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New Year's Eve Trivia Questions: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. In Spain, what do people traditionally eat one at a time with each chime at midnight on New Year's Eve?

    1. Grapes
    2. Cherries
    3. Olives
    4. Almonds

  2. The Times Square ball drop was started by the owner of which newspaper, which also gave the square its name?

    1. The New York Times
    2. The Daily News
    3. The New York Post
    4. The Wall Street Journal

  3. What do Scots call their New Year's Eve celebrations?

    1. Ceilidh
    2. Burns Night
    3. Hogmanay
    4. Beltane

  4. In the American South, which dish of black-eyed peas and rice is eaten on New Year's Day for luck?

    1. Dirty rice
    2. Red beans and rice
    3. Jambalaya
    4. Hoppin' John

  5. The words to "Auld Lang Syne," sung at midnight around the world, are usually credited to which poet?

    1. William Wordsworth
    2. Walter Scott
    3. Lord Byron
    4. Robert Burns

  6. In what year did the first New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square take place?

    1. 1945
    2. 1907
    3. 1885
    4. 1925

  7. In Denmark, what do people traditionally smash against friends' front doors on New Year's Eve?

    1. Pumpkins
    2. Old plates and dishes
    3. Eggs
    4. Glass bottles

  8. The calendar most of the world uses today is named after which pope?

    1. Julius II
    2. Clement VII
    3. Leo X
    4. Gregory XIII

  9. In the earliest Roman calendar, which month began the year?

    1. March
    2. October
    3. January
    4. April

  10. Which Pacific nation's Line Islands use UTC+14, putting them among the very first places to ring in the new year?

    1. Tuvalu
    2. Kiribati
    3. Palau
    4. Fiji

Answer key

  1. Grapes (A)

    Crowds in Madrid gather at the Puerta del Sol, where the big clock's chimes set the pace.

  2. The New York Times (A)

    The area was called Longacre Square until the paper moved into its new tower there in 1904.

  3. Hogmanay (C)

    By the custom of first-footing, the first visitor after midnight is said to bring the household's luck.

  4. Hoppin' John (D)

    It is often served with collard greens, said to bring money in the year ahead.

  5. Robert Burns (D)

    The Scots title roughly means "old long since," or days gone by.

  6. 1907 (B)

    The first ball was made of iron and wood and lit by 100 incandescent bulbs.

  7. Old plates and dishes (B)

    Danes also leap off chairs at the stroke of midnight to jump into the new year.

  8. Gregory XIII (D)

    It was introduced in 1582 to fix the slow drift of the older Julian calendar.

  9. March (A)

    That's why September through December carry Latin names meaning seven through ten.

  10. Kiribati (B)

    Kiribati moved the International Date Line at the end of 1994 so all its islands share the same calendar day.

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