403 New Year's Eve Celebrations Trivia Questions with Answers
403 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the New Year’s Eve concert traditionally held by the Vienna Philharmonic?
Answer
Vienna New Year’s Concert
What date begins the New Year in the Gregorian calendar?
Answer
January 1
Which New Year's Eve fireworks display is held at the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House?
Answer
Sydney New Year's Eve
What New Year’s Eve tradition in Denmark involves throwing old plates at friends’ doors?
Answer
Plate smashing
Which song is played at midnight during Scotland’s Hogmanay celebrations?
Answer
Auld Lang Syne
What is the name of Edinburgh's famous New Year's celebration?
Answer
Hogmanay
Which Spanish New Year's Eve tradition involves eating one grape with each midnight clock chime?
Answer
The Twelve Grapes
Which New Year's Eve television special has been hosted by Dick Clark and later Ryan Seacrest?
Answer
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Which 1999 film follows a group of characters through New Year's Eve in New York City?
Answer
200 Cigarettes
Which Sydney landmark anchors the main fireworks display on New Year's Eve?
Answer
Sydney Harbour Bridge
What is the name of the New Year's Eve bonfire tradition in Reykjavík, Iceland?
Answer
Áramótabrennur
Which annual concert by the Vienna Philharmonic is traditionally broadcast on New Year's Day rather than New Year's Eve?
Answer
Vienna New Year's Concert
In Vienna's annual New Year's Concert, which composer's music traditionally dominates the program?
Answer
Johann Strauss II
What calendar system makes New Year's Eve fall on December 31 for most countries today?
Answer
The Gregorian calendar
Which Scottish celebration, held on December 31, is widely known as Hogmanay?
Answer
New Year's Eve
At Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebration, which landmark is used as a major fireworks launch site?
Answer
Sydney Harbour Bridge
What is the name of London’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration centered on the London Eye?
Answer
London New Year's Eve fireworks
What is Madrid’s famous New Year’s Eve square where crowds eat grapes at midnight?
Answer
Puerta del Sol