Answer: Equator
The sun passes directly over the Earth's equator during an equinox.

Answer: India
Jayme's life actually began as an abandoned infant on the streets of Kolkata, India, but his fortunes changed when he was adopted by an American woman via Mother Teresa's International Mission of Hope.

Answer: September
The autumnal equinox occurs in September and marks the beginning of the Fall season (in the Northern Hemisphere).

Answer: Finland
The 2018 World Happiness Report, which is related to the International Day of Happiness, ranked Finland as the happiest country on Earth followed respectively by Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

Answer: Spring
In the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox marks the first day of Spring. However, in the Southern Hemisphere, this same date is the beginning of Fall.

Answer: Smurfs
The "Small Smurfs Big Goals" campaign was launched in 2017, in which characters from the "Smurfs: the Lost Village" animated feature teamed up with the UN to promote International Happiness Day.

Answer: North
The sun travels northward across the equator (from south to north) during the March equinox, while it does the opposite during its autumnal counterpart.

Answer: March Equinox
Though there are variations, the March equinox generally occurs on 20 March, with International Happiness Day adopting this date due to that event.

Answer: New York
The International Day of Happiness was launched in 2013 by Ndaba Mandela, the late Nelson Mandela's grandson and Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, at the TedXTeen conference in New York City.

Answer: Gross National Happiness
The Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan is responsible for this development - Gross National Happiness - which has been adopted in various countries and cities around the world and laid the foundation for the International Day of Happiness.