100 Fun and Festive New Year’s Riddles for Kids and Adults
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1. What starts with a countdown and ends with cheer?
Answer: New Year’s Eve.

2. What sparkles in the sky when the clock strikes twelve?
Answer: Fireworks.

3. What do people make but often break in January?
Answer: Resolutions.

4. What do you kiss when the ball drops?
Answer: A loved one.

5. What do people sing at midnight to welcome the year?
Answer: Auld Lang Syne.

6. What do you toast with when saying “Happy New Year”?
Answer: Champagne.

7. What do people watch drop in Times Square?
Answer: The ball.

8. What number changes when the year changes?
Answer: The last digit.

9. What do people wear on New Year’s Eve to look fancy?
Answer: Party clothes.

10. What gets written down but is rarely kept?
Answer: New Year’s resolutions.

11. What do people blow when the new year begins?
Answer: Party horns.

12. What do you throw in the air when celebrating?
Answer: Confetti.

13. What marks the beginning of a new year?
Answer: Midnight.

14. What do clocks and calendars both measure?
Answer: Time.

15. What starts with fireworks and ends with clean-up?
Answer: New Year’s celebration.

16. What’s the first meal some people eat in the new year for luck?
Answer: Black-eyed peas.

17. What do people count down from on New Year’s Eve?
Answer: Ten.

18. What sparkles, pops, and makes people smile?
Answer: Fireworks.

19. What do people promise to do better in the new year?
Answer: Improve themselves.

20. What bright object lights up the sky at midnight?
Answer: Fireworks.

21. What do you call the night before January 1st?
Answer: New Year’s Eve.

22. What do people cheer when the clock hits twelve?
Answer: Happy New Year!

23. What marks the beginning of new opportunities?
Answer: The new year.

24. What helps people keep track of the days in the new year?
Answer: A calendar.

25. What is full of hope and goals?
Answer: The new year.

26. What do people write to remember their new year goals?
Answer: Resolution list.

27. What do people light to celebrate the coming year?
Answer: Sparklers.

28. What gets torn off every morning of the new year?
Answer: Calendar page.

29. What is said to bring good fortune if you eat it on New Year’s Day?
Answer: Lucky foods.

30. What do people often wear for a New Year’s party?
Answer: Fancy outfits.

31. What do you shout when the new year arrives?
Answer: Happy New Year!

32. What do you look at when waiting for midnight?
Answer: The clock.

33. What do you do when the new year starts to spread joy?
Answer: Hug and cheer.

34. What symbolizes leaving the past behind?
Answer: The new year.

35. What do people write down but forget by February?
Answer: Resolutions.

36. What do you blow to make noise at midnight?
Answer: Party horn.

37. What lights up the sky after the countdown?
Answer: Fireworks.

38. What do you raise when toasting the new year?
Answer: A glass.

39. What marks the first day of the year?
Answer: January 1st.

40. What fills the air at midnight celebrations?
Answer: Cheers.

41. What do many people join to celebrate New Year’s Day?
Answer: Parades.

42. What keeps time for the countdown?
Answer: The clock.

43. What glows in the sky at midnight?
Answer: Fireworks.

44. What do people shout to welcome new beginnings?
Answer: Happy New Year!

45. What do some people do at midnight for good luck?
Answer: Kiss someone.

46. What symbolizes a fresh start?
Answer: A new year.

47. What helps people stay organized throughout the year?
Answer: A planner.

48. What do you open to check your schedule?
Answer: A calendar.

49. What do you hang on the wall to track the months?
Answer: A calendar.

50. What sound do you hear the most when the year changes?
Answer: Cheers.

51. What bright display fills the sky every New Year’s Eve?
Answer: Fireworks.

52. What do you lift up while saying “Cheers”?
Answer: A drink.

53. What shines in the sky and marks the celebration?
Answer: Fireworks.

54. What symbol of time drops in New York each year?
Answer: The ball.

55. What do people often stay up late to see?
Answer: The new year arrive.

56. What is celebrated all around the world at the same time?
Answer: New Year’s.

57. What do you promise to change in yourself every year?
Answer: Habits.

58. What do some people clean before New Year’s Day?
Answer: Their homes.

59. What do people light up to welcome the new year?
Answer: Fireworks.

60. What do you often hear people counting together on TV?
Answer: The countdown.

61. What meal do families share on New Year’s Day?
Answer: A special dinner.

62. What symbol means the end of one year and start of another?
Answer: Midnight.

63. What do people pop open to celebrate?
Answer: Champagne.

64. What makes people cheer at midnight?
Answer: A new beginning.

65. What do people use to make noise during the countdown?
Answer: Party blowers.

66. What gets torn away each month in the new year?
Answer: Calendar pages.

67. What’s the first holiday of every year?
Answer: New Year’s Day.

68. What follows December 31st?
Answer: January 1st.

69. What glitters most on New Year’s Eve?
Answer: Decorations.

70. What reminds you of your goals every January?
Answer: Resolutions.

71. What do you see in the sky after the countdown?
Answer: Fireworks.

72. What symbolizes hope for the year ahead?
Answer: A new dawn.

73. What brings people together on New Year’s Eve?
Answer: Celebration.

74. What do you plan for every January?
Answer: A fresh start.

75. What’s the most common greeting on January 1st?
Answer: Happy New Year!

76. What fills the streets after midnight celebrations?
Answer: Confetti.

77. What sound marks the new year’s arrival?
Answer: Fireworks.

78. What meal do many enjoy after the party?
Answer: Breakfast.

79. What follows the countdown and fireworks?
Answer: Celebration.

80. What is the most exciting minute of the year?
Answer: The final countdown.

81. What do you use to celebrate in style?
Answer: Party hats.

82. What helps you remember your goals?
Answer: A journal.

83. What’s the favorite color of New Year’s fireworks?
Answer: Gold.

84. What rises in the east every New Year’s morning?
Answer: The sun.

85. What ends every December?
Answer: The year.

86. What can you count on to happen every year?
Answer: The new year arriving.

87. What brings joy to millions at midnight?
Answer: Fireworks.

88. What starts new dreams and fresh hopes?
Answer: The new year.

89. What do you look forward to all year long?
Answer: New Year’s Eve.

90. What happens once every 12 months?
Answer: The new year.

91. What shines on your TV every New Year’s Eve?
Answer: The Times Square Ball.

92. What makes people reflect and celebrate together?
Answer: New Year’s.

93. What comes after the fireworks fade?
Answer: A new beginning.

94. What’s the last night of the year called?
Answer: New Year’s Eve.

95. What brings everyone together for one countdown?
Answer: The new year.

96. What’s the symbol of hope and renewal each January?
Answer: The new year.

97. What ends the old year and begins the new one?
Answer: Midnight.

98. What do we celebrate worldwide on January 1st?
Answer: The new year.

99. What comes every year but never stays?
Answer: The old year.

100. What is the world’s biggest annual celebration?
Answer: New Year’s.