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1. Which Biblical name denotes an unlucky person aboard a ship?
2. An urban legend tells how the British Navy attempted to dispel a longstanding sailor's superstition against a certain day. The story tells of a ship with the name of that day, launched on that day, commanded by a captain with that day as a surname. Which day is this?
3. Which sea bird do sailors consider unlucky to kill or even harass?
4. It is considered good luck to touch which part of a naval sailor's uniform?
5. What two barnyard animals, which superstition says cannot swim, are traditional tattoos to bring sailors good luck?
6. Which terrestrial color do sailors think is unlucky to have on a ship?
7. When sailors take off the cover of a hatch, superstitious belief might make them be careful to never put it upside down on deck. Why?
8. Perhaps dating from Roman times, what do sailors traditionally place under the mast of their ship in case of disaster at sea?
9. Which ship do sailors believe is eternally doomed to sail the oceans of the world, never making port?
10. Sailors ending their career at sea believe it is bad luck for their shadow to touch land before they do. Therefore, they construct which type of container to hold their "shadow", represented by memorabilia from their voyages?
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