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New Years Around the World
New Years Around the World
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Test your knowledge on new years traditions around the world
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1
Which countries have the tradition of eating rice pudding to celebrate the New Year?
Cuba & Austria
Sweden & Norway
Japan & China
Spain & Germany
2
Where are Christmas trees burned in the streets to purge out the old and in with the new?
The Netherlands
Peru
Italy
Wales
3
Which country exchanges red envelopes filled with money as good luck?
China
Phillipines
Vietnam
Japan
4
Where do they believe that circular things bring more fortune and money?
Philippines
Laos
UK
China
5
Which country has a tradition of breaking plates on their neighbors' door?
Sweden
Denmark
Greece
Hungary
6
The Chinese Zodiac for 2016-2017 is the Year of the
Horse
Monkey
Ram
Rat
7
Where do they have the ritual of trying to get their animals to talk for good luck?
Mongolia
Siberia
Cuba
Romania
8
Turkey has the tradition of what on New Years?
smashing beer bottles after they are done drinking
dressing up in fur coats
eating a purple cookie
wearing red underwear beneath their clothes
9
It is a Finland New Year's tradition to burn what in a pan?
metal
weed
sugar
money
10
Which countries have the tradition of roasting a suckling pig on New Year's Day?
Japan & China
United States & Canada
Cuba & Austria
Hungary & Germany
11
Which country believes that the first guest of the new year brings good luck?
England
Germany
Haiti
U.S
12
Which country has a tradition of eating a dozen grapes at midnight?
Spain
Greece
Mexico
Cuba
13
What do oranges represent in Chinese tradition?
Royalty
Luck
Money
Happiness
14
Which country believes that feasting brings prosperity in the New Year?
Holland
France
United States
England
15
The Jewish New Year is called?
Purim Katam
Shabbat Shuva
Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah
16
In which country do they spend New Years in the graveyard?
Belize
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
17
The thing that is most stolen on New Year's Day more than any other holiday is
vehicles
money
beer
candy
18
Who celebrated the New Year's holiday first?
Hebrews
Babylonians
Assyrians
Shiites
19
In Johannesburg, South Africa, people throw out old _____ to start the new year fresh
furniture
groceries
books
shoes
20
Siberia celebrates New Year's by jumping into frozen lakes and carrying what?
tree trunks
apples
pans
teddy bears
21
This country has 13 months per yr., their current year is 2006, they celebrate New Year on 9/11
Korea
Kenya
Nigeria
Ethiopia
22
Where are gifts of eggs given to symbolize fertility?
India
Sweden
Persia
Italy
23
Which country believes fish symbolize good luck?
Germany
China
Greece
Japan
24
Which part of India believes that how you spend New Years is how your year will go?
Bengal
Assam
Punjab
Kashmir
25
Which country has the tradition of serving lentils on New Year's Day to bring prosperity?
Japan
Rome
Italy
Canada
26
Which country rings temple bells 108 times to scare off evil?
India
Japan
Italy
Greece
27
Which country has a tradition of eating mochi on New Year's?
Singapore
Japan
North Korea
Taiwan
28
Which country has the tradition of putting a coin in a piece of sweet bread for good luck?
Portugal
Spain
Greece
Japan
29
A U.S. tradition on New Years is?
watching the Ball Drop in NYC
looking at nature at Yosemite
cruising on a ship in Florida
walking on the strip in Vegas
30
What is the Korean term for "New Year"?
Chuseok
Seollal
Sebae
Tteokguk
31
In Puerto Rico, people throw buckets of water out a window and clean their house to?
remove spirits
create happiness
live longer
start fresh
32
The Japanese believes that long noodles represent what?
longevity
money
hope
loyalty
33
A Switzerland New Years tradition is?
playing bag pipes
dropping ice cream
purchasing nuts
eating strawberries
34
Which country celebrates New Year's in mid-April?
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Israel
35
Which country believes in kissing at midnight to purify everything that is evil?
Barbados
Canada
India
United States