If your days of wild parties are long gone, you might be struggling with coming up with some ingenious ideas on what to do on New Year’s Eve. After all, midnight is well past your usual bedtime, and it’s a real task to stay awake until the fireworks start (and finally end, dang it), and you can finally go to bed. And while there, in fact, are plenty of ideas on what to do on this evening that happens once a year (just like any other evening), here’s our suggestion - a round of New Year’s trivia to keep you awake and alert.
And if you’ve never searched for anything related to New Year’s Eve trivia, you might be pleasantly surprised by the variety of these questions. There are some New Year trivia questions dedicated to celebration traditions from all around the world, a couple on history, and a whole load of questions that are purely for your entertainment. All in all, it would be one well-rounded trivia game if you do decide to play it. Oh, and if you’re concerned whether your knowledge would be sufficient enough to answer these questions, know this - they’re fairly easy New Year’s Eve trivia that shouldn’t cause too much head scratching and uhmmm-ing.
So, are you ready to check out our selection of fun New Year’s trivia questions and answers? Sure you are! Once you’ve skimmed through the questions (or played the game!), rank these New Year’s Eve trivia questions, so the best ones find their way to the top of this list. And lastly, we truly hope this list will contribute to you finally staying awake long enough to see the calendar on your phone turn to the next year.
#7
About how many people watch the Waterford crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop on television each year?
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#8
What Australian city has one of the largest New Year’s celebrations?
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#9
At one minute before midnight in Spain, twelve of what is eaten before the clock strikes for the New Year?
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#10

What was the first year there were fireworks for the New York New Year’s Eve celebration?
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#11
About 360 million glasses of what drink are served in the United States each New Year’s Eve?
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#12
The earliest known New Year’s celebration was 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
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#13
What country celebrate by popping firecrackers (to ward off evil spirits)?
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#14
Many New Year's and Christmas traditions can be traced back to which Pagan holiday?
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#17
In Miami, Florida, how do they mark the arrival of the New Year?
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#18
How many times do Buddhist temples in Japan ring their bells for the New Year?
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#19
Where in the world do men dress up as demons on New Year’s to scare the kids into behaving well?
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#20

Where is it considered to be good luck to wear red underwear on New Year’s?
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