New Year's Day

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Calarogus Shark Media. Welcome trivia enthusiasts. It's journey Joe Mitchell here with your

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daily dose of brain teasers on five
daily trivia questions. As we welcome the

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new year, let's explore some fun
and interesting facts about New Year's Day and

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its celebrations around the world. Are
you ready to kick off your year with

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some festive trivia? Let's start the
celebration. Question one? In which city

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is the famous New Year's Eve ball
drop held annually in Times Square? Question

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two? What traditional item is often
eaten in Spain at midnight on New Year's

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Eve for good luck? Question three? In Scotland? What is the New

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Year's Eve celebration known for its unique
customs and large public gatherings called Question four?

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What traditional song originally a Scots language
poem written by Robert Burns in seventeen

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eighty eight, is commonly sung at
the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve

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in many English speaking countries? Question
five? In Japan, what is the

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name of the traditional New Year decoration
made of pine, bamboo and plum tree

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branches. Take a minute to ponder
those questions, and I'll be right back

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with the answers. Welcome back.
Let's reveal the answers to our New Year's

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Day trivia along with some interesting facts. Question one was in which city is

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the famous New Year's Eve ball drop
held? Answer? New York City.

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Fun fact. The Times Square ball
drop has been a tradition since nineteen oh

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seven and is watched by millions around
the world each year. Question two asked

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what traditional item is eaten in Spain
at midnight on New Year's Eve for good

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luck? Answer grapes fun fact.
Eating twelve grapes at midnight one for each

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chime of the clock is supposed to
bring luck for each month of the coming

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year. Question three was in Scotland, what is the New Year's Eve celebration

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called answer hogman a fun fact.
Hogmanay is famous for its tradition of first

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footing, where the first person to
enter a home after midnight brings gifts for

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good luck. Question four queried what
traditional song is commonly sung at midnight on

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New Year's Eve? Answer ald Lang
Sign fun fact. Ald Lang Sign is

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often sung to bid farewell to the
old year at the stroke of midnight and

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welcome the new year. And question
five was in Japan, what is the

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name of the traditional New year decoration
answer Katamatsu. Fun fact. Katamatsu is

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meant to welcome ancestral spirits or comi
of the harvest, and is placed in

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pairs in front of homes. Thanks
for joining me journey Joe Mitchell on five

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daily trivia questions. May your new
year be filled with joy, learning,

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and lots of trivia. Join me
again tomorrow for more exciting questions and fun facts.