History of New Year's Eve
People in this country eat 12 grapes at midnight.
What is Spain?
The meteorological first day of winter.
What is December 1st?
The first people to make New Year’s resolutions.
Who were the Babylonians?
Country where time balls were first used in the early 1800s.
What is England?
Our team is named after a college or university.
What is the Drexel Dragons?
The 11-day festival celebrated by the Babylonians.
What is Akitu?
During the winter solstice, the sun follows this kind of path in the sky.
What is a low path?
Babylonians promised to pay debts and return these.
What are borrowed items?
In Greece, families bake a pie containing this for good luck.
What is a coin?
This core teacher's room number is an odd number.
Who is Mrs. Katz (225)?
The calendar created by Julius Caesar.
What is the Julian calendar?
This group says winter can start on December 1 or December 21.
What is Farmer’s Almanac?
The month when the Babylonians started the new year.
What is March?
The first Times Square ball drop took place in this year.
What is 1907?
Mr. Kleffman and Mrs. Katz both have their birthday in December(the 22nd!)
This TikTok trend can represent Mr. Wilson & Mr. Gumula's birthday months.
What is 6-7! (June- July)
The hidden nut in rice pudding brings this many months of luck.
What is 12 months ?
Winter solstice is considered the first day of winter by this science.
What is Astronomy?
The god Janus could look in these two directions.
What is the past and future?
The New York Times company built the first ball because this activity was outlawed in 1907.
What is fireworks?
This is the number of students on team Dragons
What is 128?
The natural event that caused Egypt’s new year to begin.
What is flooding of the Nile River?
The Earth reaches its maximum tilt during this event.
What is the Winter solstice?
The year the Romans started celebrating January 1 as the new year.
What is 46 BC/BCE?
The ball is made of iron and wood and weighs this much.
What is 700 pounds?
The kind of dog Mr. Kleffman has AND the name of Mr. Wilson's cat is.
An English Bulldog and Nugget