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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

Which European country traditionally smashes old plates and dishes against friends' doors on New Year's Eve?

Answer

Denmark

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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

In the film New Year's Eve, which city connects the story's intersecting holiday plotlines?

Answer

New York City

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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

Which city stages the famous New Year's Eve ball drop at One Times Square?

Answer

New York City

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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What traditional New Year's Eve song, based on a Scottish poem, is commonly sung at midnight?

Answer

Auld Lang Syne

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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What New Year's Eve event has taken place in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens as part of Hogmanay celebrations?

Answer

Concert in the Gardens

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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

In Spain's New Year's Eve tradition, what food do people eat one piece at each midnight chime?

Answer

Grapes

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• New Year's Eve Celebrations

What is Hogmanay, the traditional Scottish celebration of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day?

Answer

Hogmanay

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

At the 2015 Chinese stock-market crash’s pre-crash peak, what was the Shanghai Composite’s closing level?

Answer

5,166.35

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the lowest closing value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the 1973–1974 stock-market crash?

Answer

577.60

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

In the 2008 global stock-market crash, what percentage did the S&P 500 lose during the calendar year?

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38.5%

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

What was the Nasdaq Composite's record closing level at the peak of the dot-com bubble in March 2000?

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5,048.62

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• World's Stock Market Crashes

On what date did the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffer its famous 12.8% loss during the 1929 Wall Street Crash?

Answer

October 28, 1929

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