The “work hard, play hard” attitude of Americans is well-known. We log 1,789 hours annually on average. Many of us, meanwhile, do not stay up on New Year’s Eve to witness the ball drop despite our play-hard mindset. While more than half will spend the evening at home, less than one-third of Americans intend to either attend or throw a New Year’s Eve party.
Here are some interesting New Year’s trivia questions and factoids to challenge the brain and ring in 2025, whether your plans call for a night on the couch with family or celebrating into the early hours with other partygoers.
Trivia Questions and Answers for New Years
Nation to observe the New Year: which one?
Kiribati, the island nation, ranks first among the five because of its location on the International Date Line.
What is the name of the customary Scottish song sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve?
Auld Lang Syne, translocated as “old long since” or “for old time’s sake,”
The most often used New Year’s resolution is what?
Response: Health, fitness, or goals connected to diets.
The Parade of Roses is held where?
Response: Pasadena, California seven
Bonus: Originally, when was it held?
1890: Response
The first “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”8 broadcast aired when?
Respond: 1972
Bonus: Which network carried the first show?
NBC (the show changed its venue to ABC in 1974)
Bonus: Hosted the first two editions?
Three Dog Night and George Carlin— Dick Clark replaced the host when it moved to ABC.
What year was the inaugural Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop held?
19079: the response
For luck in the next year, what do Spaniards eat twelve at midnight on New Year’s Eve?
Grapes
Which nation is renowned for breaking dishes on New Year’s to fend off evil spirits?
Denmark: The response
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Facts for New Year’s Eve Fun
Comprising 2,688 Waterford gems, the Times Square Ball has a 12-foot circumference and weighs 11,875 pounds. On New Year’s Eve, a “leap second” is periodically added to the official clocks of the world to ensure they match the rotation of Earth. The custom of kissing at midnight on New Year’s Eve has its roots in old superstitions according to which doing so brings luck in love and relationships going forward.
For the first time in 2000, the crew of the International Space Station marked the New Year in orbit.
Sarah Kliff, How late the world stays up on New Year’s, in one map, Vox (Dec. 30, 2014)
https://www.vox.com/2014/12/30/7465329/new-years-bed-time.
About thirty percent of Americans create New Year’s resolutions, but less than ten percent are able to follow them.
Twenty-three percent of people give up on their resolution by the end of the first week; forty-three percent by the end of January.
Making New Year’s goals has been a habit going back almost 4,000 years to the ancient Babylonians, who promised their gods at the beginning of the year in hopes of earning favor. Rather than on January 1, they observed the new year at the vernal equinox midway through March.
Let’s make plans to go over your estate plan through 2025.
Many people promise to straighten their financial and legal situations as the year draws to close. Topics that show up most in an estate plan, financial and personal connections, are quite common with resolutions concerning health.
Including estate planning in your New Year’s goal will help you and your family to have long-term security and peace of mind. Unlike arranging an early alarm to get in that predawn run before work, you can create a time to review your estate plan whenever it would most be practical for your hectic schedule.
The new year is a good chance to check your legal records to make sure your life events—such as marriages, divorces, or new children—show themselves.
Should both parents be unable to choose someone to care for their minor children or update your plan—or lack one entirely—you might be resolving to allow the state to decide crucial issues such as who should get your money and property after death.
Resolutions are all about living with intention; no better way to live deliberately than by creating an estate plan. Set 2025 as the year you begin to give your plan greater thought.
Danielle Commisso, Here’s How Americans Are Celebrating New Year’s Eve This Year, Civic Sci. (Dec. 27, 2023)
