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Times Square
100

Where is the ball drop located?

What is new york.

100

What year is it going to be?

What is 2024.

100

What beverage is most popular to drink at midnight on new years?

What is champagne. 

100

What was used in times square before the ball drop?

What are fireworks.

200

Where is the rose paradelocated?

What is Pasadena, California.

200

Which of the following is NOT eaten as a god luck tradition, lentils, suckling pigs, noodles, or almonds?

What is almonds.

200

In Spain how many grapes are eaten at midnight to symbolize good luck?

What is 12. One to represent each month.
200

What year did the ball drop start?

a) 1935

b) 1879

c) 1907

d) 1924

c) 1907

300

Which is the last country to reach the new year?

What is the united states. 

300

Why did the ball not drop in times square in 1942 and 1943?

World War II.

300

In Miami, what fruit drops instead of a ball?

What is an orange.

300

How many tons of trash is left in times square after new years eve?

What is 50 tons.

400

What country does not celebrate the new year on January 1st?

What is Israel. 

400

4,000 years ago what city was the first to start the tradition of celebrating the new year?

What is the city of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia.

400

What breakable item do people in Denmark throw to celebrate the new year?

What are plates.

400

What song is sung in times square after the ball drops?

What is Auld Lang Syne.

500

Which country is the first place to celebrate the new years?

What is Kiritimati Island, which is part of the Republic of Kiribati.

500

What holiday is the most popular day for car theft?

What is new years day.

500

Name one of the two animals not to eat on new years for bad luck?

What are lobster and chicken.

500

How much does the times square ball weigh in pounds?

a) 11,875 

b) 52,365

c) 29,125

a) 11,875 pounds