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New Year's Trivia

Holiday parties & family · Medium · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review New Year through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Countdown Customs, Global New Year, Party Pop Culture, History & Calendars, Midnight Madness. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Countdown Customs

    This New York City landmark is famous for its midnight ball drop.

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    Times Square

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  • Global New Year

    This country is one of the first major nations to welcome the new year because of its time zone.

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    New Zealand

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  • Party Pop Culture

    This TV host was long associated with New Year's Rockin' Eve before Ryan Seacrest took over.

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    Dick Clark

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  • History & Calendars

    This calendar is the one most widely used internationally today.

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    Gregorian calendar

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  • Midnight Madness

    This item is often blown loudly when the clock strikes twelve.

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    Noisemaker

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Countdown Customs

$100 — This New York City landmark is famous for its midnight ball drop.
Times Square
$200 — This song is traditionally sung at midnight to say farewell to the old year.
Auld Lang Syne
$300 — This sparkling drink is commonly popped open for New Year's toasts.
Champagne
$400 — This tradition involves setting personal goals for the year ahead.
New Year's resolution
$500 — In Spain, eating twelve of these at midnight is said to bring luck for each month.
Grapes

Global New Year

$100 — This country is one of the first major nations to welcome the new year because of its time zone.
New Zealand
$200 — This Australian city is famous for massive New Year's fireworks over its harbor.
Sydney
$300 — This lunar-calendar celebration is also called Spring Festival in China.
Chinese New Year
$400 — This Scottish New Year celebration includes first-footing traditions.
Hogmanay
$500 — This Thai New Year festival is famous for huge public water fights.
Songkran

Party Pop Culture

$100 — This TV host was long associated with New Year's Rockin' Eve before Ryan Seacrest took over.
Dick Clark
$200 — This pop star's 'New Year's Day' appeared on the album Reputation.
Taylor Swift
$300 — This 2011 ensemble film followed multiple New Yorkers on December 31.
New Year's Eve
$400 — This Prince song tells listeners to party like the year before 2000.
1999
$500 — This U2 song shares its title with the first day of January.
New Year's Day

History & Calendars

$100 — This calendar is the one most widely used internationally today.
Gregorian calendar
$200 — This Roman god with two faces inspired the name of January.
Janus
$300 — This earlier Roman calendar reform gives us the term Julian calendar.
Julius Caesar
$400 — This extra day is added to February in most leap years.
February 29
$500 — This 1752 British calendar change famously skipped eleven dates in September.
Gregorian adoption

Midnight Madness

$100 — This item is often blown loudly when the clock strikes twelve.
Noisemaker
$200 — This paper decoration is thrown in the air at many New Year's parties.
Confetti
$300 — This phrase is commonly shouted right after the countdown ends.
Happy New Year
$400 — This New Year's swim tradition involves jumping into cold water in winter.
Polar plunge
$500 — This Southern U.S. dish of black-eyed peas and rice is eaten for New Year's luck.
Hoppin' John

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