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Round 1
The Countdown
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In New York's Times Square, this object is lowered to mark midnight.
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The long-running TV special hosting the Times Square countdown was created by this 'American Bandstand' host.
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At midnight, crowds count down from this number to ring in the new year.
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In many towns, church ___ are rung at the stroke of midnight to 'ring in' the new year.
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The Times Square ball is now covered in thousands of these triangular glass panels made by Waterford.
Resolutions
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Many resolve to save more of this in the new year.
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A New Year's promise to improve yourself is called a New Year's this.
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Studies suggest most resolutions are abandoned by this month.
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This most common fitness resolution sends many people to sign up here in January.
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Ancient people who first made resolutions were these Mesopotamians, promising their gods to repay debts.
Around the World
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In Scotland, the New Year celebration is called this.
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New Year's Eve is celebrated on this date every year.
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In Spain, people eat twelve of these fruits at midnight, one per chime.
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In Brazil, revelers wear this color for peace and jump seven waves at the beach for luck.
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This city, being one of the first major cities to celebrate, is famous for its harbor bridge fireworks.
Party Time
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This midnight display lights up the sky over cities like London and Sydney.
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This bubbly wine is the traditional toast drink at midnight.
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These small shiny pieces of paper are thrown into the air in celebration.
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Party guests wear these paper cone headpieces and blow noisemakers.
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It's a tradition to share one of these with a loved one at the stroke of midnight.
Calendar Facts
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January 1 is the first day of this.
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The month January is named for this two-faced Roman god of beginnings.
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Every four years, an extra day is added to February in this kind of year.
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The Chinese New Year, on a different date, assigns each year one of these twelve zodiac symbols.
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The calendar most of the world uses today, introduced in 1582, is named for this pope.
Songs & Screen
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This Prince song, about partying like it's the end of a century, is a New Year's Eve staple.
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This 1989 Rob Reiner romantic comedy ends with its male lead racing to profess his love at a New Year's Eve party.
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The 2011 romantic-comedy ensemble film named for the holiday is titled this.
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Driven by a distinctive bassline and piano, this 1983 hit by an Irish rock band was inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement.
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Ella Fitzgerald is famously known for asking this specific question regarding plans for the holiday in her classic seasonal recording.
Double Jeopardy
The Countdown
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In 1957, this radio and TV personality is credited with leading the first televised countdown in Times Square.
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While now a joyous ritual, televised countdowns to midnight were preceded by public anxiety regarding these dangerous displays during the Cold War.
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Before the Times Square tradition, 19th-century maritime navigators used these devices to synchronize time, which inspired the later New Year's ball drop.
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This clock, symbolic of global catastrophe, has been part of our collective consciousness since 1947, preceding the popularizing of NYE countdowns.
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Historians note that before the 20th century, New Year celebrations focused on the calendar day, but the 1960s saw a shift toward this type of temporal precision.
Resolutions
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Though popular today, the practice of making New Year's promises underwent a transition from a religious act of Akitu to a modern focus on this.
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Often called 'Quitter's Day', this specific date in January is statistically when many people abandon their annual goals.
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The 12-day festival Akitu, where inhabitants of this ancient region first made promises of repayment to their gods, occurred in the spring.
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While nearly half of adults set them, statistics show that only this low single-digit percentage of people successfully keep their resolutions all year long.
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Psychologists note that resolutions often fail because individuals set goals that are this, meaning they are far beyond what a person can reasonably achieve.
Around the World
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In this country, a classic British comedy sketch titled 'Dinner for One' has become a mandatory and peculiar viewing tradition.
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To purge earthly desires, Buddhist temples in this nation strike their bells 108 times at the end of the year.
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To manifest a year of travel, people in this South American nation take an empty suitcase for a quick run around the block.
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In this European country, revelers leap off chairs at the stroke of midnight to literally jump into the new year with luck.
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The practice of 'first footing' in Scotland traditionally favors the arrival of a tall, dark-haired man who brings gifts like coal, salt, or this.
Party Time
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While often associated with New Year's Eve, the origin of the 'midnight kiss' tradition is ironically shrouded in this.
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In 1938, the history of White House New Year's Eve parties was enlivened when two teenagers managed to crash the celebration held by this president.
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In addition to confetti and noisemakers, this sparkly handheld item is commonly used during outdoor New Year's Eve festivities to light up the night.
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Some cultures believe that eating these circular-shaped foods at midnight brings prosperity because they resemble coins.
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In the United States, New Year's Eve is not classified as this, meaning many workers do not get the following day off by default.
Calendar Facts
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The Roman god Janus, the namesake of January, was traditionally depicted with these two features to symbolize looking at the past and future.
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Ancient Babylonians based their new year celebration on this lunar event occurring after the Vernal Equinox.
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Julius Caesar consulted astronomers to create the Julian calendar in this year BCE, which established the 365-day year and the inclusion of leap days.
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The current standard calendar is named after this pope who introduced it in 1582 to correct the drift of the previous system.
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Before the current calendar became global, England and its colonies did not move the start of the year to January 1 until this year in the 18th century.
Songs & Screen
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The 2011 ensemble film 'New Year's Eve' was directed by this filmmaker, who was also known for 'Pretty Woman' and 'Valentine's Day'.
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The track '2012 (It Ain't The End)' by this rapper featuring Jay Sean was included on the soundtrack for the 2011 'New Year's Eve' film.
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In the 1950 Billy Wilder classic 'Sunset Boulevard', the fading silent film star throws a lonely, extravagant New Year's Eve party for this man.
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This R&B singer, known for the hit 'Please Come Home for Christmas', provided the quintessential New Year's track 'Bringing In A Brand New Year'.
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Jon Bon Jovi appears in the 2011 'New Year's Eve' film, where his character performs this Otis Redding song alongside Lea Michele.
Final Jeopardy · Ringing It In
This poem by Robert Burns, whose title translates to 'old long since,' is sung worldwide at the stroke of midnight.
