NYE Crossword 2024

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  1. 2. For which religion does Rosh Hashana mark the beginning of the New Year? (7)
  2. 6. In Brazil, the New Year marks the start of which season? (6)
  3. 7. Each New Year's Eve in Finland, a German comedy sketch is shown. It's called "___ For One" (6)
  4. 10. New Years' Day is also the celebration of St Basil in which European country? (6)
  5. 11. The year we're going into; a quarter of a century (10)
  6. 12. On New Years' Eve in 1983, the country of Brunei gained independence from who? (7)
  7. 15. What instrument is pivotal to a New Year's celebration in Indonesia? (7)
  8. 16. The Babylonian New Year began with the first new moon after which season? (6)
  9. 18. The tradition of fireworks on NYE began in which country? (5)
  10. 21. Which country gained independence on the 1st January 1803? (5)
  11. 22. From which Roman God does January get its name? (5)
  12. 24. In the Chinese calendar, 2024 is the year of which animal? (5)
  13. 26. The calendar the Chinese New Year is based around (5)
  14. 27. What fruit is dropped to signify the New Year in Miami, Florida? (6)
  15. 28. Which Asian country rings their Buddhist temple bells 108 times to welcome in the New Year? (5)
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  1. 1. 360 million glasses of which drink is served is USA each NYE? (9)
  2. 3. An old Sicilian tradition states that good luck comes to those who eat what on New Years' Day? (7)
  3. 4. What is the French term for "Happy New Year"? (two words, 5,5)
  4. 5. Two animals are considered back luck to eat on NYE because they can walk backwards. Name the other. (Hint: Marine Crustacean) (7)
  5. 8. What is the diameter (in feet) of the Times’ Square New Years’ Eve Ball? (6)
  6. 9. During which month did the Romans celebrate NYE? (5)
  7. 13. Norwegians make rice pudding at New Years'; what to they hide in it which guarantees wealth to the person who finds it? (7)
  8. 14. Which Roman Emperor was the first to declare New Years’ Day a holiday? (two words, 6,6)
  9. 17. 12 of which fruit is eaten in Spain for good luck before the clock strikes midnight? (5)
  10. 18. Two animals are considered back luck to eat on NYE because they can walk backwards. Name one. (Hint: Bird) (7)
  11. 19. The earliest known NYE celebration was held in Mesopotamia. How many thousands of years ago was it? (4)
  12. 20. In Thailand, a three-day event is held to mark the Buddhists' celebration of the New Year. What element are they celebrating? (5)
  13. 23. On New Years' Day in Japan, children receive Otoshidamas, which are small gifts with what inside? (5)
  14. 25. In Jewish tradition, which food is used to symbolise a sweet New Year? (5)
  15. 26. In Austria and Germany, a metal is poured into a bowl of water and the shapes this produces predict what is going to happen in the New Year. What metal is used? (4)