Today, It Is Friday! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Frigg

In Norse mythology, Frigg is identified as the wife, mother, and adviser to Odin. She is most often associated with weaving, and is referred to in terms of both a domestic and a love goddess.

Answer: Black Friday

Many scholars regard the superstition of Friday the 13th as being a fairly modern day phenomenon. Through history, Friday has been associated with bad luck, likely due to Jesus Christ being crucified on Good Friday. The number 13 has also been attributed with unlucky properties. One reason for this may also be biblical with Judas Iscariot being considered the traitor and the 13th of Jesus and his 12 disciples to sit at the table during the Last Supper.

There is actually a term for the fear or phobia attached to Friday the 13th.

This is called triskaidekaphobia.

Answer: Islam

Muslims observe Friday as a day of rest and prayer similar to Christian's observance of Sunday and Judaism observance of Saturday. Members of the Islamic faith will attend mosque for congregation prayer on Fridays. In most Islamic countries, like Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the week begins on Saturday and ends on Friday.

Answer: Venus

Venus is the planet of Friday and generally associated with love and sensuality in astrological circles. From a linguistic perspective many foreign words for Friday resemble also the word for Venus. In Romanian (Vineri), Latin (Veneris), Italian (Venerdi), Spanish (Viernes) and French (Vendredi).

Answer: Loving and Giving

The actual rhyme first appeared in Bray's "Traditions of Devonshire" in 1838 as a means of helping children learn their days of the week. The actual poem reads as follows:
"Monday's Child is fair of face,
Tuesday's Child is full of grace,
Wednesday's Child is full of woe,
Thursday's Child has far to go,
Friday's Child is loving and giving,
Saturday's Child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath Day,
Is fair and wise and good and gay".

Answer: Iran

Within many countries with extensive Islamic tradition, Friday is considered to be the original holy day that is ordained by God as a day of prayer and rest. In Iran, Friday constitutes the end of the week.

Answer: Blue

According to the Thai Solar Calendar, red is assigned to Sunday, yellow to Monday, pink to Tuesday, green to Wednesday, orange to Thursday, blue to Friday, and purple to Saturday.

Answer: POETS Day

The letters in "POETS" are basically an acronym for "push off early tomorrow is Saturday". It has also been used for "punch out early tomorrow's Saturday" and the more irreverent term "p (word for urinate) off early tomorrow's Saturday."

Answer: Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black is a homeschooler from California who released her single "Friday" in 2011. The family paid $4,000 to ARK Music Factory to write and produce the song and music video. The video went viral on YouTube receiving over 170 million views. Unfortunately most of those reviews were negative and by March 2011, "Friday" had held the record for most YouTube view dislikes with over three million negative reviews.

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

"Robinson Crusoe" is a fictional autobiography of a man who is deserted on a remote, tropical island for 28 years. Crusoe rescues a tribal man from Cannibals and ends up calling him Friday after the week-day he finds him. Robinson Crusoe educates Friday, converts him to Christianity, and together the two of them have many adventures on the island before being rescued.