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New Year Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 10 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which object do some Colombians carry at midnight as a wish for travel in the new year?

    Answer: An empty suitcase

    Some Colombians walk with an empty suitcase at midnight as a wish for travel in the coming year.

  2. Which square rice cake is a traditional Tết food?

    Answer: Bánh chưng

    Bánh chưng is a square glutinous-rice cake filled with mung bean and pork for Tết.

  3. Which instrument is sounded during Rosh Hashanah services?

    Answer: Shofar

    The shofar, traditionally made from a ram's horn, is sounded during Rosh Hashanah.

  4. Chol Chnam Thmey is the traditional New Year festival of which country?

    Answer: Cambodia

    Chol Chnam Thmey is the Khmer New Year celebrated in Cambodia.

  5. In Brazil, which color is commonly worn on New Year's Eve as a wish for peace?

    Answer: White

    Many Brazilian revelers wear white on New Year's Eve to symbolize peace.

Daily round

  1. How many time zones does mainland China officially use?

    Answer: One

    Mainland China observes one official time zone, China Standard Time.

  2. The name Nowruz comes from Persian words meaning what?

    Answer: New day

    Nowruz combines Persian words whose English meanings are new and day.

  3. Which Roman deity's two faces made him a symbol of looking backward and forward?

    Answer: Janus

    Janus was conventionally shown with two faces and associated with beginnings and passages.

  4. What are New Year's resolutions?

    Answer: Promises of personal change

    New Year's resolutions are personal commitments to begin or maintain desired changes.

  5. Which ancient civilization is often credited with recording early New Year resolutions?

    Answer: Babylonians

    Ancient Babylonians made seasonal promises connected with debts and returned property.

Daily round

  1. In Denmark, what household item may people jump from at midnight?

    Answer: A chair

    A Danish custom has celebrants jump from a chair to symbolically leap into the new year.

  2. How many times are Buddhist temple bells traditionally rung for Joya no Kane in Japan?

    Answer: 108

    Joya no Kane ceremonies ring temple bells 108 times, reflecting a Buddhist enumeration of worldly desires.

  3. What is the first shrine or temple visit of the year called in Japan?

    Answer: Hatsumōde

    Hatsumōde is the customary first visit to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple after New Year begins.

  4. The abbreviation BCE is commonly expanded as what?

    Answer: Before Common Era

    BCE means Before Common Era and labels years preceding the Common Era.

  5. What is the thirteenth-day outdoor observance that concludes Nowruz festivities in Iran?

    Answer: Sizdah Bedar

    Sizdah Bedar is traditionally spent outdoors on the thirteenth day of Nowruz.

Daily round

  1. What is the Scottish name for the final day of the old year and its celebrations?

    Answer: Hogmanay

    Hogmanay is the Scottish term for New Year's Eve and the surrounding festivities.

  2. Which city hosts the annual Mummers Parade on New Year's Day?

    Answer: Philadelphia

    Philadelphia's Mummers Parade features costumed clubs performing on New Year's Day.

  3. How many times are Buddhist temple bells traditionally rung for Joya no Kane in Japan?

    Answer: 108

    Joya no Kane ceremonies ring temple bells 108 times, reflecting a Buddhist enumeration of worldly desires.

  4. What is the final month of the Gregorian calendar year?

    Answer: December

    December is the twelfth and final month of the Gregorian year.

  5. Which punctuation mark is often used to separate hours, minutes, and seconds in a digital countdown?

    Answer: Colon

    Digital time displays conventionally use colons between hours, minutes, and seconds.

Daily round

  1. In which year did the first Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop take place?

    Answer: 1907

    The first Times Square ball was lowered to welcome 1908 on December 31, 1907.

  2. Which Pennsylvania city has marked New Year's Eve with a giant chocolate Kiss replica?

    Answer: Hershey

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, has used a large Kiss-shaped object as a local countdown symbol.

  3. Chinese New Year begins on what kind of calendar date?

    Answer: A lunisolar date

    Chinese New Year follows a traditional lunisolar calendar rather than one fixed Gregorian date.

  4. At which longitude is the Prime Meridian defined?

    Answer: 0 degrees

    The Prime Meridian is the reference line at zero degrees longitude.

  5. What is burned in parts of Ecuador at midnight to represent the old year?

    Answer: An effigy

    Ecuadorian año viejo traditions burn an effigy symbolizing the departing year.

Daily round

  1. The Polar Bear Plunge typically asks participants to do what?

    Answer: Enter cold water

    A Polar Bear Plunge is a festive group dip in cold open water, often held around New Year's Day.

  2. Which city stages a major New Year's Eve fireworks display around its harbour bridge and opera house?

    Answer: Sydney

    Sydney's harbour landmarks form the setting for its internationally recognized fireworks display.

  3. Losar is a New Year festival in which cultural tradition?

    Answer: Tibetan

    Losar is the Tibetan New Year and is observed across Tibetan Buddhist communities.

  4. Which animal comes first in the Chinese zodiac cycle?

    Answer: Rat

    The Rat occupies the first position in the twelve-animal Chinese zodiac sequence.

  5. Which legume is eaten in parts of the southern United States for New Year luck?

    Answer: Black-eyed peas

    Black-eyed peas are a customary New Year's food in parts of the American South.

Daily round

  1. Which round bread may conceal a coin in Greek New Year celebrations?

    Answer: Vasilopita

    Vasilopita is cut around New Year, and finding its hidden coin is considered fortunate.

  2. Which instrument is sounded during Rosh Hashanah services?

    Answer: Shofar

    The shofar, traditionally made from a ram's horn, is sounded during Rosh Hashanah.

  3. Which American state is represented by the fruit in Atlanta's Peach Drop tradition?

    Answer: Georgia

    Atlanta's Peach Drop draws on the peach's longstanding association with Georgia.

  4. Which college football game is traditionally linked with Pasadena's New Year celebration?

    Answer: Rose Bowl

    The Rose Bowl game is the sporting counterpart to Pasadena's Tournament of Roses events.

  5. Which month begins the Gregorian calendar year?

    Answer: January

    January is the first month of the Gregorian calendar year.