Results: Lucky Sevens

The phrase " the seven seas" first shows up in a Sumerian hymn written down 4,300 years ago. The definitions vary over time. One of the more common sets is show in the list below. Which of these seven seas have you visited or sailed on?

The Seven Wonders of the World change every year, per the travel industry. The current list is below. Which ones have you seen in person?

You may head the phrase to be "in seventh heaven." The idea that there are seven heavens occurs in many modern and ancient religions and probably derives from the seven solar system objects known to the ancients: the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. In both Judaism and Islam, the seventh heaven is the highest and closest to God. Have you ever...?

In Catholicism, the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary are the annunciation, the birth of Jesus, the adoration of the magi, the resurrection of Christ, the ascension of Christ, the Pentecost, and the crowning of Mary as queen of heaven. There are also seven sorrows. Regardless of whether or not you are Catholic, were you familiar with these?

The ancients, as mentioned above, knew only seven solar system bodies. Additionally, they knew only seven metals. The idea of having seven days as a time measure probably came from this, and our weekday names reflect this (with four Anglo-Saxon god names substituting for the corresponding Roman planet names). So the correspondence is as follows: Sunday-sun-gold, Monday-moon-silver, Tuesday (from Tiu, god of war) - Mars - iron, Wednesday (from Woden, chief god) - Mercury - mercury, Thursday (from Thor, god of thunder) - Jupiter - tin, Friday (from Freya, goddess of beauty) - Venus - copper, and Saturday - Saturn - lead. Did you know that there was a metal and a celestial body for each day of the week?

Did you ever get three lucky sevens together while playing a slot machine?