15 free New Year's Eve & New Year quizzes with answers. Your group plays live on their phones.
Three picture-based questions on spotting AI-generated New Year images: a fireworks scene, a group selfie and a city billboard. The pictures are only in the template, so the page shows the questions and answers.
Ten questions on New Year customs in Asia: a quick true or false round, a multiple-choice round and a spot-the-lie round. One question visits Ecuador. Some items touch on Buddhist and Hindu traditions.
A short discussion template for a New Year town hall, not a scored quiz: a poll on where the team should focus its growth and a word cloud for each person's one-word goal for the year.
Five easy questions on New Year customs and party trivia, from Spain's twelve grapes to Japan's 108 bells, plus two light prompts to get the room talking. Quick to run with a mixed work or family group.
A discussion template for an end-of-year staff meeting, not a scored quiz: open questions on company and personal wins, a word cloud for shout-outs, a spinner wheel reward, a goals scale and an open Q&A.
Twelve questions on New Year customs: Songkran, Nowruz, Lunar New Year, Rosh Hashanah and Brazil's white clothes. Includes five spot-the-lie questions and four true or false. Easy for mixed ages; religion is touched lightly.
A discussion template, not a scored quiz: eight ice-breakers using word clouds, polls, open questions and a pair photo challenge. Two prompts refer to 2026, so it suits a New Year kick-off with a new or newly formed team.
Ten scored questions and five opinion prompts on New Year superstitions and lucky foods, from Spanish grapes and Danish plates to Italian lentils and Japanese noodles. Easy and light, with polls and word clouds between the rounds.
Nine questions on New Year traditions around the world: country quizzes, true or false and two matching rounds. Covers Spain, Denmark, Japan, Brazil and more, with some religious customs. Suits mixed groups.
A discussion template, not a scored quiz: eight polls, word clouds and open questions for a team to look back on the year and share hopes for the next. Suits a work year-end meeting.
A short discussion template for a sales team at year end, not a scored quiz: a poll on which customer objection is hardest to overcome and a word cloud on what people associate with handling objections.
Ten questions on New Year luck and rituals: lucky colours and foods in one round, midnight customs in the other. Mostly multiple choice with a few yes or no beliefs. Suits mixed groups, and no prior knowledge is needed.
Five Japanese-language multiple-choice questions on Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year: osechi, dondoyaki, nanakusa-gayu and Ebisu. The template is in Japanese, so it suits Japanese-speaking groups.
A discussion template, not a scored quiz: ten polls, scales, word clouds and open questions about new year intentions and manifestation. Suits a reflective, light-hearted session with friends or a team.
A discussion template, not a scored quiz: ten polls, open questions, a brainstorm and word clouds about year-end customs, the year gone by and plans for the next. Suits a work year-end party or team session.
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Which image is AI? Picture 1 and Picture 2 are the two images shown. (Picture question: the image is in the template.)
Picture 2
Fun fact: The Dragon Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam, was designed to breathe fire and water at 9 pm each Saturday and Sunday night.
In Japan, people eat soba noodles on New Year’s Eve for good luck.
True
Fun fact: The noodles are easily cut while eating, which people take as cutting off the old year's hardships, and their length stands for a long life.
How many seconds does the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball take to descend during the countdown?
60 seconds
Fun fact: The ball starts its fall at 11:59 pm and comes to rest at midnight, so the whole drop is timed to the countdown.
Songkran (Thai New Year) is best known for what tradition?
Water splashing
Fun fact: Songkran was the official start of the Thai new year until 1888, and it falls in Thailand's hot season, when the water fights bring welcome relief.
Spanish people eat 12 grapes at midnight, what does each grape stand for?
one lucky month
Fun fact: One theory traces the habit to 1900s Alicante, where a farmer reportedly promoted it to sell a grape surplus. In Mexico the grapes are often taken as twelve wishes instead.
In which country do people eat 12 grapes at midnight for good luck?
Spain
Fun fact: The custom probably took off around 1909, when Alicante grape growers had a surplus, though Madrid's upper classes were already doing it by 1896.
Which colour is traditionally worn on New Year’s Eve for good luck in many cultures?
Red
Fun fact: In the Chinese Nian legend, the beast was said to fear the colour red and loud noises, which is one reason red and firecrackers go with the new year.
どんど焼きの祭りの後、伝統的に焼かれるものは何ですか?
門松や正月飾り
Fun fact: 呼び名は地域によって違い、どんど焼きのほか、さいと焼き、三九郎、鬼火焚きなどと呼ばれます。
What detail shows this image is AI-generated? (Picture question: the image is in the template.)
The phone screen
Fun fact: Mangled hands and unreadable text are well-known weak spots of image generators such as Stable Diffusion, though newer models are improving.
In Thailand, people splash water on each other during New Year’s celebrations.
True
Fun fact: Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year and falls in mid-April, so the famous water fights mark that festival rather than 31 December.
New Year's Day falls on 1 January in the Gregorian calendar, which Pope Gregory XIII introduced in 1582 and which most of the world now uses for civil life. The evening before, New Year's Eve, is a night for looking back at the year and making plans for the next one.
Traditions differ a great deal from place to place. In Scotland the night is called Hogmanay. In Spain many people eat twelve grapes at midnight, one for each chime of the clock. In Japan, Buddhist temples ring their bells 108 times as the year ends. In New York, a ball has been dropped over Times Square at midnight since 1907.
At work, the weeks around the new year are a natural time for a team to look back, celebrate wins and set goals together. A short live quiz or a few polls make that easier than a slide deck, and everyone can join from their phone.
Most templates here run for 10 to 30 minutes. Each page shows the number of questions and an estimated time.
Yes. Several templates are built for team reviews and goal setting. They are discussion templates rather than scored quizzes, and the page says so.
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