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New Years Around the World 1
New Years Around the World 2
100
What is the capital of Colombia?
Bogotá
100
What is the most commonly spoken language in the world?
English (1.132 million speakers)
100
Name this animal and the continent it is found.
Orangutan (Asia)
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
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
200
What is a romance language? Explain what it is and name three.
The Romance languages are the modern languages that evolved from Latin between the third and eighth centuries.
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
200
Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite in the world?
Hippo
200
What country does the Polar Bear Plunge to ring in the new year?
Canada
200
What country celebrates New Years first every year?
New Zealand
300
Where are the Spanish Steps located?
Rome, Italy
300
Grammatical gender is how the language deals with nouns. Which of the following languages has the most grammatical genders?
English, German, French
300
Name this animal and the continent it is found.
Red Panda (Asia)
300
This country is the last to ring in the New Year.
American Samoa
300
In Spain on New Years, they believe it is good luck to eat 12 ____
12 grapes
400
What is the smallest country in Central America?
El Salvador
400
Say hello in 5 different languages other than English.
- Spanish: hola.
- French: bonjour.
- German: guten tag.
- Italian: salve.
- Chinese: nǐn hǎo.
- Portuguese: olá
- Arabic: asalaam alaikum.
- Japanese: konnichiwa.
400
Name this animal and the continent it is found.
Wildebeest (Africa)
400
What country celebrates new years by jumping over 7 waves and wearing multicolored underwear? Each color representing a different meaning.
Brazil
400
Toasting began in what country?
England
500
What is the name of the only tropical rainforest in the United States?
Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest
500
What is a tonal language, also known as a tone language?
A language that changes the meaning of the words with vocal pitch
500
What are the only two mammals that are known to lay eggs?
The anteater and the duck-billed platypus
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