ITS A HISTORY THING
NEW YEARS
IN THE MOVIES
2023
NEW YEARS
WORD SCRAMBLE
BABY NEW YEAR***
FATHER TIME
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IN ANCIENT EGYPT, THE NEW YEAR WAS CELEBRATED IN JULY AFTER THE FLOODNG OF THIS FAMOUS NORTH FLOWING RIVER IN NORTHWESTERN AFRICA.  

WHAT IS THE NILE RIVER

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WITH TWO MAJOR SCENES SET AT NEW YEARS EVE PARTY THIS ROM COM FOLLOWS MEG RYAN AND BILLY CRYSTAL THROUGH 12 YEARS OF CHANCE MEETINGS 

WHAT IS HARRY MET SALLY 

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THIS PERSON HAD AN AWESOME 2023, WITH A RECORD-BREAKING TOUR, ACCOMPANYING FILM, A NEW ROMANCE WITH AN NFL STAR AS WELL AS BEING NAMED TIME MAGAZINES PERSON OF THE YEAR 

WHO IS TAYLOR SWIFT 

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 UNAJARY

WHAT IS JANUARY

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DEPICTED WITH A BABY HANGING FROM A BLANET, THIS BEAUTIFUL WHITE BIRD HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH NEWBORN BABIES FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS 

WHAT IS A STORK 

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IT IS SAID BY SCIENTIST LIKE SHELDON COOPER, THAT TIME FIRST BEGAN WHEN WITH THIS PHENOMENON, A THEORY THAT EXPLAINS HOW THE UNIVERSE FIRST CAME INTO EXISTENCE 

WHAT IS THE BIG BANG THEORY 

400

FOR MANY YEARS IN CHINA THE NEW YEAR WAS DETERMINED BY THIS CALANDER WHICH IS BASED THE MONTHLY CYCLES OF THE MOONS PHASES

WHAT IS THE LUNAR CALANDER

400

TOM HANKS HAS AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION WITH HIS DEAD WIFE ON NEW YEARS EVE, BEFORE HE FINALLY FINDS LOVE WITH MEG RYAN ON TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 

WHAT IS SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 

400

IN MAY OF 2023, THIS BRITISH ROYAL WAS CROWNED THE NEW KING OF ENGLAND IN FRONT OF ALL THE WORLD AN AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER QUEEN ELIZABETH 

WHO IS KING CHARLES 

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NIDHTMIG

WHAT IS MIDNIGHT
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THESE ESSENTIAL BABY ITEMS ARE THE THIRD LARGEST SINGLE CONSUMER ITEM TO BE PUT INTO THE LANDFILLS AND TAKE AT LEAST 500 YEARS TO DECOMPOSE.  

WHAT IS A DIAPER

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THIS UNIT OF TIME REFERS TO 14 DAYS AND COMES FROM THE OLD ENGLISH WORD MEANING FORTEEN NIGHT.  IT IS ALSO THE NAME OF A VERY POPULAR VIDEO GAME CREATED IN 2017 BY EPIC GAMES   

WHAT IS FORTNITE

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IN 46 BC THIS FAMOUS ROMAN GENERAL, STATESMAN AND WRITER WHO PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE FIRST DECLARED JANUARY 1ST AS THE DATE FOR THE NEW YEAR.   

WHO IS JULIUS CEASAR 
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IN THIS 1983 COMEDY STARRING EDDIE MURPHY AND DAN AKROYD, THERE IS A NEW YEAR'S TRAIN RIDE INVOLVING A HEIST, TWO GORILLAS AND MULTIPLE DISGUISES   

WHAT IS TRADING PLACES

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ON JAN 3 OF 2023, THIS BUFFALO BILLLS NFL PLAYER SUFFERED A CORINARY EPISODE IN FRONT OF MILLONS OF PEOPLE IN CINCINNATI AND ACROSS THE NATION AND HELP TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CPR / AED'S

WHO IS DEMAR HAMLIN 

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OUCWNONTD

WHAT IS COUNTDOWN
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        DOUBLE JEOPARDY 

THIS IS THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF WRAPPING AN INFANT IN A BLANKET TO HELP PREVENT MOVEMENT AND GIVE THEM THE FEELING OF STILL BEING IN THE WOMB  

WHAT IS SWADDLING


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TURNS OUT THAT THERE ARE 24 TIME ZONES ACROSS THE GLOBE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USES HAS THIS MANY OF THOSE 24 TIME ZONES. 

WHAT IS 6 

800

THIS CURRENT CALANDER USED BY MOST OF THE WORLD USES A SOLAR DATING AND WAS PROCLAMED IN 1582 BY POPE GREGORY XIII AS A REFORM TO THE JULIAN CALANDER  

WHAT IS THE GREGORIAN CALANDER 

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IN THIS 90'S ROMANTIC COMEDY, BILL PULLMAN MISTAKENLY ANNOUNCES TO A ROOM FULL OF NEW YEARS EVE PARTIERS THAT SANDRA BULLOCK, WHOM HE BELIEVES IS ENGAGED TO HIS COMATOSE BROTHER, IS PREGRENANT

WHAT IS WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

800

ON OCT 3, 2023 THIS MAN WAS VOTED OUT OF THE ROLL OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CHAMBERS HISTORY

WHO IS KEVEN MCCARTHY

800

STINREULOO

WHAT IS RESOLUTION

800

THIS INFNANTS ONE-PIECE LIGTHWEIGHT GARMET IS MUST FOR NEW PARENTS AS IT HAS FASTENINGS WITH SNAPS AT THE CROTCH OR EASY ACCESS TO CHANGE DIAPERS  

WHAT IS A ONESIE


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THE FIRST KNOWN GEARED CLOCK WAS INVENTED DURING 3RD CENTURY BC, BY THIS GREAT GREEK MATHEMATICIAN, PHSICIST AND ENGINEER WHO ALSO GAVE US PI

WHO IS ARCHIMEDES

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4,000 YEARS AGO IN ANCIENT BABYLON, THE NEW YEAR WAS CELEBRATED ON A DAY IN LATE MARCH WHEN THE FIRST NEW MOON CAME FOLLOWING THE VERNAL EQUINOX ALSO KNOWN AS THE TIME PERIOD WITH THE AMOUNT OF THIS AND DARKNESS WERE EQUAL.

WHAT IS SUNLIGHT

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IN THIS 2006 DISNEY MOVIE, ZAC EFRON AND VENESSA HUDGENS MEET UP AT A SKI LODGE ON NEW YEARS EVE AND SING A DUET CALLED "START SOMETHING NEW" 

WHAT IS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 

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IN JUNE OF 2023, THIS CEO AND FOUNDER OF OCEANGATE WAS KILLED ALONG SIDE 4 OTHER MEN WHEN HIS TITAN SUBMERSIBLE IMPLODDED WHILE ON A VOYAGE TO SEE THE TITANTIC 

WHO IS STOCKTON RUSH 

1000

PAEGCHMAN

WHAT IS CHAMPAGNE

1000

SOME NEWBORN BABIES DEVELOP CRUSTY, YELLOW OR WHITE, SCALEY PATCHES ON THEIR SCALP KNOWN AS THIS CONDITION 

WHAT IS CRADLE CAP

1000

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS USED IN 48 OF THE 50 STATES IN THE US, THESE TWO STATES ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO DO NOT USE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

WHAT ARE ARIZONA AND HAWAII 

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