Friday the 13th- Origins and History
In numerology, this number is often considered “complete,” making 13 feel irregular.
What is 12?
This winged mammal is often associated with vampires and superstition in European folklore.
What is a bat?
This city, known for canals and gondolas, is built on more than 100 small islands.
What is Venice?
This is the only even prime number.
What is 2?
The only letter not appearing in any U.S. state name is this one.
What is Q?
This Biblical detail is often cited as the reason 13 is unlucky.
What is the Last Supper/13 at the table?
Throwing salt over your left shoulder is meant to ward off this mythological being or concept.
What is the devil or bad luck?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
A baker’s dozen equals this number.
What is 13?
The human body has this many chambers in the heart.
What is 4?
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of this.
What is Friday the 13th?
In Celtic folklore, this bird is said to carry souls to the afterlife and is often considered a bad omen.
What is an owl?
Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake, is located in this country.
What is Russia?
A gross is equal to this many items.
What is 144?
The chemical symbol for gold is this.
What is Au?
This ancient Norse trickster god is linked to a deadly 13th guest myth.
Who is Loki?
In medieval Europe, it was considered unlucky to cut your hair on this day of the week.
What is Friday?
This desert covers much of northern China and southern Mongolia.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive integers
What is 6?
The chemical symbol for silver is this.
What is Ag?
The mass arrest of the Knights Templar took place on Friday, October 13th in this century.
What is the 14th century?
Japanese superstition warns against sleeping with your head pointing in this direction, which is associated with death.
What is north?
This African country has the most pyramids in the world, more than Egypt.
What is Sudan?
This number of sides makes a dodecagon.
What is 12?
This is the only U.S. state whose name has exactly one syllable.
What is Maine?