1822
Jean-François Champollion announced the transliteration of the Egyptian scripts inscribed into this stone which bears Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic, Demotic Scripts and Ancient Greek scripts.
Rosetta Stone
This home to the Bronx Bombers began construction
Yankee Stadium
This animal represents the Chinese New Year
Tiger
This singer died in a plane crash on January 1, 1985
Ricky Nelson
Eye colors range from very light blue to dark brown and include combinations such as amber, gray, and hazel. In the US, this is the least common color or combination at 9%.
Green
President
James Monroe
This empire was at its largest extent.
The British Empire
In Roman Numerals
MMXXII
The translation of the title of the song “Auld Lang Syne”
Times gone by
Current most common purebred dog breed in US
Labrador Retriever
This area became an organized territory of the United States
Florida
This hard chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was patented by Christian K. Nelson
Eskimo Pie
The Olympics host city
Beijing
The name of the calendar that is most widely used in the world today and marked January 1 as New Years in 1582
Gregorian Calendar
This land of snow is the largest island in the world
Greenland
This was the original name of the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
“A Visit from St Nicholas”
US President
Harding
This country plans to launch first crewed space flight
India
The date when New Year’s was celebrated in ancient Rome
March 1
Per the 2020 Census, this is the 4th largest US Metropolitan Statistical Area
Dallas-Fort Worth (Arlington)
This region was founded and colonized by the American Colonization Society which sent freed African-American slaves as settlers from the United States to this region to live a better life, based on self-governance, equal opportunity, and freedom.
Liberia
This ship was the first aircraft carrier in the US Navy
The USS Langley
This country plans to phase out the last of its nuclear power plants
Germany
The New Year’s Eve Ball first dropped in Times Square in this year
1907
Each winter in the US, at least 1 septillion ice crystals fall from the sky. A septillion is a one followed by this number of zeros
24