Friday the 13th Trivia

For a month to have a Friday the 13th is must begin on a......

• Tuesday

• Sunday

• Thursday

• Friday

Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th

• True

• False

The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates that around $___ million dollars are lost every Friday the 13th because of people’s refusal to travel, purchase major items or conduct business.

How many times can there be a Friday the 13th in one year?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

In the United States, there was, at one point, a pro-13 club

• True

• False

1. It was on October 13, 1989 (a Friday) that the US stock exchange suffered one of its most major crashes. The day has since then gone down in history as ‘_____ Friday’.

1. Pagans actually find 13 a lucky number because it parallels the number of full moons in a year.

• False

• True

In Italian pop-culture, Friday the __th is considered a day of bad luck

It’s tradition for select tattoo shops to offer special deals for flash tattoos* the day after Friday the 13th.

_{*Flash tattoos are any tattoo design that is pre-prepared for customers (think of a sticker sheet that you can pick from)}

• True

• False

On Friday April 13, ____, a large asteroid will fly close enough to the Earth to be visible without a telescope in the Eastern Hemisphere, according to NASA.