Kaohsiung

Seoul

1. Under which calendar is New Year's Day Jan. 1?

A. Julian Calendar

C. Jewish CalendarD. Chinese CalendarE. All of the above

B. Gregorian Calendar

2. What calendar determines the date of the Chinese New Year?

B. SolarC. ChineseD. Zen

A. Lunar

3. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the new year for what religion?

A. MuslimB. ChristianC. BuddhistD. Jewish

4. Kwanzaa is a seven-day holiday that begins Dec. 26 and extends through Jan. 1. What does the word mean in Swahili?

B. First peopleC. First daysD. First dance

A. First fruits

5. In the Middle Ages most European countries used the Julian calendar, so they observed New Year's Day when?A. Feb. 14th

C. April 1stD. May 21st

B. March 25th

6. The name January is derived from the Roman god Janus. What is he the god of?

A. Wine and grapesB. Babies and childbirthC. Clocks and calendarsD. Gates and doors

7. When to the practioners of Tibetan Buddhism celebrate New Year's?

A. NeverB. January

D. MarchC. February

8. The Roman New Year festival was called the Calends, and people decorated their homes and gave each other gifts. In early times, the ancient Romans gave each other New Year's gifts of branches from sacred trees. Later they gave small items, such as nuts or coins, imprinted with pictures of what God?

A. Julius CaesarB. Jesus Christ

D. Zeus

C. Janus

9. What New Year's gift did ancient Persians give?

A. Money

C. CakesD. Rugs

B. Eggs

10. In ancient Egypt what event dictated the timing of New Year's celebrations?A. Pharaoh's birthday

C. Solar eclipseD. Exact alignment of stars with Great Pyramid

B. Flooding of Nile

New Year Resolutions

1. Floss my teeth everyday!

2.Improve my posture!

3.Reply to all e-mails straight away!

4.Go to all FC Seoul games!

What would yours be?