for Americans
1. Snakes
2. Speaking before an audience
3. Heights
4. Being closed in a small space
5. Spiders and insects
Source: Gallup News Service poll
for Minnesotans
1. The zipper merge
2. Seniors Day at the Minnesota State Fair
3. The shopping cart slowly rolling across a parking lot
4. Forgetting the diaper bag
5. Someone "paying it backward" in the drive-through
Kim Ode