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New Year's quiz with answers.

New Year's Eve is long, and so that guests do not get bored, do not fall asleep, it is necessary to prepare an entertainment program. If New Year's Eve at home, you can limit yourself to various games, quizzes, practical jokes, outdoor games. If the New Year is celebrated in a large team, you can prepare in advance and hold a grand New Year's show. In any case, you need to have a large amount of entertainment in stock. We offer several options for celebrating the New Year.

If you have a small number of guests (adults and children), you need to offer games, quizzes, contests that are interesting and feasible for all ages.

New Year's quiz

This New Year's quiz can be used when writing scenarios for New Year's Eve, holidays at school and at home.

You can conduct a quiz as a warm-up or during a break between competitions and games.

The questions of the New Year's quiz can be divided into topics by writing them on cards in advance, and offering categories to the players to choose from. For example, personalities, traditions, New Year's food, children's question. So questions.

New Year's quiz. Questions

1. Which New Year's grandfather has a long red fur coat, a boyar hat, a broad white beard and a long staff in his hands and a very kind smile? (Russian Santa Claus.)

2. This Santa Claus has a white beard, a red hat with a pom-pom, bright swimming trunks on a tanned body, sunglasses and a surfboard. Where is he from? (Australian Santa Claus.)

3. In this country, the New Year coincides with the festival of cattle breeding. Santa Claus comes to the children in the clothes of a cattle breeder, with a fox hat on his head, a long whip in his hands, a flint and a snuff box on his side. What country are we talking about? (About Mongolia.)

4. From which movie is this catchphrase: “There is a setting to celebrate the New Year cheerfully”? ("Carnival Night".)

5. Which city is declared the geographical homeland of the Russian Father Frost? (Great Ustyug.)

6. In what country does the local Santa Claus Bobbo Natale distribute gifts, but the fairy Befana with a red cap and crystal shoes? (In Italy.)

7. In what country does Santa Claus have such a funny name - Joulupukki? (In Finland)

8. What is the name of the Spanish Santa Claus? (Taghy Noel).

Now let's change the problem a bit. You will need to choose the correct answer from the three given.

9. In what country is the New Year's grandfather called Baba Zhara?

1) In Panama; 2) in Cambodia; 3) in Sudan.

10. In which country do residents make a New Year's greeting bouquet from pine, bamboo, plum, woven into rice straws with the addition of fern and tangerine branches?

1) In China; 2) in Japan; 3) in Thailand.

11. In which country, before the New Year's holiday, houses are decorated with branches of a coffee tree?

1) B Nicaragua; 2) in Brazil; 3) in Kenya.

12. In what country is the New Year celebrated at the palm tree?

1) In Cuba; 2) in Nepal; 3) in Saudi Arabia.

13. In which country is a red-flowered metrosideros tree used instead of a Christmas tree?

1) In Ghana; 2) in Australia; 3) in Singapore.

14. Where on New Year's Eve are bamboo shoots thrown into the hearth to scare away evil spirits with crackling and hissing?

1) In Korea; 2) in Japan; 3) in China.

Comic New Year's quiz

1. The birthplace of the Christmas tree. (Forest.)

2. Ancient ritual dance at the Christmas tree. (Round dance.)

3. A female creature entertaining the Christmas tree with songs. (Blizzard.)

4. A rather suspicious, gray person trotting past the Christmas tree (Wolf.)

5. A natural phenomenon that causes instability and high “falling” of the population in winter. (Ice.)

6. New Year's ball, the most suitable place for those who like to hide their true self. (Masquerade.)

7. Ice casting. (Ice rink.)

8. Winter drummer. (Freezing.)

9. A drink is an attribute of the New Year's table for risky guests. (Champagne.)

10. The most New Year's dish - "dressed" in a fur coat (Herring under a fur coat.)

11. New Year's "sculpture" created from natural material. (Snowman.)

12. New Year's lighter. (Fireworks.)

Quiz. New Year's table

1. In which country is the Olivier salad, named after the Frenchman Olivier, very popular?

1) In France; 2) in Russia; 3) in the USA.

2. Hominy - porridge made from corn flour, served on a napkin and cut with a harsh thread according to the number of guests at the holiday. In which country is it served?

1) In Ukraine; 2) in Greece; 3) in Moldavia.

3. In which country is garlic and honey traditionally served on New Year's Eve?

1) In Hungary; 2) in Austria; 3) in Poland.

4. This drink has a beautiful name - "slam" is prepared from hot milk with the addition of tea, sugar, lemon peel, cinnamon, saffron and other ingredients. In which country is it served at the table?

1) In the Netherlands; 2) in Australia; 3) in India.

5. In which country is a cake made of glutinous rice, millet and sugar considered festive?

1) In China; 2) in Japan; 3) in Indonesia.

6. Where is foie gras served for the feast?

1) In Italy; 2) in France; 3) in Spain.

7. In what country is chicken noodles (bun) served at the New Year's table - long vermicelli as a symbol of longevity?

1) In Italy; 2) in Thailand; 3) in Vietnam.

finest hour

Before the start of the competition, quiz participants receive a set of digital indicators from 1 to 10. The names of countries are written on a portable tablet: Panama, Australia, Mexico, Sweden, Cuba, Norway, Myanmar, Ireland, China, Brazil. Guests are asked questions about the New Year traditions of these countries. An equal number of players from each team takes part in the competition.

1. In which country do glasses with live fish decorate the New Year's table? (In Ireland)

2. In which country do most residents go to bed at 00.10 on New Year's Eve? (In Australia. Here it is customary to wake up at 5-6 am and go to bed no later than 10 pm, and New Year's Eve is an exception)

3. In what country do people pour water on each other during the New Year holiday and no one is offended? (In Myanmar. Here, the arrival of the New Year at its hottest time is celebrated with a “water festival”, the pouring of which means a wish for happiness in the New Year)

4. In which country is the New Year celebrated with unimaginable noise: cars honk, people scream, sirens howl? (In Panama)

5. In which country is it customary not to forget about the younger brothers on New Year's Eve? (In Norway. Here, the kids hang a bird feeder outside the window, put a bowl of oatmeal in the stable, so that the gnomes who come with gifts can also refresh their strength)

6. In what country before the New Year do people fill all the dishes with water, and at the moment when the clock strikes twelve times at midnight on New Year's Eve, they make a real flood, simultaneously pouring water out of the windows, wishing themselves that in the coming year life would become as bright and clear as water? (In Cuba)

7. In which country during the New Year's street processions - the most exciting part of the holiday - thousands of lanterns are lit to light the way to the New Year? (In China)

8. In what country are people very happy if they find many shards from broken dishes at the doorstep of their house on January 1, and even treat jokers with something tasty? (In Sweden)

9. In what country is the arrival of the New Year met with a cannon shot and everyone tries to kiss a loved one at that moment? (In Brazil)

10. In which country, on the day before the New Year, dolls symbolizing the old year appear on the streets, and exactly at New Year's midnight explosions are heard - the dolls scatter to pieces? (In Mexico)

Bluff Club

1. Do you believe that in Italy, in order to see off the old and celebrate the New Year, the doors are opened in houses when the hands of the clock are approaching twelve? (Yes)

2. Do you believe that African villagers spend New Year's Eve races on all fours with a hen's egg in their mouth? (Yes, and the one who comes to the finish line first and does not damage the eggshell wins)

3. Do you believe that in Hungary, on New Year's Eve, neither ducks, nor chickens, nor geese are served on the table, so that “happiness does not fly away from home”? (Yes)

4. Do you believe that the people of Sudan on New Year's Eve float on their boats along the Nile in the hope of seeing a crocodile, a meeting with which, according to an old belief, will make the coming year the happiest of their lives? (No)

5. Do you believe that on New Year's Eve, Londoners are supposed to go to Trafalgar Square and bathe in the fountain in all their clothes? (Yes. And there are many who want to do this)

6. Do you believe that in Denmark it is customary to buy cheap dishes in advance in order to smash them on New Year's Eve for good luck? (No)

7. Do you believe that on New Year's Eve in Japan, everyone waits for the 108th bell in the temple, and after that they go to bed? (Yes)

8. Do you believe that in Belgian villages there is a custom to congratulate pets and cattle on the New Year, treat them with their favorite delicacies and decorate them with beautiful ribbons? (Yes)

9. Do you believe that in Nepal there is such a New Year's sign: if you write your most cherished desire on a piece of paper (paper napkin), and at midnight swallow at least a small piece of it and drink it with champagne, then this wish will come true? (No)

10. Do you believe that in Amsterdam there is a tradition of compulsory ice skating on New Year's Eve? (Yes)

Hello kids, the best in the world!
Any of us, of course, is waiting for a fun holiday ... (in chorus): New Year!

The first country we will go to is the country of the Rising

sun - Japan, which is one of the first to celebrate the New Year. By the New Year, the Japanese make postcards with their own hands and send them to friends and relatives. This is an important ritual. New Year in Japan is celebrated for a whole week, it is called golden week. On New Year's Eve, Japanese children draw. It is believed that a wish will come true if you put a drawing depicting what you dream about under your pillow. Japanese children in the New Year are looking forward to Segatsu-san (Japanese Santa Claus). Kadomatsu (decoration of pine, cut bamboo, straw and plum tree) is installed in the houses. Also, Japanese children love to do origami and cut out different figures with scissors.
Contest: Who can cut the most beautiful snowflake. (Participate 5-6 people). To the cheerful New Year's music, children cut out snowflakes within 2-3 minutes. The one with the most beautiful snowflake wins. Carved snowflakes can decorate curtains on windows or classroom walls.

We continue our journey. Our next stop is

Brazil. In Brazil, they dress up a coffee tree. New Year in Rio de Janeiro is usually celebrated with a cannon shot. Hearing him, people start hugging. Many believe that if at this moment you have time to hug and kiss a person dear to you, then the coming year will be happy. According to tradition, employees throw old stationery right out of the windows of institutions. This means that the old working year has come to an end. Arrange a carnival, fireworks, light a lot of candles. Throw fruit and candies into the sea.

And we, on the contrary, will catch sweets from the sea.
Contest: Who can wind the rope faster? (Participate 4-5 people). Strings are tied to Chupa-Chups sweets. To the music of the song "Chunga-Changa", the contestants begin to wind the ropes around the candy stick. Who is faster? The winner receives a prize (big lollipop).

New Year in Bulgaria meet, as elsewhere - cheerfully and with hope for

happy and joyful coming year. The whole family, relatives and friends gather at a large table. Guests exchange gifts and wish each other good luck and prosperity in the new year.

In Bulgaria, there is also an unusual New Year's tradition - on the first day of the new year, children walk with "survaknits" (twigs decorated with red threads, coins and bells) and read blessing rhymes. In Bulgaria, on New Year's Eve, coins, a rosebud and a hot pepper pod are baked into pies. If you come across a pie with a coin - to wealth, and with a rose - fortunately. It is important to be able to guess the lucky pie.
Contest : Let's play Guess. Can you count? (2 people participate). How many sushi are in this jar? Participants of the competition express their assumptions. Drying is then counted. The winner is the one who more accurately guessed the number of dryers in the jar (the winner gets the kalach).

new year for Germans is not a family holiday. New Year's Eve

Germans prefer to celebrate on the street, in bars or restaurants. In the cities on this day, festive processions and masquerades are sure to take place. On New Year's Eve, fireworks are lit, which, according to ancient beliefs, drive away evil spirits. German kids are waiting for Santa Nikolaus on this day. A kind wizard arrives on a small donkey and leaves gifts and sweets for the children on the windowsill. The symbol of the New Year in Germany is the chimney sweep. It is believed that those who touch the chimney sweep and get smeared with coal will be happy. What else can you do with charcoal? Of course, draw!
Contest : "Drawing with a blindfold." Participants (3-4 people) are blindfolded. Guess what you will draw:
I don’t shiver in the cold, I keep my nose like a carrot. Only now, without the winter cold, I pour tears bitterly into puddles. But I'm not complaining, I'm used to it. What's my name? ... (Snowman).
To cheerful music, blindfolded contestants draw a snowman.
For the best drawing - a prize (crayons).

We made a short journey around the planet and, finally,

ended up in Russia.
Did you know that in ancient times, the New Year in Rus' was most often celebrated in the spring, when all nature woke up. This holiday was celebrated in ancient Rus' - on March 1, and a truly Russian tree - a birch - was decorated for the New Year. Later there was a custom in Rus' to celebrate the New Year on September 1. And only during the reign of Peter 1 in Rus' a tradition appeared to celebrate the New Year - January 1.

Peter 1 ordered to put a Christmas tree in the houses, decorate it with gingerbread, apples, multi-colored ribbons and beads. However, after the death of Peter I, they stopped decorating New Year trees. The tradition of putting up Christmas trees was revived under Catherine the Great. In 1954, the main Christmas tree of the country, the Kremlin, was lit for the first time, which sparkles and sparkles every New Year. In the old days, the Christmas tree was decorated with various sweets: nuts in shiny wrappers, sweets and even vegetables. And shiny balls appeared relatively recently - about a hundred years ago. In Rus', not Santa Claus gave gifts, but on the contrary, they were given to him so that he would become kinder. But over time, he noticeably kinder and began to bring gifts himself. In pre-revolutionary Russia, gifts were put in Christmas socks, in the Soviet era, it was customary to put New Year's presents under the Christmas tree. Another New Year's tradition that must be mentioned is New Year's address of the head of state to the people. This New Year's tradition has been in Russia for more than 70 years. On this day in Russia, merry games and round dances were arranged in cities and villages.
"Snowball game": The task is to throw snowballs into your basket (bucket), placed 2-3 meters from the participant.

In conclusion, we sum up our games and sing the song “New Year” together

(the song New Year's Disco Crash sounds)

I wish you a Happy New Year
Fun sonorous, like ice,
Bright smiles - like amber,
Health - like frost in January!

Thank you all and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A SELECTION OF NEW YEAR'S MATERIAL FOR WORK IN THE LESSON AND EXTRA-CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES WITH STUDENTS OF 1-4 GRADES

New Year's quiz for schoolchildren with answers

Purpose: This material will be of interest to primary school teachers in preparation for the New Year holidays.
Target: introducing students to the history of the New Year, New Year's characters.
Tasks:- develop interest in New Year's traditions, customs,

To form cognitive, communicative UUD,

Cultivate a love of tradition.
New Year's Eve
V. Shumilin
On New Year's Eve, like in a fairy tale,
Full of wonders.
The tree hurries to the train,
Leaving the winter forest.
And the stars shine bright
And they dance.
Under New, New Year!
Laughs like snowflakes
They fly all night, they fly.
And songs everywhere
They sound funny.
The wind whistles
Snowstorm sings
New Year's Eve New Year's Eve
Under New, New Year!

Questions of the New Year's quiz.

1 .In Russia, the New Year will be the first to celebrate:
A) Residents of Chukotka, Kamchatka and Magadan region +
B) Residents of Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions
C) residents of the Moscow, Tula, Novgorod regions
2 . In Russia, the New Year will be the last to be celebrated by residents:
A) Kaliningrad +
B) Astrakhan
C) Petersburg
3. The needles of the needles of this tree are not prickly, wider and longer than spruce, and the cones grow up, not down, like spruce:
A) Cedar
B) Fir +
C) Pine
4. The prototype of the modern Santa Claus:
A) Saint Nicholas +
B) Saint Peter
B) Saint Ivan
5. This is how the people called January:
A) Prosimets
B) Prosinets +
B) promorozets
6. Russian artist, author of the painting "Snow Maiden":
A) I. Levitan
B) V. Vasnetsov +
B) I. Shishkin
7. Composer Rimsky Korsakov created the opera:
A) Snow Maiden +
B) granddaughter
C) Beauty
8. So the people called December:
A) Morozailo
B) It's cold +
B) Gonyailo
9. The type of horse movement found in the famous children's song about the Christmas tree:
A) Trot +
B) Allure
B) gallop
10. The most famous New Year's fruit:
A) apple
B) Mandarin +
C) Banana
11. Santa Claus needs this not only to lean, but also to work miracles:
A) boots
B) Belt
C) Staff +
12. Santa Claus has a long one, to the waist:
A) fur coat
B) Beard +
C) hat
13. In Rus', when the whole family gathered at the New Year's table, the children tied the legs of the table with a bast rope. What did this New Year's custom symbolize?
A) The family in the coming year will be strong and should not be separated +
B) The family in the coming year will be cheerful and should not be sad
C) The family in the coming year will be rich and should not be poor
14. What gymnastic trick does the Earth perform by the time of the next New Year?
A) Rondat
B) screw
C) Turnover +
15. Which country is the historical homeland of the Christmas tree, and then the New Year tree?
A) England
B) Germany +
B) Denmark
16. What is the name of the Russian old, but ageless dance at the New Year tree?
A) Polka
B) Round dance +
B) Waltz
17. Christmas tree lullaby singer:
A) Storm
B) Blizzard
C) Blizzard +
18. What is customary to wash for the New Year in Hungary in order to be provided with all year round?
A) water
B) Money +
C) snow
19. In which country, during the New Year holiday, thousands of lanterns are lit to light the way to the New Year?
A) Poland
B) China +
B) Japan
20. When was the New Year celebrated in pre-Petrine Rus' of the 18th century?
A) January 1
B) September 1 +
C) March 1

New Year's quiz that requires a full answer. (3-4 cells).

2. American Santa Claus.(Santa Claus.)

3. Three necessary things without which Santa Claus cannot appear "in public"?(Without beard, staff and gifts.)

4. Snowflake's cousin?(Icicle.)

5. How many times, according to ancient tradition, Santa Claus must hit the ground with his staff for a miracle to happen?(Three times.)

6. Transportation of Santa Claus?(A trio of horses harnessed to a painted sleigh.)

7. How many times do Russians celebrate the New Year?(Twice: the first of January according to the new style and the fourteenth - according to the old.)

8. Which Russian writer, playwright is considered the "father" of the Snow Maiden?(A. N. Ostrovsky, author of the fairy tale "The Snow Maiden".)

9. Famous Russian composer, author of the opera "The Snow Maiden"?(Rimsky-Korsakov.)

10. Which movie screening on New Year's Eve has become a good tradition?("Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath".)

11. A close relative of Santa Claus?(His granddaughter Snegurochka.)

12. Who invented the calendar?(Ancient Romans.)

13. Favorite delicacy of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden?(Ice cream.)

14. The birthplace of ice cream?(French town called Plombières.)

15. Children's fairy tales, in the title of which Santa Claus himself or his immediate and distant relatives appears?(“Frost”, “Snow Queen”, “Snow Maiden”, “Moroz Ivanovich”, “Mrs. Metelitsa”, etc.)

16. New Year's "confetti guns"?(Clapperboard.)

17. The name of the famous New Year's song?("The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree".)

GAME ATTRACTIONS NEW YEAR

"New Year's mosaic" - The game involves two teams of three people each.

Exercise. Each team is given an envelope in which a proverb or a saying on a winter theme is enclosed, and each word is written out on a separate piece of paper. It is necessary in a minute to compose scattered words into a proverb or saying: “Take care of your nose in a big frost”; "Winter and summer don't get along."

"Snowball Catcher" - a comic competition in throwing "snowballs" is arranged. Two players stand facing each other at a distance of about three meters. The player in front of whom lies a “pile of snowballs” (pre-made paper) throws at the second player, who has a small waste basket in his hands. With this basket, he must catch the snowball. The task of the second player is to catch as many snowballs as possible with his basket.

One snowflake, two snowflakes... - two or more people participate in the game. Task. Blindfolded for a certain time, collect as many "snowflakes" scattered by Santa Claus as possible.

"Christmas tree elegant ..." - Both girls and boys take part in the game. Girls are Christmas trees, which young men must dress up and embellish for the holiday in a certain time. In front of each of them is a box with various ladies' cosmetics, jewelry and accessories: beads, bows, clip-on earrings, lipstick, blush, eye shadow, hairpins, Christmas decorations and tinsel. The winner is the pair of players that aroused the greatest sympathy among the audience. Voting is "regulated" by friendly applause.

"Blind Game" - Two players are involved. In front of each of them is a large sheet of paper and a pencil. Condition of the game: blindfolded, draw, for example, a snowman. The winner is the one whose drawing will come out more successful and reliable. The winner receives a "sweet prize", in the form of a large candy with a surprise "filling". Rewarding the winner, Santa Claus imperceptibly pulls the string and the “candy” popper suddenly explodes in the hands of an unsuspecting player, showering him with colorful confetti.

"My balloon fly ..." - The game is played by two or three pairs of players. They are given the task of preventing the balloon from touching the floor during a fast, rhythmic dance. The winner is a couple who successfully completed the task, which receives an amazing gift from Santa Claus as an encouragement: by tapping on the floor with his magic staff, he prophesies an amazing and brilliant future for young people.

“Two silver horses will rush me in an instant ...” - two rival players, using roller skates as ordinary skates, must simultaneously leave the "same destination", overcome a certain distance and return safely. The winner is the one who is more confident and quickly cope with the task.

Traditions of the New Year in different countries.

Let's start with Germany, from where the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree at the New Year's Eve spread throughout the world. By the way, this tradition appeared there in the distant times of the Middle Ages. The Germans believe that Santa Claus rides on a donkey, so children put hay in their shoes to treat him. And in Berlin, at the Brandenburg Gate, the most interesting thing happens: hundreds of thousands of people pronounce toasts to the reunification of East and West Germany - the holiday is celebrated there very emotionally.

And in Vietnam, the beliefs are even more interesting - the ancestors of modern Vietnamese believed that the New Year sails on the back of a carp, so today there is a tradition there to buy a live carp for the New Year and release it into a pond or river. And the main symbol of the holiday there are the branches of a blossoming peach, which are placed in the house and give each other.

Another common tradition today was given to the world by another European country - England. This is giving greeting cards to each other. And among the unusual things associated with the New Year there, one can single out the same tradition of treating a donkey with hay that the Germans have, as well as the ritual of kissing lovers under a sprig of mistletoe for the strength of relationships. And you need to do this to the sound of bells ringing at 12 o'clock in honor of the New Year. It is unusual that these bells begin to ring even before 12 at night, but until the New Year comes they are wrapped in blankets so that they sound quiet, and when it comes, the blankets are removed and they begin to ring with all their might. And in the British Isles, people literally let out the Old and let in the New Year: to do this, they first open the back door of the house when the clock starts to strike 12, and then open the front door - so that the New Year enters the house.

But Sweden gave the world the first glass Christmas decorations (in the 19th century). There, on New Year's Eve, it is customary not to turn off the lights in the houses and brightly illuminate the streets - this is a real celebration of light.

Another Europeans, the French, celebrate the New Year very extravagantly. They bake a pie in which they put one bean, whoever gets this bean is declared the bean king and on a festive night everyone obeys his orders. Yes, many of us would like such a tradition, it is strange that so far it has not reached and taken root in Russia. And good French winemakers are simply obliged to drink for the future harvest with a barrel of wine: you need to clink glasses with it and congratulate it on the New Year!

In the United States, where in 1895. the world's first luminous electric garland was hung at the White House, and from where the tradition spread around the world to write "New Year's tasks" with promises and plans for the coming year, it is not customary to arrange solemn feasts, as well as give gifts, all this is arranged there only for Christmas , and they necessarily transplant Christmas trees into the ground, and do not throw them away, as we do.

But the Finns arrange solemn meals on Christmas and New Year. It was from Finland that the tradition came to melt wax and lower it into cold water, and then guess from the resulting figures what awaits a person in the coming year.

Japan gave the world the tradition of celebrating the New Year in new clothes, building ice sculptures and castles. The most unusual tradition there is to buy a rake before the New Year, which "will help to bring more happiness."

An unusual and quite common New Year's tradition in many countries is making noise - the louder the better! Panamanians loudly shouting and knocking, ringing bells, including sirens and car horns so appease the New Year. Hungarians in the first second of the arrival of the New Year whistle loudly - drive away the bad and attract well-being. Iranians - shoot from guns.

Whatever the New Year's traditions, the most extravagant among them, nevertheless, can rightfully be considered those in which something is thrown out of the windows. So, in Cuba, at 12 o'clock, water is poured out of the windows, which is collected in advance in all the utensils in the house - in this way, Cubans wish the New Year a clean and bright path like water. Italians throw old things out of the windows so that new things take their place, and they do it with all their inherent passion, loudly and cheerfully. In some areas of Johannesburg (the capital of South Africa), refrigerators fly out of the windows, which makes the New Year in this country very dangerous, but in general it is customary to throw something old out of the windows, too, like in Italians. But in Nepal, old things are burned in large fires at sunrise.

The Bulgarians behave very unusually in the first 3 minutes of the New Year: they turn off the lights everywhere - these are the minutes of New Year's kisses, the secret of which is kept by darkness. Well, Ecuadorians left everyone far behind in terms of extravagance of New Year's traditions. The men there change into women's clothes, put on wigs and make-up to arrange a "widow's lament" for bad husbands and set dolls on fire.

But in general, all Ecuadorians believe: if you have time to put on yellow underwear during the strike of the clock, then money will fall like snow on your head, if red, then there will be happiness in your personal life, if you run around the house at the same time with a big bag or suitcase, you will be traveling all year round.

There are many more interesting New Year's traditions.

What winter holidays do Russians celebrate twice: according to the old and new style?
(Christmas - December 25 and January 7. New Year- January 1 according to the new style and January 14 according to the old style. The phrase old New Year is our domestic invention and Russian tradition.)

In Rus', when the whole family gathered for new year table, the children tied the legs of the table with a bast rope. What did this symbolize? New Year custom?
(This meant that the family in the coming year would be strong and should not be separated.)

Why in 1699-1700 Russians celebrated New Year twice four months apart?
(In 1699, a few months after the Russians had already celebrated the New Year on September 1, they had to repeat the celebration. Because on December 19, Peter the Great issued a decree on the reform of the calendar in Russia. According to this document, the New Year began to be celebrated on January 1 and the Christian chronology was adopted - from the Nativity of Christ.The first January festive New Year in Russia was celebrated very widely for almost a day.)

Issuing a decree to celebrate New Year, Peter I wrote that on this day, January 1, “to decorate houses from trees and branches of pine, spruce. To inflict shooting on each in his own yard, and do not inflict much drinking and massacre on this day ... ". Why did he forbid drinking and fighting that day?
(According to Peter, "other days are enough" for this.)

In pre-Petrine Rus', traditional new year fresh apples were the treat of the festive feast. Why?
(After all, before the calendar reform of Peter I New Year celebrated on September 1 - at the time when they picked apples.)

In Japan about coming New Year 108 strokes of the bell are announced; in Great Britain New Year's midnight is beaten off by the London clock Big Ben. But in Russia?
(Moscow Kremlin chimes.)

Why did the future poet Pushkin have New Year's there was no tree?
(The Christmas tree in Russia began to be used as New Year's tree only from the middle of the 19th century.)

With the advent of Soviet power, the custom of decorating a Christmas tree for Christmas was abolished as a religious one. And when was it restored?
(Only in 1935, they began to decorate the Christmas tree on New Year.)

When did January 1 become a non-working day in Russia?
(The decision to do so was made in December 1947.)

The inhabitants of which countries are the first on Earth to meet New Year?
(Inhabitants of New Zealand and the State of Fiji. This is due to the fact that these territories are geographically located closest to the date line.)

What advantage do the inhabitants of the Chukchi village of Uelen have over the rest of the Russians?
(They meet New Year first. Whalen–the easternmost village in Russia. It is located near Cape Dezhnev in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Its residents celebrate the New Year 8 hours earlier than in Moscow.)

Residents of what region of the Russian Federation New Year meet later than all the other Russians?

(Kaliningrad region, the westernmost region of Russia. The New Year comes to them an hour later than to Moscow.)

How many times can you meet in Russia New Year?
(Now, in accordance with the new law "On the calculation of time", time zones passing through the territory of Russia became 9. Therefore, in Russia New Year you can meet 9 times. And more recently, there were 11 time zones, and therefore the number of New Year's meetings in our country decreased by 2.)

What gymnastic trick does the Earth perform by the time the next New Year?
(Reverse.)

At what beat of the Kremlin Chimes in our country comes New Year?
(According to the rules of the exact time service, a new hour comes with the last sound signal, including the last strike of the clock.)

Who were the first of the people of the Earth to meet New Year in space?
(These are Russian cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko, in orbit of the Salyut-6 station on January 1, 1978.)

For Americans, he is a saint; for the French, he is a father figure. And who is he to us, the Russians?
(In America, Santa Claus brings gifts to the Americans, Pere Noel - Father Christmas - to the French, and distributes gifts to little Russians Grandfather Freezing.)

What ancient Russian city is considered the birthplace of Santa Claus?
(Veliky Ustyug, Volgograd region.)

In what month does our Santa Claus celebrate his birthday?

(In November, more precisely– November 18th. What is the age of the winter wizard – it is not known for certain, but it is certain that more than 2000 years. The date of birth of Santa Claus was invented by the children themselves, since it was on November 18 in his estate– in Veliky Ustyug– real winter comes into its own, and frosts hit.)

In what region of the Russian Federation is Veliky Ustyug, the patrimony of Father Frost?

(In the Vologda region. Veliky Ustyug– one of the oldest cities in the Russian North. It was officially named the birthplace of Santa Claus in 1999.)

When did the Russian Grandfather Frost have a granddaughter Snegurochka?
(Recently, it was invented by the Russian playwright A.N. Ostrovsky, who in 1873 wrote a play in verse - the poetic "spring tale" "The Snow Maiden".)

What Russian city is the historical homeland of the Snow Maiden?

(Kostroma. In Kostroma, the Snow Maiden has both a tower and a living room, where she cordially receives and entertains her guests of any age.)

When the song “Yolochka” appeared (“A Christmas tree was born in the forest ...”), which is sung by all children and adults in our country on New Year's holidays?
(For the first time, the poem "Yolochka" was published in 1903 in the children's magazine "Baby" with a pseudonym of two letters. Composer L.K. Beckman wrote music for the poems. Only in 1941 was the real author of the words established - Raisa Adamovna Kudasheva, Russian writer.)

What beauty dresses up once a year?
(New Year's Christmas tree.)

Which country is the historical homeland of the Christmas, and then New Year's Christmas trees?
(Germany.)

Name the children's storyteller who invented the Planet New Year's Christmas trees.
(Gianni Rodari.)

What is the name of the Russian old, but ageless dance New Year's Christmas trees?
(Round dance.)

Name the performer of the Christmas tree lullaby.
(Blizzard.)

What is the name of New Year double ball?
(Masquerade, carnival.)

New Year a drink for risky people is ... What?
(Champagne.)

What is the name of the most peaceful New Year warhead?
(Clapperboard.)

What do they start with New Year's crackers?
(Confetti.)

Not only a winding road in the mountains, but also New Year's tree decoration. What is this?
(serpentine.)

What was the name of the village in which amazing events took place on Christmas night, which N.V. told us about? Gogol?
(Dikanka.)

What were the names of the boys from the story of Arkady Gaidar, who came to meet their father in the distant taiga New Year with a geological expedition?
(Chuk and Gek.)

From which film by Eldar Ryazanov did the catchphrase fly out: “There is a setting to meet New Year»?
("Carnival Night".)

name our most New Year the film to be shown the day before New Year has become a real Russian tradition, which is already more than 30 years old.
(“The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath”, directed by Eldar Ryazanov, 1976. They joke, in order to tactfully find out the age of a woman, you need to ask her how many times she watched this film on New Year's Eve. The number of views will equal her age.)

But Santa Claus harnesses not deer, but deer to the Christmas sleigh! What proves the truth of such a statement?
(The presence of horns. After all, male deer take off their antlers in the fall.)

Why you can not return existing debts in New Year's days?
(In order not to do this all year later. You need to return all monetary debts in advance; it is not recommended to take on old debts on the New Year.)

In Greece for New Year guests put a stone on the host's threshold, wishing him that this thing always weighs no less. What is this thing?
(Wallet.)

What is customary to wash on New Year in Hungary to be secured all year round?
(Literally money!)

Why in Hungary new year's eve no ducks, no chickens, no geese are served on the table?
(So ​​that “happiness does not fly away from home.”)

Why, on the evening of December 31, do Italians only walk strictly in the middle of the pavement?
(They are afraid to walk along the edges of the pavement for safety reasons, as the Italians are under New Year Throw old trash and furniture out of the windows.)

In Germany, these seasonal workers must be at least 180 cm tall, with a bass and a beard. They are given uniforms free of charge. What color is she?
(Red, it's Santa Clauses.)

In which country during New Year's street processions - the most exciting part of the holiday - thousands of lanterns are lit to illuminate the way to New Year?
(In China.)

Which island nation has this custom: before New Year people fill all the dishes with water, and at the moment when the clock strikes twelve, they make a real flood, simultaneously pouring water out of the windows, wishing themselves that in the coming year life would become as bright and clear as water?
(At Cuba.)

Children in grades 5-7 are teenagers who have already begun to be a little shy, so it will be quite difficult to get them into a mobile festive event. But an intellectual, fun New Year's quiz for children in grades 5-7 is more than suitable for such a difficult age.

Questions for a quiz with answers

1. Female New Year's character, which is not found in any country except Russia (countries of the former USSR). (Granddaughter of the Snow Maiden).
2. Who gave the children the granddaughter Snegurochka? (Russian folktale).
3. What is the name of the clock that notifies the country of the arrival of the New Year? (Chimes).
4. Why does winter come? (Over the autumn season).
5. Christmas songs are especially loved by children. ().
6. Birds that do not like winter are called ... (migratory).
7. An animal that lives on the territory of our country, but does not know what winter is? (Bear).
8. This palace bears the same name with the cold season. ("Winter").
9. In the summer they prepare a sleigh, and prepare a cart? (in winter).
10. When did the hero of Nekrasov once come out of the forest? (In the cold, winter season).
11. What is the celebration of the winter season? (Shrovetide).
12. Santa's lifesaver (Staff).
13. Comes - brings to tears, and leaves itself with tears! (Winter).
14. Flying without wings, growing without roots? (Snowball).
15. The main beauty of the holiday (Yolka).
16. Snow and vegetable sculpture. (Snowman).
17. Who laughs in the eyes of winter, according to Tyutchev? (Spring).
18. Spruce can live ... (300-400 years).
19. Fragments of what made the fairy-tale heroes of one winter fairy tale evil, insensitive? (Mirrors).
20. Who triumphs in winter, according to Pushkin? (Peasant).
21. A month that starts only winter and ends the whole year? (December).
22. What Christian holiday are they named after? (Christmas, Christmas holidays).
23. What time of year is the city and river named after in Russia? (Winter).
24. Winter bird swimming in the snow. (Kingfisher).
25. Continue the phrase "Frost and sun ..." (Wonderful day).
26. "Gift-bearing" tree? (Herringbone).
27. What will tell us about the fate of the green Christmas tree? (Song).
28. If there is no Christmas tree, in the southern countries they can dress up ... (Palm tree).
29. European winter queen. (The Snow Queen).
30. White flies are ... (snowflakes).
31. One of the professions of Santa Claus. (Artist).
32. American Santa enters the house through ... (chimney).
33. A wardrobe item that Santa has a special affinity for? (Socks or).
34. Father Frost's residence... Santa's residence? (Veliky Ustyug and Lapland).
35. In 1700, he issued a decree on the meeting (beginning) of the New Year on January 1. (Peter the First).

Such a winter-themed competition will allow students in grades 5-7 to show ingenuity and intelligence, and those who correctly answered the questions of the New Year's quiz must be given a small gift.