You don't like zaputalsya? It has a different meaning?
confuse - запутаться, приходить в замешательство.

«confused» в переводных словарях — Яндекс.Словари
confused [kən'fjuːzd]
Прилагательное

1. смущенный; озадаченный; поставленный в тупик, сбитый с толку; пораженный
I was confused to learn of his latest decision. — Я пришел в замешательство, когда узнал о его последнем решении.
to become confused — смутиться, прийти в замешательство
Синоним: embarrassed, amazed, perplexed, disconcerted
2. спутанный, беспорядочный; сбивчивый
confused statement — сбивчивое заявление
Синоним: disorderly.

So there are some synonyms to chose from. Of course, there are slight differences..

I wrote samya vazhnaya because I thought that it was implied the word vesh' which is female.
You can say "Для меня самая важная вещь - ... и т.д." But in this case you need to use the word "вещь", you can't imply it, if you omit this word use neutral gender.

Why I have the impression that the verb: sprashivaiu sebya is the most podxodyashii in this case?. The word udivlyatsya means suprise myself and not wonder
Another option - use the expression "мне интересно", or just "интересно".

That was my trick question. Why not sluchaetsya. What is the difference?

You can also use the word "случается", it's almost a complete synonym to the word "происходить", although I think there is a slight difference between these two words. The word "случаться" is derived from the word "случай". And "случай" is an unexpected event. Unexpected events usually don't happen on regularly basis.


By the way ask from the Administration to increase you Rep Power level. It shouldn't be just 4.
Perhaps is because you don't have a lot of posts yet.
Oh, really? I didn't pay much attention to such things as rep power level. It's probably sanctions of some kind. You know it's a fancy trend nowadays.