Traditions A
This is the time the ball drops in Time Square.
What is 11:59 pm?
This city drops a giant chocolate kiss on New Year's Eve.
What is Hershey, Pennsylvania?
People were concerned this would happen at midnight on 1-1-2000.
What is the Y2K bug? OR What is computer system failures and power outages because of systems not handling the year change?
One of two years that the Times Square ball drop did not happen due to lighting restrictions.
What is 1942? OR What is 1943?
Unscramble: enw erya
What is new year?
People often make these on New Year's Eve. 80% are abandoned by the second Friday in January.
What are resolutions?
Song traditionally played at midnight on New Year's.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
Who is Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians?
This material is used to create the discs covering the Times Square ball.
What are Waterford crystals?
Unscramble: eatcleber
What is celebrate?
This symbolizes the new year.
What is a baby?
This New Year's Day parade takes place in Pasadena, CA.
What is the Rose Parade (or Tournament of Roses Parade)?
In 46 B.C. this Roman leader made January 1 New Year's Day.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This is the reason for a second, special ball drop in Times Square at 12:04 am this year.
What is America250?
Unscramble: wroskreif
What is fireworks?
In Greece, this object is baked into a New Year's cake to bring good luck.
What is a coin?
Country where people jump off a chair at midnight on New Year's to avoid having back luck in the new year.
What is Denmark?
This British band auditioned for Decca Records on New Year's Day 1962, but was rejected.
Who are The Beatles?
Name the Scottish use for New Year's Eve.
What is Hogmanay?
Unscramble: cklab eedy sape
What is black eyed peas?
In Spain, people eat 12 of this fruit as the clock strikes midnight.
What are grapes.
For good luck, Italians wear this color underwear on New Year's Eve.
What is red?
He wrote the words for "Auld Lang Syne".
Who is Robert Burns (Scottish poet).
Abraham Lincoln did this on January 1, 1863.
What is issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Unscramble: eifnctot
What is confetti?