1. One of the best-known coincidences involves a man named Joseph Figlock who was walking down a street in Detroit when a baby fell from a high window and landed on top of him. A year later, another event occurred involving Joseph Figlock and a baby. What was it? Figlock was walking down the same street when the same baby fell from the same window, knocked him out and killed him. Figlock met a woman at a party and during conversation, realised she was the mother of the baby he had saved The same baby fell from the same window and again was caught by Figlock Figlock was walking down a completely different street when a different baby fell from a window and landed safely in his arms

2. 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? Switzerland Japan Australia Finland

3. According to an article on coincidences in the New York Herald on November 26, 1911, three men were hanged in London for the murder of a well-known British magistrate at Greenberry Hill. Their names were Robert Green, Henry Berry and Lawrence Hill. What was the name of the man they killed? Sir Thomas Hill Lord Peter Greenberry Sir Edmund Berry Lord William Green

4. During 1944, the London Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle included clues leading to the words Omaha, Utah, Mulberry, Neptune, and Overlord. What was significant about these words? None of these They were the names of American warships They were code words for Allied military operations They were secret passwords used by the British army

5. There were many similarities between the two American presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy. Which of these statements is not true? Both their successors were named Johnson Both presidents were shot on a Monday Lincoln was elected President in 1860 and Kennedy was elected in 1960 Both their assassins had 15 letters in their full names

6. In 1884, a yacht named 'Mignonette' sank in the South Atlantic on its way to Australia. After surviving for 19 days in a dinghy, the captain and his two mates killed the cabin boy, Richard Parker, and ate him. Approximately fifty years earlier, in 1837, a novel called "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' had been published. It told the story of a group of shipwrecked sailors who killed and ate the cabin boy in order to survive. The boy's name was Richard Parker. Who wrote this novel, published half a century before the sinking of the 'Mignonette'? Washington Irving Edgar Allen Poe Arthur Conan Doyle Herman Melville

7. On October 25 1988, a soccer game took place in the Congo between the two teams Bena Tshadi and Basangana. What incredibly unfortunate thing happened during the match? All 22 players fell ill with food poisoning at the same time and had to leave the pitch The whole Basangana team were injured in separate incidents and were all forced to spend the night in hospital A huge bird landed on the pitch and flew away with the ball A single bolt of lightning killed the entire Bena Tshadi team

8. 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 Jung spotted a book about scarab beetles lying on his desk Jung's next patient also described a dream about an Egyptian scarab beetle Jung told the woman that he had also dreamed about scarab beetles the night before

9. Another coincidence, documented by the scientist Paul Kammerer, tells of two men admitted to the same hospital during World War II. Which of these statements is not true? They were both volunteers in the Austrian Transport Corps. They were both named Franz Richter They were both suffering from measles They were both nineteen years old

10. One day in 1883, Henry Ziegland of Honey Grove, Texas, walked out on his girlfriend. In order to gain revenge, her brother tried to shoot Ziegland, but the bullet missed and buried itself in a tree. The brother then took his own life using the same weapon. Years later, in 1913, Ziegland decided to pull down the tree using dynamite. What happened next? None of these Ziegland's former girlfriend was walking down the street at that very moment and was killed in the explosion The bullet became dislodged, and embedded itself in Ziegland's head, killing him at last The bullet flew out of the tree, missed Ziegland again and buried itself in another tree