Friday the 13!

Which of the following phobias means the fear of the number 13?

• Hippopotomosophobia

• Paraskevidekatriaphobia

• Triskaidekaphobia

• Xenoglossophobia

How are hotels built with the superstition of 13 in mind?

• They don't have a 13th floor

• They always have more than 13 employees

• They don't have rooms with the number 13

• They make sure to have more than 13 guests staying there

How is the number 13 important in US 

• There were 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence
• There were 13 shots fired at the British that started the war of Indpendence
• There were 13 pounds of tea thrown in the Boston Harbor to protest British rule
• There were 13 original colonies

Superstition teaches that picking up a penny will bring you good luck if...

• The penny is clean

• The penny is heads up

• The penny is old

• The penny is tails up

What kinds of cats are considered to be bad luck?

• Black cats
• Orange cats
• Skinny cats
• old cats

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Superstitious people believed that glass reflected...

• Your sins

• Your soul

• Your enemies

• Your greatest wishes

A broken a mirror supposedly brings _____ years of bad luck.

• 7

• 13

• 6

According to traditional superstition, wedding brides need to wear something ________________ to have good luck?

• bright, silver, old and new

• white, new, lent and blue

• old, new, borrowed and blue

In the theater it is "bad luck to say "good luck". Instead you say should say:

• Break a leg!

• Break an arm!

• Break both legs!

• CRUSH IT!

It is really bad luck to walk under this!

• A ladder

• A rain cloud

• A rainbow

• A falling paint can

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