New Year Trivia Quiz
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New Year Trivia Quiz
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1. What is traditionally dropped in Times Square, New York City, to celebrate the New Year’s Eve?
2. On 1st January 1803, Haiti gained its independence from which European country?
3. Which of the following songs is often used on New Year’s Eve in many English-speaking countries?
4. People in which country carry a suitcase around their house on New Year’s Eve to fulfil their travelling dream?
5. On New Year’s Day in 1863, which U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation to grant freedom to the slaves in the country?
6. According to superstition and tradition in Spain, how many grapes should you eat at midnight on New Year’s Eve to bring good luck for the next year?
7. According to traditional beliefs in the southern United States, what must you do while making your New Year’s resolution to make it stick?
8. It is customary in some parts of the world to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for which reason?
9. Which country has the tradition of signifying the beginning of the new year with a baby?
10. At what time does New Year’s Eve end?
11. On New Year’s Eve in London, which clock is supposed to strike at midnight?
12. What is Scotland’s well-known tradition for celebrating New Year called?
13. According to the ancient Roman calendar, a new year began on which date?
14. What do people in Romania often toss into rivers at New Year?
15. What is the first country to celebrate the New Year?
16. In Colombia, putting on which color underwear at New Year would bring good fortune and wealth in the next year?
17. Chinese New Year is the occasion to celebrate the beginning of which season in China?
18. Which former country officially split into two separate nations on New Year’s Day of 1993?
19. The tradition of New Year’s resolutions has started around 4,000 years ago by which ancient civilization?
20. The New Year is the first day of the year on which calendar?
21. In Italy, eating pig’s trotters with which food is believed to be a good omen for the next year?
22. At Chinese New Year, what do children receive from their parents as a gift?
23. The construction of which canal was started on 1st of January, 1881?
24. Rosh Hashanah is the New Year in which religion?
25. In which nation would banging walls and doors with bread at New Year dispel bad luck from your house?

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