2024 New Years Eve Quiz

Question 1

The Rubik's Cube was named after its Hungarian inventor and this year celebrated its 50th birthday this year.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which city has the biggest New Year fireworks?

Accepted Answer

Sydney

Question 3

Name the Netflix show: Emma and Dexter first meet on their last night at university, 15th July.

Accepted Answer

One Day

Question 4

Isleton, in California, held its 25th annual celebration of which food stuff this year?

Accepted Answer

Spam

Question 5

The price of a first-class stamp went up by 22% on 7 Oct. How much does it cost to post a standard first-class letter?

Accepted Answer

£1.65

Question 6

It’s shown at the end of every BBC TV broadcast: what is 2024 in Roman numerals?

Accepted Answer

MMXXIV

Question 7

It was 50 years ago this year that ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest. What was the name of the group’s winning song?

Accepted Answer

Waterloo

Question 8

Which British chocolate brand celebrated its 200th anniversary in March 2024?

Accepted Answer

Cadbury's

Question 9

What was seen in skies above the United States on 8 April 2024, for the first time since August 2017?

Accepted Answer

A total solar eclipse

Question 10

Which fruit is eaten in Spain at midnight?

Accepted Answer

Grapes

Question 11

Fireworks are banned in Australia

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

What is the Scottish New Year called?

Accepted Answer

Hogmanay

Question 13

Which country drops a giant potato?

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 14

What is the traditional New Year food in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Sauerkraut

Question 15

Who won this year’s Great British Bake Off?

Accepted Answer

Paediatric nurse Georgie

Question 16

What is the traditional New Year drink in Scotland?

Accepted Answer

Whisky

Question 17

The ball drop in Times Square

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What is the traditional New Year food in the USA?

Accepted Answer

Black-eyed peas

Question 19

What is the traditional New Year food in Japan?

Accepted Answer

Mochi

Question 20

After 51 matches the UEFA European Football Championship (for men) came to an end in July. It was won by… who?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 21

Which country celebrates New Year with 108 bell rings?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 22

Which country celebrates New Year with a water festival?

Accepted Answer

Thailand

Question 23

Summer 2024 was Britain’s hottest on record?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

What color underwear is worn in Italy for luck?

Accepted Answer

Red

Question 25

Which country celebrates New Year with a dragon dance?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 26

A scrap of what was incorporated into each of the medals awarded at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris?

Accepted Answer

Iron

Question 27

Who announced in November that she is to step down from the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show after six years in the hot seat?

Accepted Answer

Zoe Ball

Question 28

In this year’s Women’s Football event at the Paris Olympics. Which team won

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 29

The Channel Tunnel turned 30 in 2024. It’s the longest undersea tunnel in the world, but how long is it?

Accepted Answer

31.5

Question 30

Which animal represents the Chinese New Year 2023?

Accepted Answer

Rabbit

Question 31

Which currency turned 25 in 2024, having first been introduced on New Year’s Day 1999?

Accepted Answer

Euro

Question 32

New Year is celebrated on January 1st

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

What is the name of the New Year in Russia?

Accepted Answer

Novy God

Question 34

Which country celebrates New Year with a polar bear swim?

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 35

Which sport made its debut at the Paris Olympics, in which 16 competitors known as B-... competed against one another?

Accepted Answer

Breaking

Question 36

Which country celebrates New Year first?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 37

What did the Cambridge Dictionary announce was its word of the year for 2024?

Accepted Answer

Manifest

Question 38

Which celebrity was the first to be eliminated in the autumn 2024 series of Strictly Come Dancing?

Accepted Answer

Olympic swimmer Tom Dean

Question 39

Which crafty sportsman announced their retirement following the 2024 Paris Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Tom Daley

2024 New Years Eve Quiz

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2024 New Years Eve Quiz

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