40 New Year's Eve quiz questions and answers

At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, what do couples traditionally share?

Over which famous bridge are Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks centred?

In the Philippines, many people wear clothes with which pattern on New Year's Eve, because the round shapes represent coins?

Which solemn Jewish fast day falls at the end of the ten Days of Awe that begin with Rosh Hashanah?

On which famous Rio de Janeiro beach do millions gather to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks?

Which deep-fried doughnut balls, often dusted with icing sugar, are the traditional New Year's Eve treat in the Netherlands?

Which Californian city hosts the Tournament of Roses Parade each New Year?

Nyepi, the Balinese Hindu New Year, is marked by a day of what?

What is the Welsh name for the old custom of children going door to door on New Year's Day asking for gifts?

In the southern United States, which dish of black-eyed peas and rice is eaten on New Year's Day for luck?

Which citrus fruits are given as gifts at Chinese New Year because, in Cantonese, their name sounds like the word for 'gold'?

Why is sweeping the floor traditionally avoided on Chinese New Year's Day?

In the Chinese zodiac, which animal comes last in the twelve-year cycle?

In the Chinese zodiac, which animal immediately follows the Tiger?

In Scotland, which date in January is a bank holiday as well as New Year's Day?

Along which famous Edinburgh street is the city's big Hogmanay street party held, beneath the castle?

Which crescent-shaped dumplings are traditionally eaten at New Year in northern China because they resemble gold ingots?

Which comedian played the gloomy minister Rev. I.M. Jolly in the BBC Scotland Hogmanay specials of Scotch and Wry?

In which decade did Christmas Day finally become a public holiday in Scotland, long after Hogmanay was the big winter celebration?

What name is given to the fancy-dress New Year's Day dip into the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry?

Under what name did the former Millennium Dome reopen as an entertainment venue in 2007?

Which Roman leader introduced the Julian calendar?

The Millennium celebrations were held on New Year's Eve of which year?

By tradition, what name is given to the first full moon of January?

On 1 January 1901, six colonies joined together in a federation to form which country?

The ancient Egyptian New Year, Wepet Renpet, was linked to the yearly flooding of which river?

When Britain changed calendars in September 1752, Wednesday 2 September was followed by Thursday which date?

In the Roman calendar, on which date in March did the Ides fall?

Which Caribbean nation declared its independence from France on 1 January 1804?

In which year did New Year's Day first become a bank holiday in England and Wales?

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people confirmed to reach the summit of which mountain?

Which Irish band released the 1983 single 'New Year's Day'?

The townsfolk sing Auld Lang Syne at the end of which 1946 Christmas film starring James Stewart?

What name, coined in a 2005 PR campaign, is given to the January Monday claimed to be the gloomiest day of the year?

Which volcano in Washington State erupted violently in May 1980?

Translated word for word into English, Auld Lang Syne means 'old long' what?

In the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget is introduced to Mark Darcy at a turkey curry buffet on which day?

Which Pacific nation's Line Islands, at 14 hours ahead of GMT, are among the very first inhabited places to see the new year?

Gudi Padwa marks the traditional new year in which Indian state, whose capital is Mumbai?

Before 1752, on which date did the legal new year begin in England?