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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?
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?
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?
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?
5. There were many similarities between the two American presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy. Which of these statements is NOT true?
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'?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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