trust (someone) [Hint: A novel by Chuck Palahniuk]

8. ‘PFL’ is a Toronto-based league, centred on a unique sport.
   Some of its rules are:
   1) Punching is allowed only if the _ is used.
   2) Loading a _ with a ‘brick’ is strictly forbidden.
   What is PFL?
   [Hint: Something you can play at home.]

9. According to the rules of taxonomy, if a species originates in India, its scientific name should normally include this word. What word, also the name of a travelogue written about India by the Greek explorer, ‘Megasthenes’?
   [Hint: A famous Indian car too.]

10. This mathematical term got its name from the title of a book which literally meant: 'Rules of Integration and Reduction'. What term is this?

Before we go to the answers, we deliver on the promise of explaining some of the strange rules we mentioned earlier: