- Which animals are all considered to have a birthday on 1 January in the Northern hemisphere, regardless of when they were actually born?
- On New Year’s Day 1945, which Japanese Emperor broadcast a radio address to the people declaring that he was not divine?
- What fruit do Spaniards traditionally attempt to stuff in their mouth while the New Year chimes in?
- In which city do the Australian national cricket team traditionally start a test match on New Year’s Day (though it may also start on January 2 or 3)
- Vienna holds an annual New Year’s Day concert of classical music every year. Works by which family of composers who lived in Vienna are the main focus of this concert?
- What is the name of the Jewish New Year festival, generally celebrated in September or October?
- Where in New York is a 5,000-kilogram, 3.7 metre diameter ball lowered down a pole in the last minute of every year?
- The Euro was introduced on New Year’s Day in which year?
- In Japan, temples of which religion ring a bell 108 times to symbolize all the sins and vices of man?
- Greek restaurants are famous for smashing plates after a meal, but in which European country is the deliberate destruction of crockery on the doorsteps of friends and family a New Year’s tradition?
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- Which animals are all considered to have a birthday on 1 January in the Northern hemisphere, regardless of when they were actually born?
A: Horses
- On New Year’s Day 1945, which Japanese Emperor broadcast a radio address to the people declaring that he was not divine?
A: Hirohito - What fruit do Spaniards traditionally attempt to stuff in their mouth while the New Year chimes in?
A: Grapes - In which city do the Australian national cricket team traditionally start a test match on New Year’s Day (though it may also start on January 2 or 3)
A: Sydney - Vienna holds an annual New Year’s Day concert of classical music every year. Works by which family of composers who lived in Vienna are the main focus of this concert?
A: The Strauss family - What is the name of the Jewish New Year festival, generally celebrated in September or October?
A: Rosh Hashanah - Where in New York is a 5,000-kilogram, 3.7 metre diameter ball lowered down a pole in the last minute of every year?
A: Times Square - The Euro was introduced on New Year’s Day in which year?
A: 1999 - In Japan, temples of which religion ring a bell 108 times to symbolize all the sins and vices of man?
A: Buddhism - Greek restaurants are famous for smashing plates after a meal, but in which European country is the deliberate destruction of crockery on the doorsteps of friends and family a New Year’s tradition?
A: Denmark
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