This board helps players review New Year through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Countdown Customs, Global New Year, Party Pop Culture, History & Calendars, Midnight Madness. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
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This New York City landmark is famous for its midnight ball drop.
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Times Square
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This country is one of the first major nations to welcome the new year because of its time zone.
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New Zealand
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This TV host was long associated with New Year's Rockin' Eve before Ryan Seacrest took over.
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Dick Clark
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This calendar is the one most widely used internationally today.
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Gregorian calendar
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This item is often blown loudly when the clock strikes twelve.
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Noisemaker
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Board content
Countdown Customs
- $100 — This New York City landmark is famous for its midnight ball drop.
- Times Square
- $200 — This song is traditionally sung at midnight to say farewell to the old year.
- Auld Lang Syne
- $300 — This sparkling drink is commonly popped open for New Year's toasts.
- Champagne
- $400 — This tradition involves setting personal goals for the year ahead.
- New Year's resolution
- $500 — In Spain, eating twelve of these at midnight is said to bring luck for each month.
- Grapes
Global New Year
- $100 — This country is one of the first major nations to welcome the new year because of its time zone.
- New Zealand
- $200 — This Australian city is famous for massive New Year's fireworks over its harbor.
- Sydney
- $300 — This lunar-calendar celebration is also called Spring Festival in China.
- Chinese New Year
- $400 — This Scottish New Year celebration includes first-footing traditions.
- Hogmanay
- $500 — This Thai New Year festival is famous for huge public water fights.
- Songkran
Party Pop Culture
- $100 — This TV host was long associated with New Year's Rockin' Eve before Ryan Seacrest took over.
- Dick Clark
- $200 — This pop star's 'New Year's Day' appeared on the album Reputation.
- Taylor Swift
- $300 — This 2011 ensemble film followed multiple New Yorkers on December 31.
- New Year's Eve
- $400 — This Prince song tells listeners to party like the year before 2000.
- 1999
- $500 — This U2 song shares its title with the first day of January.
- New Year's Day
History & Calendars
- $100 — This calendar is the one most widely used internationally today.
- Gregorian calendar
- $200 — This Roman god with two faces inspired the name of January.
- Janus
- $300 — This earlier Roman calendar reform gives us the term Julian calendar.
- Julius Caesar
- $400 — This extra day is added to February in most leap years.
- February 29
- $500 — This 1752 British calendar change famously skipped eleven dates in September.
- Gregorian adoption
Midnight Madness
- $100 — This item is often blown loudly when the clock strikes twelve.
- Noisemaker
- $200 — This paper decoration is thrown in the air at many New Year's parties.
- Confetti
- $300 — This phrase is commonly shouted right after the countdown ends.
- Happy New Year
- $400 — This New Year's swim tradition involves jumping into cold water in winter.
- Polar plunge
- $500 — This Southern U.S. dish of black-eyed peas and rice is eaten for New Year's luck.
- Hoppin' John
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