Happy New Year!
He questionnaire then from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, it gives you the chance to test your knowledge of key historical events and customs related to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve.
1. What famous presidential document was completed on January 1, 1863?
A. Proclamation of emancipation
B. Great discourse of society
C. Louisiana Purchase Treaty
D. Address of Gettysburg
2. In what year did the first New Year’s Eve Dance fall at midnight in Times Square, New York City?
A. 1902
B. 1907
C. 1911
D. 1913
3. From the first year, it has only been two years since the ball was dropped. What were those years and what was the reason?
A. 1915 and 1916 due to World War I.
B. 1929 and 1930 due to the Great Depression
C. 1942 and 1943 due to World War II
D. 2001 and 2002 due to 9/11
4. What historical figure is attributed to say: “Be at war with your vices, be at peace with your neighbors, and may each year you find a better man.”
A. Samuel Adams
B. William Penn
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Thomas Jefferson
5. Which former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was born on January 1st?
A. Robert Mueller
BJ Edgar Hoover
C. Stanley Finch
D. Louis Patrick Gray
6. What important place in New York opened on January 1, 1892?
A. Statue of Liberty
B. Empire State Building
C. Grand Central Station
D. Ellis Island
7. The term “United Nations” was coined on January 1 by which president and in what year?
A. Herbert Hoover in 1933
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942
C. Harry S. Truman in 1945
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954
8. What force of special military operations existed on January 1, 1962?
A. SEALS of the Navy
B. Army Rangers
C. Green Berets
D. Marine Raiders
9. Which of the following college football “bowls” on New Year’s Day are the oldest of the bowling games?
A. Sucera
B. Citrus bowl
C. Rose Bowl
D. Outback Bowl
10. Which song is most associated with the sound of the new year?
A. “Bottom up”
B. “What do you do on New Year’s Eve?”
C. “Let’s start the new year well”
D. “Auld Lang Syne”
Answers: 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-C, 5-B, 6-D, 7-B, 8-A, 9-C, 10-D