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What number sounds like 'death' in Chinese?
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What do actors say instead of 'good luck' before a show?
Answer: Break a leg
Why: Nobody knows where the phrase comes from, but it is already in print by 1921, linked to both horse racing and the theater.
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In German, what does 'having a pig' mean you are?
Answer: Lucky
Why: At New Year, Germans and Austrians hand out little pink marzipan pigs as lucky gifts.
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What does an upside-down Chinese 'luck' sign say luck has done?
Answer: Arrived
Why: In Mandarin, dào meaning upside down sounds just like dào meaning arrive, so the flipped sign reads as luck has arrived.
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Spilling which seasoning is said to bring bad luck?
Answer: Salt
Why: Leonardo's The Last Supper shows Judas with a salt cellar he has knocked over, a detail often linked to the belief.
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What do people paint on a Daruma doll when making a wish?
Answer: One eye
Why: The second eye stays blank until the wish comes true, and only then is it painted in.
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Which gem did an 1829 Walter Scott novel brand as unlucky?
Answer: Opal
Why: Within a year of the novel's release, opal sales in Europe dropped by about half.
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