New Year's Eve Would You Rather Questions

New Year's Eve would you rather questions about the countdown

The last minutes of the year, from the first noisemaker to the final ten seconds.

1. 1.Would you rather watch the ball drop live in Times Square or watch it from your couch in pajamas?
2. 2.Would you rather be the one who leads the countdown or be the one who yells "Happy New Year!" when the count is at seven?
3. 3.Would you rather stay up until midnight no matter what or fall asleep at 10 and celebrate at breakfast?
4. 4.Would you rather ring in the new year on a rooftop with fireworks or ring it in around a backyard fire with a few friends?
5. 5.Would you rather have the countdown start ten seconds early or have it start ten seconds late?
6. 6.Would you rather bang pots and pans at midnight or blow a noisemaker until you run out of breath?
7. 7.Would you rather celebrate midnight in every time zone you can or celebrate it once and go to bed?
8. 8.Would you rather spend the last minute of the year dancing or spend it hugging everyone in the room?
9. 9.Would you rather have confetti fall from the ceiling at midnight or have a hundred balloons drop at midnight?
10. 10.Would you rather miss midnight because you were in the bathroom or miss it because you were looking for your phone to film it?
11. 11.Would you rather film the whole countdown on your phone or put your phone away and just enjoy it?
12. 12.Would you rather light a sparkler at midnight or watch the whole neighborhood's fireworks from a window?
13. 13.Would you rather count down in a language you don't speak or count down from 100 instead of 10?
14. 14.Would you rather hear your favorite song exactly at midnight or have the whole room sing the same song at midnight?
15. 15.Would you rather take the first photo of the new year or be in the first photo of the new year?
16. 16.Would you rather send the first "Happy New Year" in the family group chat or be the last to reply, at 3 p.m. on January 1?

Would you rather questions about New Year's resolutions

Big plans, small plans and the resolution nobody remembers by February.

1. 17.Would you rather keep one small resolution all year or keep a big one for a single month?
2. 18.Would you rather tell everyone your resolutions or keep them a total secret?
3. 19.Would you rather learn a new language this year or learn to play a new instrument this year?
4. 20.Would you rather give up your phone for a week or give up sweets for a month?
5. 21.Would you rather read a book every month or finally finish the three you already started?
6. 22.Would you rather run a 5K this year or learn to cook ten new dinners?
7. 23.Would you rather have a friend check on your resolution every week or get a surprise reward if you make it to June?
8. 24.Would you rather write one sentence in a journal every day or take one photo every day?
9. 25.Would you rather clean out your closet in January or keep your inbox at zero all year?
10. 26.Would you rather try one new thing every month or get really good at one thing all year?
11. 27.Would you rather pick a word for the year or pick a theme song for the year?
12. 28.Would you rather save a little money every week or learn to fix things instead of buying new ones?
13. 29.Would you rather break your resolution on January 2 or forget what it was by February?
14. 30.Would you rather choose your own resolution or let a friend choose one for you?
15. 31.Would you rather start your resolution on January 1 or start it on a random Tuesday in March?
16. 32.Would you rather stick your resolutions on the bathroom mirror or get a reminder on your phone every Monday?

Would you rather questions about the year that was

Highlights, bloopers and one last look back before the calendar flips.

1. 33.Would you rather relive the best day of this year or erase the worst day of this year?
2. 34.Would you rather get a highlight reel of your whole year or get a blooper reel of your whole year?
3. 35.Would you rather have the group vote on your best moment of the year or have them vote on your funniest moment of the year?
4. 36.Would you rather bring one thing from this year into next year or leave one thing behind for good?
5. 37.Would you rather look back at every photo you took this year or read every message you sent this year?
6. 38.Would you rather thank someone who helped you this year or make up with someone you lost touch with?
7. 39.Would you rather get one do-over from this year or get to keep one memory from this year crystal clear forever?
8. 40.Would you rather write a letter to yourself to open next New Year's Eve or read the one you would have written a year ago?
9. 41.Would you rather keep this year's biggest trend going another year or never see it again?
10. 42.Would you rather give this year a movie title or give it a song title?
11. 43.Would you rather tell the group your proudest moment of the year or tell them your most embarrassing one?
12. 44.Would you rather know your most-played song of the year before the app tells you or be surprised when it does?
13. 45.Would you rather remember exactly what you did last New Year's Eve or remember every wish you made at midnight?
14. 46.Would you rather have a calm, easy year ahead or have an exciting year full of surprises?
15. 47.Would you rather sum up this year in one emoji or sum it up in three words?
16. 48.Would you rather find out which day this year you laughed the most or find out which day you walked the most?

Would you rather questions for a New Year's Eve party

Hosting, dressing up, snacks, games and the cleanup on January 1.

1. 49.Would you rather host the New Year's Eve party or be a guest whose only job is showing up?
2. 50.Would you rather go to a fancy party where everyone dresses up or go to a pajama party where everyone stays comfy?
3. 51.Would you rather play games until midnight or dance until midnight?
4. 52.Would you rather cook a big dinner together or have everyone bring one dish?
5. 53.Would you rather be in charge of the playlist or be in charge of the snacks?
6. 54.Would you rather wear gold from head to toe or wear so much glitter you're still finding it in March?
7. 55.Would you rather go to three parties in one night or stay at one party all night?
8. 56.Would you rather party with 50 people you sort of know or party with 5 people you really love?
9. 57.Would you rather win every game of the night or be the one who makes everyone laugh?
10. 58.Would you rather do the dishes right after midnight or wake up to the whole mess on January 1?
11. 59.Would you rather have a photo booth with silly props or have karaoke all night?
12. 60.Would you rather toast with sparkling grape juice at midnight or toast with hot chocolate at midnight?
13. 61.Would you rather throw a party with a theme and costumes or throw one where everyone comes as they are?
14. 62.Would you rather stay until the sun comes up or head home right after the hugs?
15. 63.Would you rather wear giant glasses with the new year on them all night or wear a sparkly party hat all night?
16. 64.Would you rather arrive first and help set up or arrive last and make a big entrance?

New Year's Eve would you rather questions about travel and traditions

Where to ring it in, and lucky traditions from around the world.

1. 65.Would you rather spend New Year's Eve in a big city or spend it in a cabin in the mountains?
2. 66.Would you rather ring in the new year on a beach or ring it in somewhere with snow?
3. 67.Would you rather eat twelve grapes at midnight, like in Spain or eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day for luck?
4. 68.Would you rather be one of the first people on Earth to reach the new year or be one of the last people to reach it?
5. 69.Would you rather walk around the block with a suitcase for a year of travel or write your wishes on paper and save them for next year?
6. 70.Would you rather cross midnight on a plane or cross midnight on a train?
7. 71.Would you rather go somewhere new every New Year's Eve or go back to the same place every year?
8. 72.Would you rather jump off a chair at midnight to leap into the new year or wear something new on New Year's Day for luck?
9. 73.Would you rather take a cold plunge on New Year's Day or watch a New Year's Day parade in person?
10. 74.Would you rather drive home right after midnight or stay over and have breakfast with everyone?
11. 75.Would you rather spend New Year's Eve with family or spend it with friends?
12. 76.Would you rather start the year with a sunrise hike or start it by sleeping until noon?
13. 77.Would you rather celebrate New Year's somewhere it's summer or celebrate it somewhere it's winter?
14. 78.Would you rather celebrate on December 31 and again on Lunar New Year or celebrate just once?
15. 79.Would you rather watch the fireworks over Sydney Harbour or watch them on Copacabana Beach, dressed in white like everyone else?
16. 80.Would you rather eat twelve round fruits for luck, like in the Philippines or find the coin hidden in a New Year cake, like in Greece?

How to play on New Year's Eve

Read a question, everyone picks on three, and the smaller side has to defend its answer. The full rules and the year-round questions are in the Would You Rather game. These are made for the long stretch between dinner and the countdown, when the party needs something everyone can join.

• Start with The year that was while people arrive. Everyone has a highlight, and the stories carry the first hour.
• Save Resolutions for around 11. Pick a card, answer it, then say your real resolution out loud.
• In the last 20 minutes, switch to Countdown. Keep a countdown timer on the TV so nobody misses midnight.
• For a big room, point to one wall for the first choice and the other wall for the second. Everyone walks to their pick.

For friends, family and mixed ages

Every question is clean: no drinking, nothing awkward, nothing you would not ask in front of your grandmother. That makes the list easy to use at a party with friends, a family dinner or a get-together where teens and grown-ups share the same couch. Kids who can stay up late can join in too.

Some of the best answers come from the Travel & traditions group. Ask who has eaten twelve grapes at midnight, walked around the block with a suitcase or spent New Year's Eve in a place where it was summer. Families with roots in different countries usually have a story for each one.

More games for New Year's Eve

Our New Year's Eve games page plans the whole night, from 9 p.m. to midnight, with games that run on one phone. Fishbowl has a New Year's deck, and New Year's Eve bingo gives everyone something to hold while the clock runs down.

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