Fireworks
Global Traditions
New Years Around the World 1
New Years Around the World 2
100

People often think that fireworks were the result of the creation of this product but it's actually the other way around.

War explosives/weaponry

100

This festival held in Finland was the title of a horror movie released in 2019

Midsummar

100

If you are in Scotland on NYE, who do you kiss?

Everyone in the room

100

For the Chinese, 2025 is the year of the ___

Snake

200

This Tudor monarch really loved fireworks.

Queen Elizabeth I

200

Lucia is a Christmas festivity held in this country where one girl wears a wreath with candles in her hair.

Sweden

200

What country celebrates new years by jumping over 7 waves and wearing multicolored underwear? Each color representing a different meaning.

Brazil

200

Toasting began in what country?

England

300

Strontium and lithium are responsible for creating this color in fireworks?

Red


300

In Bolivia, they put money into baked goods to be served on this holiday to signify a good future.

New Years

300

What country does the Polar Bear Plunge to ring in the new year?

Canada

300

What country celebrates New Years first every year?

New Zealand 

400

While the Chinese are credited with inventing fireworks, it was actually this country that figured out how to make fireworks different colors.

Italy

400

In Ethiopia, a 3 day festival is held to honor this religious figure where everyone attends dressed in all white.

Jesus Christ (The festival's name is Timkat)

400

This country is the last to ring in the New Year.

American Samoa

400

In Spain on New Years, they believe it is good luck to eat 12 ____

12 grapes

500

This well-known company is the largest consumer of fireworks in the world.

Disney

500

In the UK, this famous date in November because of a movie is accompanied by a fireworks show and a bonfire at night.

November 5th

500

Who celebrated the first New Years?

Babylonians

500

In ancient Egypt, what event determined the timing of the New Year celebration?

Flooding of the Nile

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