New Years Trivia
Popular Media
Customs and Traditions
NJHS
New Years Resolutions
100

This Asian holiday is celebrated in countries like China, Korea, and Vietnam.

What is Chinese/Lunar New Year?

100

This social media trend involves posting your “Year in Review” showing your most listened songs from the past year.

What is Spotify Wrapped?

100

In many cultures, people wear this color on New Year’s Eve for luck or love.

What is red

100

NJHS is built on five pillars. One of them is being helpful to others.

What is service

100

This is the psychological phenomenon where people reward themselves for small achievements while pursuing a resolution.

What is self-rewarding

200

This calendar is the one most commonly used today to decide when the new year begins on January 1.

Gregorian Calendar

200

This New York City event is shown live on TV every New Year’s Eve with music performances and a countdown.

What is New Years' Rocking Eve

200

The first recorded New Year celebrations happened over 4,000 years ago in this ancient civilization.

Who are Babylonnians

200

This NJHS pillar focuses on doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

What is character


200

Journaling about progress and reflecting on challenges helps people improve this type of skill related to New Year’s resolutions

What is self control

300

In Spain, they eat 12 of these.

What are grapes

300

This K-pop group released a song called “New Year’s Day” and often performs it at special countdown concerts.

What is BTS

300

In Italy, people eat these little legumes for wealth in the New Year.

What are lentils

300

This pillar is about participating in class and doing your best in schoolwork.

What is scholarship
300

Experts say most New Year’s resolutions fail because people do this common mistake, like aiming too high or not planning how to succeed.

Lack of planning

400

The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop in Times Square first took place in this year.

1907

400

This meme trend jokes about pretending to finish schoolwork or chores before midnight.

What is procrastination meme?

400

Many people watch/shoot these in the sky all around New Years time.

What is fireworks

400

Being a good role model and taking responsibility demonstrates this NJHS pillar.

What is leadership

400

Many people abandon resolutions because of this “all-or-nothing” thinking, where a single slip makes them feel like they’ve failed completely.

What is perfectionism

500

This Roman ruler officially moved New Year’s Day to January 1 in 46 BCE.

Julius Caesar

500

This famous holiday movie starring Macaulay Culkin ends with a New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City.

What is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York?

500

Some people carry this at midnight if they want to travel during the New Year.

What is a suitcase?

500

Following rules, respecting others, and helping the community shows this NJHS pillar.

What is citizenship

500

Some resolutions focus on “micro-resolutions,” which focus on tiny, daily changes. Name one example.

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