New Year’s Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel. This makes it the world’s most widely observed public holiday, with around 90% of the world’s population having the day off.
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Which of these is the first country to celebrate the New Year?
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New Zealand
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American Samoa
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Fiji
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What is Scotland’s well-known tradition for celebrating New Year called?
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Hogmanay
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According to superstition and tradition in Spain, how many grapes should you eat at midnight on New Year’s Eve to bring good luck for the next year?
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3
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What is traditionally dropped in Times Square, New York City, to celebrate the New Year’s Eve?
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A Star
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1st of January was celebrated as the beginning of a new year for the first time in 153 B.C. after the Romans changed the calendar. What was the reason for this move?
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To honour Roman gods
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So it fell after Christmas
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To coincide with the two highest-ranking positions’ elections
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To use a more precise calendar
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Which former country officially split into two separate nations on New Year’s Day of 1993?
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Yugoslavia
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Serbia and Montenegro
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Germany
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Czechoslovakia
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On New Year’s Day in 1863, which U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation to grant freedom to the slaves in America?
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Abraham Lincoln
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George Washington
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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On 1st January 1804, Haiti gained its independence from which European country?
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Britain
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Chinese New Year is the occasion to celebrate the beginning of which season in China?
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Autumn
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Judiasm
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