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Welcome back, everyone, to Road Trip Trivia. I am your host, Allie Lane. And happy new year. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday celebration and had a great time and a great New Year's Eve. I am ready to get back to hosting Road Trip Trivia. And we are going to start the new year with a New Year's resolutions game. So 10 questions all about New Year's resolutions. Is everybody ready to play? Here comes your trivia game of the day. Question number one, where did the tradition of making New Year's resolutions first begin over 4,000 years ago? Where did the tradition of making New Year's resolutions first begin over 4,000 years ago? Question number two, which ancient civilization made promises to return borrowed objects and pay debts during their New Year's celebrations, a precursor to modern resolutions which ancient civilization made promises to return borrowed objects and pay debts during their new year's celebrations a precursor to modern resolutions question number three approximately what percentage of americans make new year's resolutions each year approximately what percentage of americans make new year's resolutions each year question number four What percentage of people are successful in achieving their New Year's resolutions, according to some surveys? What percentage of people are successful in achieving their New Year's resolutions, according to some surveys? Question number five. According to studies, how many New Year's resolutions fail, meaning the maker does not stick to them? according to studies how many new year's resolutions fail meaning the maker does not stick to them question number six in goal-setting research people are more likely to succeed with resolutions when they are blank and blank in goal-setting research people are more likely to succeed with resolutions when they are blank and blank question number seven what is one of the most common types of New Year's resolutions people make today? What is one of the most common types of New Year's resolutions people make today? Question number eight, around what percentage of people quit their New Year's resolutions by the end of January? Around what percentage of people quit their New Year's resolutions by the end of January? Question number nine, what historical ritual involved making people pledges at the start of the new year for good favor from the gods?

what historical ritual involved making pledges at the start of the new year for good favor from the gods and question number 10 you have a 50 50 chance of getting this one right is true or false true or false people who write down their resolutions are more likely to achieve them than people who don't true or false people who write down their resolutions or more are more likely to achieve them than people who don't is that true or false all right those were your 10 questions now i'm going to repeat them with the answer here we go question number one where did the tradition of making new year's resolutions first begin over 4 000 years ago that was the ancient babylonians question number two which ancient civilization made promises to return borrowed objects and paid debts during their new year's celebrations a precursor to modern resolutions that was babylonians question number three approximately what percentage of americans make new year's resolutions each year approximately 40 percent question number four what percentage of people are successful in achieving their new year's resolutions according to some surveys fewer than

10% are successful. Question number five, according to studies, how many New Year's resolutions fail, meaning the maker does not stick to them? Around 88% fail. Kind of like question number four. Question number six, in goal setting research, people are more likely to succeed with resolutions when they are blank and blank, specific and measurable. Question number seven what is the most common type of new year's resolutions people make today exercise health related goals question number eight around what percentage of people quit their new year's resolution by the end of january 43 question number nine what historical ritual involved making pledges at the start of the new year for good favor from the gods babylonian resolutions tied to the Akatu Festival, spelt A-K-I-T-U. So I hope I pronounced that right. And question number 10, true or false? People who write down their resolutions are more likely to achieve them than people who don't. That is true. Writing down goals increases likelihood of success. Those are your 10 questions for today's game of New Year's Resolutions Trivia. Happy New Year, everyone. If you make a resolution or you don't, it doesn't matter. You are still amazing. So remember that. Thanks for playing. I'm Allie Lane. Until next time, have a wonderful day and...

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