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This iconic object is a symbol of New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, New York City.

What is the Times Square Ball?

100

This river, the longest in the world, flows through 11 countries, including Egypt and Sudan.

What is the Nile?

100

This French dish, made from eggs, cheese, and sometimes ham, is often served in a puff pastry shell.

What is a quiche?

100

On New Year’s Eve in Spain, it’s customary to eat twelve of these, one for each chime of the clock at midnight, to bring good luck for the coming year.

What are grapes?

100

This famous amusement park, home to Mickey Mouse and other iconic characters, is located in Anaheim, California.

What is Disneyland?

200

The Chinese New Year is determined by this calendar, which differs from the Gregorian calendar most of the world uses.

What is the lunar calendar?

200

This city, home to the Colosseum and the Vatican, is often called the Eternal City.

What is Rome?

200

This Italian sauce, made from tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil, is often served with pasta.

What is marinara sauce?

200

This Mexican holiday, celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, honors deceased loved ones with altars, food, and marigolds.

What is Día de los Muertos?

200

This element is the most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere.

What is oxygen?

300

This country is the first in the world to celebrate the New Year due to its location near the International Date Line.

What is Kiribati?

300

This island nation in the Indian Ocean is made up of 26 atolls and is known for its luxury overwater bungalows.

What is the Maldives?

300

This traditional Balkan dish consists of savory pastry filled with cheese, spinach, or minced meat, and is often served as a snack or breakfast.

What is burek?

300

On Halloween night in Ireland, people traditionally celebrate by bobbing for these floating objects.

What are apples?

300

This French Post-Impressionist painter, often called the “father of modern art,” is known for his studies of landscapes and still lifes, including his famous series of paintings of a mountain near his hometown of Aix-en-Provence.

Who is Paul Cézanne?

400

On January 1, 1801, this kingdom was formed when Great Britain and Ireland merged.

What is the United Kingdom?

400

This Scandinavian country is famous for its fjords, the northern lights, and being home to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

What is Norway?

400

This Israeli dish features roasted eggplant mashed with tahini, garlic, lemon, and olive oil, often served as a dip or spread.

What is baba ganoush?

400

During the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, families play this game with a four-sided spinning top, each side marked with a Hebrew letter.

What is dreidel?

400

This philosopher from ancient Greece is known for his method of asking questions to stimulate critical thinking, famously saying, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”

Who is Socrates?

500

Ancient Babylonians celebrated the New Year with a festival called Akitu, which took place during this season.

What is spring?

500

This sea is the saltiest body of water in the world.

What is the Dead Sea?

500

This South Korean dish is made from fermented vegetables, usually napa cabbage, radish, and chili, and is a staple in Korean cuisine.

What is kimchi?

500

In Sweden, during the Christmas season, this unique tradition involves a large straw ____ placed in a public square, and it has become infamous for being repeatedly set on fire.

What is a goat?

500

This principle states that the position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time, leading to a fundamental limit in measurement.

What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?

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