NEW YEAR, NEW YOU
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION?
TO EXERCISE MORE
COLD, WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE THAT FALLS FROM THE SKY
SNOW
THE FIRST NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP IN TIMES SQUARE WAS IN 1907, TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
THIS BOAT STRUCK AN ICEBERG OFF THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE
TITANIC
THIS FUZZY OBJECT IS USED TO DRY YOUR HANDS
TOWEL
TRUE OR FALSE, JANUARY GETS ITS NAME FROM THE ROMAN GOD JANUS
TRUE. JANUS WAS THE GOD OF DOORS AND GATES
THE HIGHLANDS OF THIS NOVA SCOTIAN ISLAND RECEIVE BETWEEN 300 TO 400 CM OF SNOW EVERY YEAR
CAPE BRETON
PEOPLE EAT HAM AND CABBAGE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY TO ENSURE THIS:
PROSPERITY / GOOD LUCK
HOW AND WHERE SHOULD YOU ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT?
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM
THIS SLOW MOVING REPTILE BEAT A HARE IN A FABLED RACE
TORTOISE
TRUE OR FALSE: CHINESE NEW YEAR HAPPENS BEFORE OUR NEW YEARS.
FALSE. THIS YEAR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR STARTS ON FEBRUARY 17TH
VERY HEAVY STORM THAT CAN HIT THE EAST COAST DURING THE WINTERTIME
NOR'EASTER
"AULD LANG SYNE" ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO THIS PHRASE:
"TIMES GONE BY"
SHIRLEY TEMPLE SANG ABOUT THIS "GOOD SHIP"
LOLLIPOP
THIS PERSON ASSIGNS YOU HOMEWORK
TEACHER
CANADIAN BANDLEADER GUY LOMBARDO POPULARIZED WHICH NEW YEARS' EVE SINGALONG SONG?
AULD LANG SINE
IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE THE:
A) DAY AFTER BOXING DAY
B) SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR
C) HOLIDAY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE CHRISTMAS
B) THE WINTER SOLSTICE IS THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR
THE ANCIENT GREEKS USED AN OLD MAN TO SYMBOLIZE THE NEW YEAR, TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE, THEY STARTED THE TRADITION OF USING A BABY TO SYMBOLIZE THE NEW YEAR
THIS FAMOUS SCHOONER IS DOCKED IN LUNENBERG, NOVA SCOTIA
THIS LARGE, STRIPED FELINE LIVES IN ASIA
TIGER
WHICH ANCIENT CIVILIZATION STARTED THE PRACTICE OF NEW YEARS' RESOLUTIONS?
A) MAYANS
B) NEWFIES
C) BABYLONIANS
C) BABYLONIANS. THEY WOULD MAKE OFFERINGS TO THEIR GODS AND PROMISE TO PAY OFF ANY DEBTS OR RETURN BORROWED ITEMS, OR COMPLETE OTHER OUTSTANDING TASKS
WHAT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE WON A MEDAL AT EVERY WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES?
UNITED STATES
HOW MANY TIMES IS NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATED EACH YEAR?
1, 20, OR 40 TIMES?
40 - THERE ARE 40 TIME ZONES
GORDON LIGHTFOOT SANG ABOUT THIS INFAMOUS SHIPWRECK ON THE GREAT LAKES
EDMUND FITZGERALD
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE SENSES
BONUS: CAN YOU NAME ANY OTHER SENSES?
TASTE OR TOUCH
SIGHT
SMELL
HEARING