Speaker 1: Welcome back everyone to road Trip Trivia. I am your host,
Ali 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 ten 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 four thousand years ago? Where
did the tradition of making New Year's resolutions first begin
over four thousand years ago? Question number two? Which ancient
civilization made promises to return b road 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 ten, you
have a fifty fifty 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 are more likely to achieve them than
people who don't. Is that true or false? All right?
Those are your ten 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 four thousand years ago? That was the ancient Babylonians.
Question number two, which ancient civilization made promises to return
bored objects and pay 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 forty percent. Question number four? What percentage of people
are successful in achieving their New Year's resolutions? According to
some surveys, fewer than ten percent are successful. Question number five,
According to studies, how many New Year's resolutions fail meaning
the maker does not stick to them? Around eighty eight
percent 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?
Forty three percent? 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 spelled aki tu so I hope I pronounce
that right? And question number ten 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 ten questions
for today's game up 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 Ali Lane. Until next time, have
a wonderful day and