October 2026 edition

New Year quiz

Q13 / 50Easy15.0s
What is the Scottish name for New Year's celebrations?
ABeltane
BBurns Night
CSamhain
DHogmanay
94 pts+10

How well do you really know New Year? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from fireworks and fizz to New Year customs around the world.

New Year · October 2026 edition

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Q3 / 50Opener
What is dropped from the roof of One Times Square every New Year's Eve?
AA ball
BA crown
CA star
DA bell

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerDry January, millennium chimes and Father Time
2EasyDed Moroz, Hogmanay and Songkran
3TrickyHoppin' John, Nowruz, Matariki and first-footing
4HardFeuerzangenbowle, oliebollen and Kōhaku Uta Gassen
5BrutalSnegurochka, the millennium and the Date Line
New Year titlesout of 500
Stroke of midnight50 / 50
Final countdown350+
Five to midnight275+
Half past eleven200+
Eleven o'clock100+
Party's started1+
Damp squib0

44 of 50 right · six short of Stroke of midnight

You vs Priya BNew Year · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Priya
What is New Year's Eve widely called in Germany?
Silvester✓GBKB
Réveillon
Hogmanay
Capodanno

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Beat the countdown.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. What drops in Times Square at midnight? Clock's ticking.

The ramp

Sparklers first, then the fireworks.

Five rounds of ten, each one harder than the last.

Titles

Raise a glass.

When you finish, your score earns a title. Score nothing and it's a Damp squib; get every question right for the Stroke of midnight.

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Review every question and compare answers with friends. Did they know what Germans call New Year's Eve?

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