QUESTIONS - 438.2b Happy New Year

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438.2b Happy New Year

438.2.1 If you are celebrating New Year's Day on Jan. 1, which
calendar are you following, Julian or Gregorian?

438.2.2 The date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the
Lunar calendar; on what day does it fall in 2009?

438.2.3 Which holiday is celebrated on the first and second
days of the Jewish month of Tishri?

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factoid: a briefly stated and usually trivial fact

"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788
and set to the tune of a traditional folk song. It is well known in
many English-speaking countries and is often sung to celebrate the
start of the new year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

The song's title can be translated into English literally as "old long
since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago" or "days gone by". The
phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by Robert Ayton
(1570–1638), Allan Ramsay (1686-1757), and James Watson (1711) as well
as older folk songs predating Burns. In his retelling of fairy tales
in the Scots language, Matthew Fitt uses the phrase "In the days of
auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "Once upon a time." In Scots syne
is pronounced like the English word sign.

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===== SCORES =====

Name ~ Score
Andy ~ 14
Arlene ~ 14
Barbara ~ 6
Darlene ~ 8
Druid Queen ~ 8
ELewis ~ 8
PMantis ~ 14
PreyTime ~ 14
SlvrANblak ~ 8
Steve_M ~ 14
Susan L ~ 14
Team Robert ~ 14
YMANGELLOVER ~ 14
Number of Active Players so far this week: ~ 13

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