Happy New Year

The New Year was first celebrated...

• 2000 years ago in Babylonia
• 4000 years ago in Babylonia
• 153 years ago in Iraq

The New Year was first celebrated in the month of 

• January
• March
• December

What group of people condemned celebrating the New Year because it wasn't religious?

• Christians 
• Babylonians
• Romans

Popular New Year's resolutions once included

• hunting boars.
• returning farm equipment. 
• attacking enemies. 

In which country is a gong rung to forgive the past year's mistakes? 

• Germany
• Greece
• Japan

In which country do people melt lead to predict the future? 

• Germany
• Greece
• Netherlands

In which country will eating 12 grapes bring 12 months of good luck? 

• Netherlands
• Greece 
• Spain

In which country do people visit each other right after midnight? 

• Scotland
• Greece
• Netherlands

In which country do people get rid of the old year by burning Christmas trees? 

• Scotland
• Greece
• Netherlands

What is a resolution? 

• a law
• a promise
• a holiday