New Year's Eve Quiz
Posted Thursday, December 29, 2011 09:10 AM

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

 
1. In Ecuador a unique New Year's Eve tradition, the burning of "old years" takes place in public places. What are they?
 
 
2. What determines the date of the Chinese New Year?
 
 
3. To ring in the New Year in Spain, it is traditional to do what on each chime of the clock?
 
 
4. In the Jewish New Year celebration, what is eaten to symbolize a sweet new year?
 
 
5. In Italy, what do people do on new Year's Day to bring good luck in the coming year?
 
 
6. In many places, the coming of the new year is celebrated by singing the Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne." What does "auld lang syne" mean?
 
 
7. Under which calendar is New Year's Day observed on January 1?
 
 
8. In the United States, the coming of the New Year is celebrated by the lowering of a gigantic crystal ball. Where does this event take place?
 
 
9. What is the Jewish New Year called?
 
 
10. Why do Chinese celebrate the New Year by letting off firecrackers?
 
 
11. Kwanzaa is a seven - day holiday that begins Dec. 26 and extends through Jan. 1. What does the word Kwanzaa means in Swahili?
 
 
12. What calendar determines the date of the Chinese New Year?
 
 
13. In the middle Ages most European countries used the Julian calendared, so they observed the new Year's Day when?
 
14. Before Dick Clark hosted Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration, who led the band in playing "Auld Lang Syne?"
 
15. What city hosts the "Tournament of Roses Parade?"
 
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Answers
 
1. Effigies representing people and events from the previous year.
2. The second new moon after the winter solstice.
3. Eat a grape
4. Apples and honey
5. Wear red underwear
6. Old long ago
7. Gregorian
8. Times Square
9. Rosh Hashanah
10. To scare off evil spirits
11. First fruits
12. Lunar
13. March 25
14. Guy Lombardo
15. Pasadena, California
 
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