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SONGS FOR NEW YEAR'S
2016 MINUTES OF FAME
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A NEW YEAR'S BABY
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
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This Irish group's 1983 song "New Year's Day" was inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement
Who is U2
100
Guccifer was the handle of a Romanian one of these who bragged about exploiting Hillary Clinton's servers
What is a hacker
100
Squid have 8 arms & 2 of these longer limbs
What are tentacles
100
Turns out New Year's Day in 1752 was a precursor of Flag Day due to her birth in Pennsylvania
Who is Betsy Ross
100
I'll adopt a rescue dog instead of last year's error, taking in this University of Michigan mascot
What is a wolverine
200
This New Year's Eve staple was the Guy Lombardo orchestra's theme song
What is "Auld Lang Syne"
200
Marcelino Proenca was a short-lived news story after trying to "quench" this sporting symbol on its way to Rio in 2016
What is the Olympic flame
200
Once a teacher is granted this, it's hard to dismiss him
What is tenure
200
AuH2O began to flow on Jan. 1, 1909 when this politician was born in Arizona
Who is Barry Goldwater
200
I will journey to this continent to climb some of the Queen Maud Mountains, named for the Queen of Norway
What is Antartica
300
In 1980 this Swedish hit machine of a group wished us "Happy New Year"
Who is ABBA
300
Andrea Leadsom said, I'd be a better U.K. PM because I'm a mother; exit Andrea, enter this new PM
Who is Theresa May
300
During the '90s Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti & Jose Carreras performed together as "The Three" these
What are Tenors
300
This Detroit Tiger, baseball's first Jewish superstar, first came to the plate Jan. 1, 1911
Who is Hank Greenberg
300
I want to be more scholarly: I will critique "The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time" by this physicist
Who is Stephen Hawking
400
This Wilson Pickett No. 1 R&B hit from 1965 will get us closer to the new year
What is "In The Midnight Hour"
400
Mentioned by this Oscars host in 2016, Linda Dunn & her Girl-Scout-cookie-selling prowess got 15 minutes
Who is Chris Rock
400
Papaya contains an enzyme that breaks down connective tissue, so it is often used as one of these for meat
What is a tenderizer
400
Nothing phony about it--this author was a 1919 New Year's New York baby
Who is J.D. Salinger
400
I resolve to lose 50 pounds, like Marie Osmond did using this diet program; Dan Marino lost 22
What is Nurtrisystem
500
Almost 18 million have YouTubed a clip of Zooey Deschanel & Joseph Gordon-Levitt asking this in song about "New Year's Eve"
What is "What Are You Doing on New Year's Eve?"
500
Abigail Fisher lost her case against this state univ. as the Supreme Court okayed its race-conscious admission process
What is the University of Texas at Austin
500
It's the slender part of a vine that often wraps around another plant
What is a tendril
500
Time for "K.P." duty: this Brit who spied within MI6 for the Soviets was born on Jan. 1, 1912, or so we were led to believe
Who is Kim Philby
500
I'm gonna read 100 books, including "Dearie", a biography of this woman who mastered the art of French cooking
Who is Julia Child