Jenniffer Sheldon
Friday 13th | Quiz | guardian.co.uk
| | What is the fear of Friday the 13th called? |
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| | Paraskevidekatriaphobia |
| | Triskaidekaphobia |
| | Tropophobia |
| | Phengophobia |
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| | Who directed the classic 1980 horror film Friday the 13th? |
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| | Sean S Cunningham |
| | Gun Jönsson |
| | Martin Scorsese |
| | Francis Ford Coppola |
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| | Which politician was known to put off travelling by air or road on Friday the 13th? |
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| | Winston Churchill |
| | Aneurin Bevan |
| | Pitt the Younger |
| | Clement Attlee |
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| | Friday 13th is said to be lucky for some. Who? |
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| | People born on Friday 13th |
| | People who have psychic powers |
| | People who live at number 13 |
| | People who find love on Friday 13th |
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| | Which of the following events took place on Friday the 13th? |
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| | Karl Marx died |
| | A plane crashed in the Andes, and the survivors were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive |
| | Margaret Thatcher resigned |
| | The racehorse Shergar was kidnapped |
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| | What was discovered in a study published in the British Medical Journal in 1993 concerning Friday the 13th? |
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| | The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52% |
| | The number of hospital admissions due to accidents was on average the same as on other Fridays |
| | More people drive on Friday the 13th in order to disprove the superstition |
| | Fewer than 5m people worldwide suffer from fear of Friday the 13th |
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| | What happened to Wall Street in the last five Friday 13ths of the 1990s? |
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| | Half of all companies stopped trading |
| | The stock market crashed |
| | A major investment group went bankrupt |
| | Share prices rose |
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| | What will members of the Friday 13 club be doing when they meet in Philadelphia today? |
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| | Breaking mirrors, walking under ladders and crossing the paths of black cats |
| | Hiding under the table |
| | Assuring each other it is already Saturday 14 |
| | Throwing salt over their left shoulders |
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| | Why did Lloyds of London stop insuring ships launched on Friday 13? |
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| | The day was made a statutory holiday for all members in 1865 |
| | HMS Friday, captained by a man called Friday, disappeared soon after its launch |
| | The coffee shop where Lloyds originally met called Fridays burned down in its 13th year |
| | They all sank |
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| | When is Friday 13 considered especially unlucky? |
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| | On a Good Friday |
| | During the plague |
| | Close to a full moon |
| | When it snows |
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| | Which country has omitted the number 13 from its national lottery? |
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| | Swizerland |
| | Italy |
| | America |
| | Iceland |
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| | What would French socialites known as quatorziens (fourteeners) attend, to bring the number of guests to 14 and prevent bad luck tainting an event? |
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| | Weddings |
| | Birthdays |
| | Dinner parties |
| | Funerals |
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| | Who has predicted the world will end on Friday 13th? |
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| | Nostradamus |
| | Mystic Meg |
| | The Mayans |
| | The Delphic Sibyl |
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