Just a Coincidence?

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1. In the autumn of 1994, a 60 year-old Dutchman by the name of Cor Stoop took a cruise on the North Sea. He became seasick during the trip and lost his false teeth overboard. How was Mr Stoop reunited with his teeth? Mr Stoop's son, a deep-sea diver, discovered the teeth at the bottom of the sea A fisherman caught a cod with Mr Stoop's teeth inside it The teeth were caught by a shark and carried to the surface of the water Mr Stoop visited a marine museum in his home town in Holland and was stunned to see his teeth on display

2. As a schoolboy, a Monsieur Deschamps was given a slice of plum pudding by a family friend, Monsieur de Fortgibu. Ten years later he was passing a restaurant in Paris when he spotted a plum pudding inside. What happened when he went into the restaurant to buy a piece of the pudding? A portrait of Fortgibu was hanging on the wall He discovered that Monsieur de Fortgibu was working in the kitchen The last slice had just been ordered by Monsieur de Fortgibu who was sitting in the corner The waitress who served him the pudding turned out to be Fortgibu's daughter

3. In Bermuda in 1975, Neville Ebin was killed when a taxi knocked him off his moped. Exactly a year later, something strange happened to his brother involving the same moped. What happened? The moped was stolen and the thief was found to be the taxi driver He sold the moped and a year later saw the same taxi driver riding the same moped down the same street He lent the moped to a friend and later that day, whilst travelling in a taxi, collided with the moped, killing the friend He was riding the same moped down the same street when he collided with the same taxi and was killed

4. In 1973 the actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in “The Girl From Petrovka”, based on a novel by George Feifer. Hopkins was unable to find a copy of the book anywhere in London, so was surprised when he discovered one lying on a bench in a train station. What was unusual about this book? It was a completely different story also called 'The Girl From Petrovka' and written by a different George Feifer It had a bookmark inside with a picture of Anthony Hopkins on it It was George Feifer's own annotated copy It was a book belonging to Anthony Hopkins' sister

5. In 1967, an English policeman called Peter Moscardi gave a friend the telephone number of his police station – 40166 – but unknown to him, he had accidentally given the wrong number. Whilst on duty a few days later, Mr Moscardi discovered a factory which had been left unlocked with all the lights blazing, and went inside to investigate. What happened next? The address of the factory turned out to be 40166 Richardson Place The telephone rang and Moscardi answered it to find that it was his friend calling him on the 'wrong' number £40,166 had been stolen from the factory None of these

6. Author Richard Bach owned a rare 1929 biplane of which only 8 remained in the world. As he came in to land in Palmyra, Wisconsin, a strut broke. Which amazing coincidence then happened to Richard Bach? A man appeared holding the very component Bach needed Ten minutes later a complete stranger landed in an identical bi-plane He found a book on bi-plane repairs on the ground nearby Bach walked to the nearest town which had only one shop – a bi-plane repair shop

7. On March 1, 1950, in Beatrice, Nebraska, a church choir practice had been due to start at 7:20. Strangely, everybody involved with the choir was late for practice. Why did they have a lucky escape? Armed robbers broke into the church The church was struck by lightning The door of the church was locked and the key missing, so nobody could have entered anyway The church was destroyed by a gas explosion

8. The French astronomer Camille Flammarion was writing a chapter about the wind for his book “The Atmosphere” when something happened. What was it? The wind blew the roof off his house The wind uprooted a tree outside which crashed through the side of Flammarion's house A gust of wind blew his hat through the window A strong gust of wind blew the pages out of the window

9. As a young boy, King Louis XVI of France was warned by an astrologer to beware the 21st of every month. Louis was beheaded on January 21, 1793. True False

10. One of the most amazing coincidences in history involves a pair of twin brothers, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, who were separated at birth and adopted by different families. They were reunited 39 years later and found that their lives had followed similar paths in more ways than one. Which of these statements is not true? They had both worked as a sheriff's deputy They both named their daughter Sarah They had both married a woman called Linda, divorced and married a woman called Betty They had both studied mechanical drawing and carpentry