New Year Quiz 2026: 2026 is just around the corner! This is a great time to enhance your knowledge about the New Year. For example, do you know which is the first country that welcomesNew Year or what are the traditions across countries that follow on the New Year’s Eve. This general knowledge quiz has included questions from New Year traditions across the world, new year resolutions, famous new year parades and shows. 

Here we have compiled 10 most fascinating trivia questions related to New Year’s Eve and New year 2026. Take out this fun yet interesting new year 2026 quiz. 

Question 1. In what year did the ball-lowering celebration in Times Square first take place?

A.1907

B.1908

C.1920

D.1921

Answer: A.1907

Question 2. Did you know in 46 B.C., which Roman leader declared January 1 New Year’s Day?

A.Augustus

B. Trajan

C. Hadrian 

D. Julius Caesar 

Answer: D. Julius Caesar

Question 3. When did the practice of making New Year's resolutions commence?

A. 5000 years ago

B. 4000 years ago 

C. 1000 years ago

D. 7000 years ago

Answer: B. 4000 years ago 

Question 4. What do people in Japan make sure they get in the mail before New Year’s Day?

A.New Year’s cards

B. Post Cards

C. Long Letters

D. WIshes and Emails 

Answer: A.New Year’s cards

Question 5. Did you know the name of the New Year’s Day parade that takes place in California?

A. The Rose Parade

B. The Jasmine Parade

C. Thanksgiving Parade

D. Gratefulness Parade

Answer: A. The Rose Parade

Question 6. Check out what do the Scottish people call New Year’s Eve?

A. Hogmanay

B. New Year’s Eve

C. Hola New Year

D.  Next year 

Answer: A. Hogmanay

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Question 7. How many people watch the Times Square ball drop around the world?

A. More than 3 million 

B. More than 7 million 

C. More than 1 million

D. More than 8 million 

Answer: C. More than 1 million

Question 8. Did you know how much the Times Square ball weighs?

A. 11,875 pounds

B. 12,786 pounds

C. 8,989 pounds

D. 7, 678 pounds

Answer: A. 11,875 pounds

Question 9. In 1904, which newspaper sponsored the first New Year’s Eve celebration?

A.The New York Times

B. The Guardian

C. China’s Daily 

D. Times of India

Answer: A.The New York Times

Question 10. Name the French-speaking country which announced its independence on Jan. 1, 1804?

A.Haiti

B. Belgium

C. Monaco

D. Luxembourg

Answer: A.Haiti

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