New Years Trivia
The place that New Years Day holds in the ranking of America's favorite holidays.
What is 6th place?
The top 5 are:
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Halloween
Easter
Mother's Day
https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/48626-which-holidays-do-americans-enjoy-most-and-least
The number of years that the Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for.
What is four years?
What is April 14?
How old Former President Jimmy Carter was when he died.
What is 100 years old?
The most expensive spice in the world.
What is saffron?
The percentage of New Years resolutions that fail by February.
What is 80%?
23% quit by the end of the week, and 43% quit by the end of January.
https://fisher.osu.edu/blogs/leadreadtoday/why-most-new-years-resolutions-fail
The airline that went bankrupt last month.
Bonus: The only other airline to go bankrupt this year.
What is Spirit Airlines?
Bonus: What is Silver Airways?
The date of the Lunar New Year in 2025.
What is Jan. 29?
An ex-NFL player known for a famous 90's court case.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
The number of districts there are in Sri Lanka.
What is 25?
The most common New Years Resolution this year in the US.
What is "saving more money"?
The top 5 were:
Saving more money 26%
Improving physical health 22%
Exercising more 22%
Being happy 22%
Eating healthier 20%
https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/New_Year_s_Resolutions_poll_results_Hqr5hDT.pdf
The number of felony counts that President Trump was convicted of this year.
What is 34?
What the Spanish eat during midnight of New Years Eve.
What are twelve green grapes?
The talent show at which Liam Payne initially helped form One Direction.
What is "The X-Factor"?
The number of countries that have never been invaded by Britain.
What is 22?
The two years in which the Times Square Ball not drop.
What is 1942 and 1943?
This was due to the wartime "dimout" of lights in New York City.
The Nobel Prize that was awarded to AI research this year, causing controversy.
What is The Nobel Prize in Physics?
The fruit that is often associated with New Years Eve celebrations in the Phillipines.
What are Round Fruits?
The Nobel Prize winning physicist that theorized a particle nicknamed "The God Particle".
Who is Peter Higgs?
The name for getting three strikes in a row in bowling.
What is a Turkey?
The first people to make New Years resolutions.
Who were the Babylonians?
The Babylonians celebrated the new year during the spring equinox, which marked the beginning of agricultural activities, and made resolutions as pledges to the gods.
The number of hours that Taylor Swift performed on stage during the Eras tour.
What is 484 hours?
The food that Japanese people eat on New Years to guarentee a long life.
What are Long Noodles?
The plane model and airline that crashed two days ago, killing 179.
What is "Korean Airlines Boeing 747"?
The character that both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch have played.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?