New Year's Traditions Around the World Quiz

In which country do people celebrate the New Year with a 3-day water fight festival in April?

• Thailand

• Spain

• Ireland

• Denmark

What do people in Spain traditionally eat at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve?

• Cabbage

• Grapes

• Bread

• Black-eyed peas

What do Finnish people do with molten tin on New Year's Day?

• Pour it into cold water

• Drink it

• Cook with it

• Throw it at friends

In which country do people smack hard bread against the wall on New Year's Day to ward off bad luck?

• Spain

• Thailand

• Ireland

• Denmark

What do people in Denmark do with their chipped China on New Year's Day?

• Throw it at friends' doors

• Bury it in the ground

• Donate it to charity

• Use it for decoration

What do people in Siberia do with decorated fir trees on New Year's Day?

• Set them on fire

• Decorate them with lights

• Plant them in the ground

• Throw them in the lake

In which country do people spend New Year's Eve in graveyards with their deceased loved ones?

• Russia

• Ireland

• Thailand

• Estonia

Where do tens of thousands of people gather for a collective New Year's Eve kiss at midnight?

• Paris

• London

• New York City

• Venice

How many meals are considered the luckiest to eat on New Year's Day in Estonia?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

In which US state do they lower a possum from the roof of a store at midnight on New Year's Eve?

• Texas

• North Carolina

• California

• Florida