What is a word that means having an important and usually negative effect on the future?
fateful
What author was born on the day of the appearance of Halley’s Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910? Edgar Allen Poe, William Faulkener, Mark Twain or Sam Halley?
Mark Twain
What is the adjective form of science? Where is the main stress?
scienTific
The famous pyschologist, Carl Jung, experienced a strange coincidence during an analysis session with a patient. The patient was describing to Jung a dream she'd had about an Egyptian scarab beetle. What happened next?
A scarab beetle flew through the window
What is a word that means based on mathematical data?
Statistically
True or false: Chewing gum is bad for your concentration.
False. It actually helps you to concentrate
What is another word for unlikely?
Improbable
In 2000, Dan Greaney introduced the notion of Donald Trump as President of the United States into a grimly dystopian episode of this TV series. Was it Family Guy, South Park, The Simpsons or American Dad?
The Simpsons
True or false: If you are chewing gume when cutting onions,it will stop your eyes from watering.
True
What is another way of saying extremely rare?
one-in-a-million
What is the adjective form of mystery? Where is the main stress?
mySterious
How many times was professional golfer, Lee Trevino, struck by lightling?
3 times
What is the adverb form of theory? Where is the main stress?
theoRetically
Give three words that mean (the) chances
the odds, probability, likelihood
If not for the 200-year difference, this American rock guitarist and George Handel would have been neighbours. They lived at 23 and 25 Brook Street, respectively, in London. Was it Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Mark Knopfler
Jimi Hendrix.Jimi Hendrix claimed to see the ghost of the composer who lived next door 200 years before.
On March 6 2002, two 71 year-old twin brothers were killed in bicycle accidents on the same stretch of road, just two hours apart. In which country did this coincidence take place? Austria, Japan, Finland or Switzerland?
Finland
True or false: A man named Joseph Figlock was walking down a street in Detroit when a baby fell from a high window and landed on top of him. A year later, A baby fell from a window again and was again caught by Figlock
True
True or false: The first name for chewing gum was “Blibber-Blubber”
True
True or false: You can remove chewing gum from your hair by using peanut butter
True
On October 25 1988, a soccer game took place in the Congo between the two teams Bena Tshadi and Basangana. All 22 players came down with food poisoning and the match had to be adandoned. True or false?
False. A single bolt of lightning killed the entire Bena Tshadi team
What is another expression for coincidence?
a twist of fate
What is the adverb form of coincidence? Where is the main stress?
coinciDentally