1580 New Year's Eve Celebrations Trivia Questions with Answers
1580 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which New Year’s Eve event in New York City is famous for dropping a lighted ball at midnight?
Answer
Times Square Ball Drop
What is the name of Sydney’s famous New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration around the Harbour Bridge?
Answer
Sydney New Year’s Eve
Which Paris avenue is famous for New Year's Eve gatherings and midnight celebrations?
Answer
Champs-Élysées
Which U.S. city stages the Peach Drop on New Year's Eve?
Answer
Atlanta
What is the traditional New Year's Eve meal of lentils associated with in Italy?
Answer
Good luck and prosperity
What was the name of the first ball used for New Year's Eve's Times Square drop in 1907?
Answer
The Times Square Ball
Which landmark is the centerpiece of London’s official New Year’s Eve fireworks display?
Answer
The London Eye
Which New Year's Eve celebration in Edinburgh is known for a torchlight procession?
Answer
Edinburgh's Hogmanay
Which Paris avenue is famous for large New Year's Eve crowds and celebrations?
Answer
Champs-Élysées
Which 1978 ABBA song begins with the line “No more champagne” and evokes New Year's Eve?
Answer
Happy New Year
What is the name of Vienna's famous New Year's concert performed annually by the Vienna Philharmonic?
Answer
Vienna New Year's Concert
What object has been lowered in Times Square at midnight on New Year's Eve since 1907?
Answer
The Times Square Ball
Which Danish New Year’s Eve tradition involves jumping off a chair at midnight?
Answer
Jumping into the New Year
Which calendar reform made January 1 the official start of the year in much of Europe from 1582?
Answer
The Gregorian calendar
Which harbor hosts Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks around the Opera House?
Answer
Sydney Harbour
What was the first object dropped in New York City's Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in 1907?
Answer
An illuminated ball