Trivia Quiz: Urban Legends

We've all grown up "knowing" certain things -- and, in recent years, receiving a lot of stories via e-mail that are widely accepted as true. But how many of these are actually real? See if you can figure out if each urban legend below is true or false.


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Question 1: The Marlboro Man died of lung cancer.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 2: The Nursery Rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" is a reference to the Black Plague.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 3: Coca-Cola created our modern image of Santa Claus.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 4: The "Happy Birthday" song cannot be sung in restaurants because it is copyrighted.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 5: Nostradamus predicted the events of September 11.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 6: The Titanic carried a cursed mummy in its hold.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 7: If you go swimming less than one hour after eating, you'll get a cramp and might drown.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 8: Water boiled in a microwave could explode.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 9: German and British soldiers sang "Silent Night" during a Christmas truce during World War I.

 A: True
 B: False

Question 10: Eating poppy seeds could cause you to fail a drug test.

 A: True
 B: False