In which country are white snakes a symbol of good luck?
Australia
India
Japan
Malaysia
In Britain, what should you never open indoors?
box of chocolates
a wallet
a new book
an umbrella
If a young woman looks into a mirror on Halloween night, she will see...
herself as an old lady
her future husband
a skeleton
a dead family member
Seeing a black cat in Britain will always bring you bad luck.
true
false
In Lithuania, what should you never do inside your house?
eat smelly food
whistle
dance
brush your hair after midnight
What should you never do on Tuesday in India?
get married
start a diet
move house
cut your hair
What should you say to actors in a theatre to wish them good luck?
Break your arms!
Break a leg!
Break your fingers!
Break your toes!
Three people are having their photograph taken. Which position is unluckiest?
in the middle
on the left
All three people will have bad luck
on the right
In Italy, if two people say the same word at the same time, to avoid bad luck they should both...
kiss each other on both cheeks
touch their nose
shake hands
turn around three times
In Spain, you should always walk into a room with your _____ first.
left foot
eyes closed
right foot
mouth open
In Iceland, if you knit outside, you...
will be unhappy for the rest of the year
will never get married
will catch a cold
will make the winter last longer
In Rwanda, superstitious women don't eat goat meat because they believe...
it will make them grow a beard
it will make them unlucky in love
it will make their breath smell
it will make them fat
In Scotland, if you see one of these birds (a magpie), you should...
run away from him
wave at him
cross your fingers
spit on the ground
In Russia, you should never say "____" before the specific day.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Halloween!
Happy New Year!
Happy Birthday!
In the UK, it is considered bad luck to put _____ on the table.
new shoes
a dead fish
a hat
white flowers
Fishermen believe that it is bad luck to take a ____ onto their boat.
banana
pineapple
apple
orange
In Japan, if you walk past a cemetery, you should hide your...
money
face
bag
thumbs
In the Philippines, you shouldn't wear _____ during a thunderstorm.
dirty clothes
red clothes
smart clothes
no clothes
In Brazil, you will have bad luck if you....
put a spoon into an empty cup
drink your coffee too loudly
put milk into the bowl before the cereal
put sugar into your cup before the coffee
It's hard to believe, but if a bird_____, you will have good luck.
poops on you
sits on your head
attacks you
steals your food
In the UK, a common superstitious phrase is "See a ____, pick it up, and all day you'll have good luck"
cup of tea
baby
penny
glove
In Britain, carrying a _____ is believed to bring you good luck.
frog's leg
fishbone
rabbit's foot
dog's tooth
In Turkey, if your left hand itches, you...
...will get married soon
...have an allergy
...will catch a disease soon
...will lose money
In Syria, _____ were banned because they were believed to cause bad weather.
bicycles
umbrellas
drones
yo yos
To avoid bad luck, you should never walk under....
a ladder
a bridge in the rain
a bus
a tree with no leaves
If you break a mirror, you will have _____ years of bad luck.
20
10
7
5
In Canada, pregnant women believe that if they don't eat fish during their pregnancy...
...their baby will look exactly like their mother in law
...they will have triplets
...their baby will have a fish head
...their baby will be very fat
Which number is very unlucky in China, because it sounds like the Chinese word for 'death'?
6
10
4
13
If you need good luck you should knock on...
wood
If you spill ____ you should pick it up and throw it over your shoulder.
salt
pepper
sugar
milk