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