Can you name the things dropped on New Years Eve?

Place	Thing
Atlanta, GA
Bethlehem, PA
Dillsburg, PA
Duncannon, PA
Easton, MD
Fayetteville, AR
Flagstaff, AZ
Fredericksburg, VA
Harrisburg, PA
Hershey, PA
Houston, TX
Key West, FL
Lancaster, PA
Lebanon, PA
Manhattan, KS

Place	Thing
Mechanicsburg, PA
Miami, FL
Mobile, AL
New York City, NY
Pensacola, FL
Pittsburgh, PA
Plymouth, WI
Port Clinton, OH
Pottsville, PA
Raleigh, NC
Seattle, WA
Shippensburg, PA
Steelton, PA
Terre Haute, IN
York, PA

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New Years Eve Things Quiz

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Published: January 1st, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: eve, dropped, New Years, thing, place

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	mokos:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 04:29 GMT	0 points
	Omg just happy to get seven!!!!!

	chillicothe20:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 04:35 GMT	4 points
	I said "hershey's kiss" and "chocolate kiss." One of those ought to count.

	springmom:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	1 point
	you left out the gumbo pot that gets dropped in New Orleans! oh, the tragedy!

	Pats4Life:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	12 points
	Apparently no one loves New Years more than Pennsylvania. Really, 13 different drops? Amazing

	buiksloot:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 05:50 GMT	6 points
	lols - either my homestate of PA is even tackier than I thought, or Richard Coble is correct - ;)

	MghtyRoach:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 07:37 GMT	4 points
	We take our winter hollidays very seriously.

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	Nathan Jones:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 10:06 GMT	5 points
	Shouldn't Key West be Florida, not Pennsylvania?

	beckleyman:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 12:58 GMT	0 points
	If you don't like the US slant, submit your own European or World quiz for it. Complaining about it here really isn't going to help you alot.

	Andrew:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 14:13 GMT	3 points
	New Orleans dropped a fleur-de-lis this year, instead of it's traditional gumbo pot.

	davidr:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 15:13 GMT	1 point
	Could somebody explain what on earth this quiz means, as if to a space alien who knows what new year's eve is and understands the ordinary meanings of words?

	marpocky:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	3 points
	You're familiar with the shiny ball dropped in Times Square on NYE? These are things other US cities/towns "drop" in their own local NYE gatherings.

	Krazy Moody:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 17:10 GMT	1 point
	... very odd... but, enjoyable.

	davidr:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 17:18 GMT	0 points
	@Andy B: No, not remotely familiar with it - that's why I asked for an explanation as if to a space alien! Thanks for giving me something Googlable. I have to say, I seriously doubt the much-quoted figure that this event is watched on TV by a billion people. Most of Europe and Africa is asleep when it happens and the event has zero public exposure in the UK.

	saunders:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 17:19 GMT	2 points
	I know Pennsylvania is messed up, but the Key West thing is in Florida, not PA.

	MissInformed:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 17:19 GMT	5 points
	Thanks to davidr for asking the question, and Andy B for answering it, as a UK resident I would have been very confused otherwise...

	davidr:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 17:19 GMT	0 points
	@Lachlan and beckleyman: As per my previous comment, I'm not aware of anywhere outside the U.S. that does this.

	ZacharyTaylor:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	2 points
	wow, i live in pennsylvania and all i got were the ball and the peach.

	Talick:	Jan 1st, 2009 at 22:32 GMT	3 points
	I ran out of answers after ball and star so i just started guessing random things like "bowling ball", "horse" and "bomb" to see if anybody would actually drop them.

	Catherine_F:	Jan 2nd, 2009 at 01:26 GMT	7 points
	Another Brit here, for things dropped on New Year's Eve I was thinking wine glasses and perhaps trousers...but I managed to forge beyond that and score 3!

	Lulu:	Jan 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 GMT	4 points
	As a Brit, I'm quite pleased with my score of 6, mostly by naming random objects. I've never known that any of this happened on New Years Eve!

	vostok2:	Jan 3rd, 2009 at 01:40 GMT	1 point
	I live in Australia, i got 1...

	GJK:	Jan 3rd, 2009 at 03:52 GMT	3 points
	In Falmouth, PA, a goat (stuffed) is traditionally dropped. It is interesting (for 2 minutes) to watch news coverage in PA on New Years Eve just to see all of the strange things we Pennsylvanians drop.

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	bradwell:	Mar 6th, 2009 at 11:47 GMT	2 points
	Strike up the music the band has begun, The Pennsylvania Polka! Pick out your partner and join in the fun, The Pennsylvania Polka! It started in Scranton. It's now number one, It's bound to entertain ya, Everybody has a mania to do the polka from Pennsylvania! I love my goofy homestate

	lullably:	Mar 6th, 2009 at 21:20 GMT	2 points
	I've lived in Pittsburgh my whole life and I've never seen a globe drop anywhere on NYE.

	ZacharyTaylor:	Mar 7th, 2009 at 23:11 GMT	1 point
	i live in pittsburgh too and i have to agree with julie

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	LoveShack:	Apr 8th, 2009 at 15:13 GMT	2 points
	i have no idea what this is about. i only got 3. anyone care to explain what this is?

	universallove:	May 18th, 2009 at 12:44 GMT	1 point
	Yeah when you count down for the new year to begin, people drop these things while you are counting down in order to bring in the new year.

	Anda_Layne:	Jun 20th, 2009 at 23:49 GMT	7 points
	So, "panties" wasn't a suitable answer for any of these. Bummer.

	HtomSirveaux:	Jun 27th, 2009 at 06:43 GMT	0 points
	In Elizabethtown, PA, they drop a giant M&M, Carlisle, PA drops a car, Akron, PA drops a shoe, and Red Lion, PA drops a giant cigar. I must say I was glad to see so many on this list - especially the more unique ones like Lebanon (where they do then eat the bologna), Mechanicsburg, and Dillsburg. Just to confirm the above comment, Falmouth, PA does indeed drop a stuffed goat. I'm actually from Lancaster, PA. We're very proud of our New Years' traditions. Is there nowhere in Idaho that drops a giant potato?

	PoisonSumac:	Jul 7th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT	1 point
	I can't believe more people didn't Marshmallow Peep - is there even anything else in Bethlehem PA other than the Just Born factory?

	darkangel7:	Aug 21st, 2009 at 04:51 GMT	1 point
	My grandparents live near Dillsburg and I've actually seen the pickle. It's pretty sad, they get really into it. I think I've seen the wrench too.

	transitfan:	Dec 8th, 2009 at 01:13 GMT	1 point
	Okay, how do they manage to drop a steamroller?

	lillyss211:	Dec 9th, 2009 at 17:01 GMT	0 points
	i can't BELIEVE steelton, pa is on here!!! my dad is from there, it's like population 3000 i never even thought anybody had ever heard of it! and my uncle's band always plays at the event where they drop that steamroller!

	Kabuterimon:	Jan 16th, 2010 at 07:36 GMT	2 points
	i guessed bologna as a joke for lebanon, awesome

	nymets18:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 02:38 GMT	1 point
	There must be a lot of broken peaches, Peeps, pickles, etc. on New Year's Eve in these places. ;)

	RobR:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 09:25 GMT	3 points
	Bethlehem - manger, Flagstaff - flag, Lancaster - buggy, manhattan - bomb, Mobile - a thingy that hangs from strings, Pittsburgh - passes, Plymouth - rock, Port Clinton - Monica.

	Pogues:	Oct 11th, 2010 at 05:11 GMT	1 point
	13 from my home state, and I get 6....and miss NYC!!!! At least I got my hometown of Lancaster and our neighbor York.