If you are visiting a neighbour's house on New Year's Day in Scotland, what DON'T you need to bring with you?
a bottle of whisky
shortbread
a piece of coal
flowers
At New Year in Chile, families remember their dead relatives by ____
decorating their graves with flowers
sleeping next to them in a cemetery
lighting candles and singing traditional songs
setting off fireworks and wearing brightly-coloured clothes
In Austria, ______ are believed to be lucky, so it's traditional to eat ___ made from chocolate or marzipan.
pigs
cats
rabbits
chickens
If you eat beans at New Year in Argentina, you will _________.
find a better job
find your soulmate
have an accident
move house
In Italy, wearing ____ on New Year's Eve is believed to bring love and good luck for the following year.
red gloves
a red scarf
red underwear
red shoes
People in Brazil throw ______ into the ocean, so that the Goddess of the Ocean will make their wishes come true.
white flowers
grapes
paper boats
coins
In South Africa, people celebrate by throwing ______ out the windows of their house.
old clothes
chicken soup
tomatoes
furniture and household appliances
On New Year's Day in Switzerland, it is traditional to drop ____ on the floor to bring good luck for the year.
a fried egg
a handful of rice
a spoonful of cream
mashed potato
In Ireland at New Year, you should hit _______ on the wall of your house to keep the evil spirits away.
an umbrella
a dead fish
a hammer
bread
Buddhist temples across Japan celebrate the new year by ringing bells ______ times.
508
58
108
1008
Every year, thousands of people travel to ________ to watch the New Year Ball drop.
Tokyo
Singapore
London
New York
In the Czech Republic, if you want to predict what will happen in the coming year you should cut _____ in half and look inside.
a pear
a cabbage
an apple
a potato
If you visit Colombia at New Year, you will see people carrying _______, to make sure that they travel a lot in the following year.
a suitcase
a pair of new shoes
a toy car
a passport
In Greece, you should hang _______ outside your door to bring good luck for the new year.
family photographs
a wooden cross
an onion
a bunch of flowers
At New Year in China, people paint their front doors ____ to bring happiness and prosperity.
red
blue
white
yellow
In Denmark, you should _____ on your neighbour's doorstep to wish them good luck for the new year.
break eggs
spray water
smash plates
throw flowers
New Year's Eve in Scotland is also known as ________
Pogmanay
Logmanay
Hogmanay
Frogmanay
Farmers in Romania try to _________ their animals at New Year. If they are successful, they will have a good year.
lift up
talk to
ride on
dance with