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[ New Year ]

1. There is a tree, this tree has twelve branches,
   Twelve branches have four rods,
   The rod has six tassels, the seventh is golden.

[year, months, weeks, days of the week]

1. A Christmas tree was born in the forest, it is in front of you. We decorated the top with ruby...

[star]

1. I took a plane ticket. Let's meet together...

[ New Year ]

1. In winter I walk along a long road, through mountains, forests and valleys,
   And I, making my rounds, brought you to the Christmas tree...

[ New Year ]

1. He comes on a winter evening to light candles on the Christmas tree.
   He starts a round dance - it’s a holiday.

[ New Year ]

1. In winter, during fun times, I sit on a bright spruce tree.
   I shoot like a cannon, my name is...

[cracker]

1. He tells everyone to dance, he makes everyone sing songs,
   He makes everyone happy and never gets tired.
   He has lived with us for centuries, friendly, noisy...

[round dance]

9.On what mountain did Elijah die?

[God took Elijah alive]

10. I was at the feast, but didn’t drink wine, what is it?

[head of John the Christite]

1. How many of each type of animal did Moses take with him on the ark?

[ none. It was not Moses who built the ark, but Noah]

1. Who in the Bible died because they cut their hair at the wrong time?

[Samson]

1. A housewife's military weapon, a “symbol” of warmth and comfort?

[rolling pin]

1. A hippopotamus flew across the sky, and a hunter with a gun ran along the ground behind him. The hunter fired and the hippo fell on him. Who is still alive?

[elephant because he flew out later]

1. Which biblical hero died because he didn't get his hair cut on time?

[Absalom]

1. What question cannot honestly be answered “yes”?

[Are you sleeping? ]

1. Two nails fell into the water. What does the corresponding Georgian surname sound like?

[Rusted]

1. You are sitting on an airplane, there is a horse in front of you, and a car behind you. Where are you located?

[Carousel]

1. There are a ruler, a pencil, a compass and an eraser on the table. You need to draw a circle on a piece of paper. Where will you start?

[You need to get a piece of paper]

1. A train leaves from point A to point B. Another train left at the same time from point B to point A to meet him. The road is single track, but they did not meet. Why?

[Not fate]

1. Who is the founder of shipbuilding?

[Noah]

1. What word always sounds wrong?

[The word “wrong”]

1. Which river is the most predatory?

[ Tiger ]

1. What can't you bake bread without?

[without crust]

1. Big, green. Eats stones.

[large, green stone beetle]

1. What is it: flies, rustles, and not rustles?

[ rustling brother ]

1. What is it: in the sky, not on earth; the woman has two, the man has none?

[letter “B”]

28.What is the cow in front and the bull behind?

[letter “K”]

1. It doesn’t live in the sea, it lives in a stove, it won’t fit in a barn, but two will fit into a wallet.

[letter “K”, USA]

1. What stands in the middle of the Earth?

[letter “M”]

1. The man has one, the crow has two, and the bear has none!

[letter “O”]

1. Is it possible to jump higher than a nine-story building?

[yes, a nine-story building can't jump]

1. Three related tractor drivers have a brother, Sergei, but Sergei has no brothers. Could this be possible?

[yes, if the tractor drivers are women]

1. Is it possible: two heads, two arms and six legs, but only four in walking?

[yes, it's a rider on a horse]

1. What is this: standing black, on two legs?

[two one-legged blacks]

1. What's warmer than a fur coat?

[two fur coats]

1. If six Jews are sitting at a table, what is under the table?

[twelve tribes of Israel]

1. What words exhausted Winnie the Pooh?

[long]

1. Until when can you go into the forest?

[until the middle, then you will leave]

1. What could be bigger than an elephant and at the same time weightless?

Riddles are far from a children's genre. In ancient times, they played an important role in human life. A logic riddle is a kind of test of rationality. If you guess right, you will go from fools to princes, you will receive a princess and half a kingdom, as usual, in addition! And today, at a matinee for a child and at a holiday for a parent, at any celebration, New Year's riddles will come to the fore.

We have something for every taste: serious and humorous, simple and complex, for children and adults, with and without answers. All of them are about the New Year 2020 and its symbol - the rat. Entertaining and instructive, with and without rhyme, a little sad and funny. Have fun with our creative riddles!

It's time to prepare a festive dinner. What is the first thing every housewife throws into the pan?
(Sight)

What kind of fashionista comes to every home and sits as a guest at the table?
She is dressed in a warm fur coat, a special dark red color.
(Herring under a fur coat)

How many boiled eggs can you eat on an empty stomach on January 1st?
(One egg, because the rest will not be eaten on an empty stomach)

The rat, the symbol of the coming year, is a patient, intelligent, thrifty creature. But the question is this: can she call herself an animal?
(No, because rats can't talk)

About the symbol of 2020 - the rat

We honor the Rat in the New Year. Nobody remembers the old New Year anymore. The symbol of 2020 is a thrifty mother with many children, a nimble, sleek rat in a white dress, a slender, charming rat in a golden outfit, and a thrifty Little Mouse. Riddles about different little rats and mice are waiting to meet you!

It's funny and sad to the point of tears!

A keen sense of smell and sensitive hearing,
Little legs,
She has a corded ponytail
And he's afraid of cats!
(Rat, mouse)

I arrange myself cleverly:
I have a pantry with me.
Where's the storage room? Behind the cheek!
I'm so cunning!
(Hamster)

She has been feeling for a long time
That the ship will go to the bottom.
She has no time for rye, no time for rice -
escapes from the ship
(Rat)

What do you call an endless, self-defeating, pointless pursuit, or a routine lifestyle that leaves no time for rest or entertainment?
(Rat race)

The female sex doesn't like her,
Always greeted with loud screams.
And hiding from her on the table,
When she comes close.
(Rat, mouse)

Funny with a trick (for adults)

When adults are alone at home, despite their age, they also like to play pranks. They arrange a banquet for themselves, come up with and solve riddles for the New Year. All sorts of tricky questions and puzzles are especially popular. They are suitable for both corporate events and ordinary fun company. Jokes for good health! All our jokes are given out for free!

Who got drunk on New Year's Day?
Who grunted and got into the shower dressed?
You guessed right, not a pig,
And he looks like a pig (husband)!

Question:“What is the most wonderful gift a woman dreams of receiving for the New Year? There's a hint! The length of the gift is 15cm, and its width is 7cm.” Guess your beloved's wish!

Answer: hundred dollar bill.

Question: Why does our beloved Grandfather Frost have a red nose?

Answer: Why does grandpa have a very red nose?
Maybe he got very cold on the road?
It's because the fabulous old man
I’m used to taking a steam bath in a hot Russian bath.

Question: “Who is dressed the warmest in this room?”

Who is not afraid to freeze
At minus thirty to the bones?
Maybe a fox fur coat
Someone hid one of the guests?

Look at each other
And answer me now:
Where is this fur coat?
What is invisible to the eye?

(herring under a fur coat on the table)

Question:“Have you ever wondered why a snowman, like a real man, has a bucket on his head and not a hat?”

The answers might be: one can assume that such a headdress is very practical - it does not get wet, does not fly off in the wind, and suits a snowman. Or maybe it’s a family tradition, and the bucket is passed down from generation to generation. Of course, anything is possible!

But in reality it was like this...
One New Year's Eve, the wife asked her husband to take out the trash. Reluctantly, he looked up from the TV, which was showing an old funny comedy, got dressed and went out into the yard... Two weeks passed. On the night of the old New Year the doorbell rang. The wife opened it - an unshaven, lost husband stood on the threshold. He handed his wife an empty bucket. She appreciated the joke, took the bucket and with great pleasure put it on her beloved husband’s head... This is such an unusual story for the whole family.

Why does this happen? Another funny poem:

If at night your doors
The animals opened it without a key,
They began to eat salad with peas,
Brazenly demand potatoes
Slurp loudly and laugh,
Don't be reflected in mirrors,
And tap your hoof,
And you see a little double, Look at the calendar:
It's not winter yet!
Don't delay, come on
Call an ambulance!

New Year's riddles for children

Children believe in miracles! Not only children 3-4 years old and preschoolers, but also completely grown-up high school students. They believe in a fairytale grandfather who will certainly come and give a miracle. Just like that, he will simply open the bag and give away the most valuable thing he has free of charge (that is, for nothing)! Let children's naive faith in miracles remain longer! The New Year lives in our mysteries. Each of them is not only fun entertainment with friends, but also a good lesson.

In verse:

The dear ribbon lay spread out on the Christmas tree.
The lights flash in different colors.
They are connected by a miracle - wiring.
The light bulbs are powered by electricity itself.
(Garland)

Around the Christmas tree on New Year's Day
There is a round dance at school.
What is it, where are your friends?
I don't see anyone.

It melts quickly on your warm palm
Lacy little piece of ice.
It's a pity that there are no repetitions.
Each one is unique (snowflake.)

She is a beautiful queen.
Green and young
And on the top of my head it sparkles
Star of Bethlehem.
(Christmas tree)

Mice one after another
Behind the mice is a cat.
This is not hunting, this is
(round dance!)

Some from a fairy tale, some from a miracle
Came to us out of nowhere?
With a beard so fluffy
And with a childishly pure soul?
Who brought gifts?
Let's shout loudly:
(Father Frost!)

And when the guests arrive
And they will pour champagne,
Pull her ponytail -
There will be fireworks!
(Clapperboard)

What winter holiday are they talking about?

This holiday is friends with the Christmas tree,
Hanging the lights in a row,
He has a green needle
He embroiders her outfit.

Children are not given into the hands,
Repeat their rhyme.
Dads laugh festively
They make fallen snow.

Moms in the kitchen finish cutting
A bowl full of Olivier.
Answer me, who knows
What kind of holiday is it outside?

(New Year)

Look, whose footprints are in the snow?
The enemy will never understand them.
Confused, the paths confused.
Even a wolf won't find him quickly.
(Hare)

But these are the tracks of a predator.
Run away to avoid trouble!
It's better not to joke with this beast
A hare can be swallowed right away.
(Wolf)

Someone was covering their tracks with their tail.
To prevent a hunter from entering the house
Predators of unprecedented beauty
Khitroya Patrikeevna
(foxes.)

Who is sleeping in the den and doesn’t hear us?
That's right guys, this is
(Misha!)

Game "Cool". Finish the poem

Good luck and success await you,
If you eat from the Christmas tree (nut.)

You will travel around the world,
If you take (candy) off the Christmas tree.

You will become incredibly smart.
If you can find (lemon.)

You will be able to study “excellently”
If you eat a jar (of mustard.)

Suddenly you will find sausage on the Christmas tree,
Don’t share with anyone, but eat (yourself!)

I hope your sense of humor is okay?
Did you like cool riddles?

You can guess it very quickly.
This famous artist.
The news will show a film,
Even the President's address.
In the meantime, the chimes are striking,
He will show (holiday fireworks!)

The good old New Year is coming soon!
Father Frost and the Snow Maiden will come.
Guess what's in the wonderful bag
Will grandpa bring it this time?
And don’t just wrinkle your nose!
This is a rhetorical question!

Man has always been attracted to everything interesting and mysterious. The riddles contain drops of folk wisdom, the salt of the earth. For many years she improved, honed rhymes, deepened the idea, polished like a diamond. How many riddles are there? How many Christmas tree decorations or how many stars are there in the sky? There is a solution, but it is not given clearly. It's like printing the same picture and expecting a different result.

Try to compose yourself! First, short riddles. Look for answers in poetry or prose. Try writing simple children's or cool adult ones for a quiz. This is a great exercise for the mind.

For many people, New Year is the most long-awaited and favorite holiday. To celebrate and celebrate it well, you need to think through all the details of the celebration in advance - the venue, snacks, entertainment and competitions. For those wishing to have a fun and unforgettable New Year's Eve, a quiz with answers will help, which will become the main issue for the New Year 2019 and a source of good mood.

Quiz for New Year 2019

When planning the scenario for the New Year's holiday, it is necessary to take into account the category of the audience, that is, guests and invitees, so that each participant feels comfortable and fun.

What is known about the symbol of the year

According to the Chinese calendar, the Dog will be replaced next year by the Yellow Earth Pig (Boar). Therefore, you should not forget this important fact and when compiling a quiz for the New Year 2019, you should use a variety of facts and interesting information about pigs.

You need to take care in advance about choosing and purchasing prizes in the form of this year’s symbol. This way, each of the winners will have a souvenir as a reminder of a good time.

Below is an example of a quiz with questions and answers about this animal, but if desired, they can be expanded and supplemented, because both children and adults can participate:

1. Make a nuisance - plant what? (Pig).
2. Who isn't a pig's comrade? (Goose).
3. A female name used to call a pig in folk tales in Russia (Khavronya).
4. What will a pig find everywhere? (Dirt).
5. The name of infectious inflammation of the parotid glands in children (Mumps).
6. Name of wild pig (Boar).
7. A disparaging name for a fat and clumsy person (Hog).
8. Pig's child (Piglet).
9. Fable by I.A. Krylov (“Pig under the oak tree”).
10. The name of a rare and expensive gourmet mushroom, the search for which involves an animal (Truffle).
11. The name of the piglet, Winnie the Pooh's friend, from the famous animated film (Piglet).
12. The name of the piglet from the TV show “Good night, kids” (Piggy).
13. Which of the piglets from the fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs” was the smartest and built a house out of stone? (Naf-Naf).
14. What kind of meat is used to prepare boiled pork? (Pork).
15. Which famous Russian poet wrote the following lines:

Remember this every son, every child know this.

A son will grow up to be a pig, if the son is a pig.(Vladimir Mayakovsky).

For corporate events

If this is a celebration among work colleagues, then a New Year's quiz will allow you to have a fun and active celebration of 2019, unite the team and raise team spirit. Questions for the competition can be from a wide variety of fields of science, natural history and other areas, and also relate directly to the history of the creation and operation of the enterprise. To make the competition fun and noisy, you can write questions in advance on small pieces of paper and mix them all in a hat or cap. All participants take turns taking out their forfeit and reading the task out loud.

To maintain your corporate image, you can prepare small souvenirs with the symbols or emblem of the organization as gifts.

The main requirement for the format of tasks is a comic form, variety and New Year's theme:

1. The main alcoholic attribute of the New Year's table. (Champagne).
2. Beautiful wishes during the feast. (Toast).
3. What is prohibited to do during the working day? (Sleep).
4. What's hard to get up on the morning of January 1st? (Eyelids).
5. The song performed by actor Andrei Myagkov in the film “The Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath!” (“If you don’t have an aunt”).
6. The name of a concert that is broadcast annually on television. (“Blue Light”).
7. What comes after the New Year? (Hangover on the morning of January 1).
8. Snow woman's colleague. (Snowman).
9. How did the Snow Maiden melt? (Jump over the fire).
10. What color is the Winter Olympics or fever? (White).

With family

Celebrating the New Year with the whole family is a great opportunity to get closer to each other, show attention and care for your loved ones, and spend unforgettable moments together. Questions for the quiz must be selected taking into account all age categories of family members, so that even the youngest can give answers with pleasure:

1. The name of a city in Russia, which is considered the geographical residence of Father Frost. (Veliky Ustyug).
2. Where does New Year's grandfather with the name Baba Zhara live? (Cambodia).
3. The most common salad on the New Year's menu in Russia. (“Olivier”).
4. In which country is there a custom of throwing old things and furniture out of the house on New Year's Eve? (Italy).
5. Regions where the New Year is celebrated first on the territory of the Russian Federation. (Kamchatka, Magadan).
6. The city to whose residents the holiday comes last. (Kaliningrad).
7. Which artist painted the painting “The Snow Maiden”? (Vasnetsov V.M.).
8. The most popular New Year's movie in the former USSR. (“The irony of fate or enjoy your steam!”).
9. A popular holiday children's song. (“A Christmas tree was born in the forest”).
10. The name for small rolled rolls of colored paper. (Serpentine).

For children

Children always look forward to the New Year with great impatience, because at this time incredible emotions, many interesting gifts and impressions await them. To prepare tasks for a children's quiz, you need to carefully select questions to give all participants the opportunity to express themselves in an intellectual battle:

1. The main attribute of the holiday. (Christmas tree).
2. Funny name of Santa Claus in Finland. (Youlupukki).
3. Where does the New Year's Eve take place next to the palm trees? (Cuba).
4. The name of the queen of snow and cold. (Snow Queen).
5. Spruce deposit. (Forest).
6. Dancing around the festive tree. (Round dance).
7. The predecessor of modern Santa Claus. (Saint Nicholas).
8. An analogue of the domestic Santa Claus in the USA. (Santa Claus).
9. Name the winter months one by one. (December, January, February).
10. Where does Santa Claus keep gifts for children? (In the bag).

It is imperative to think through rewards for all children; encouragement can be in the form of candies, sweets, toys.

A New Year's quiz for adults will help you not get bored on the holiday night. Not everyone celebrates this amazing holiday in restaurants; many prefer to stay at home and invite friends.

Various games, quizzes, practical jokes, outdoor games will allow you to spend the old year and meet the new one in an interesting and unusual way.

We offer a variety of New Year's Eve celebrations. You can spend them for your guests on the festive night.

Quiz option for a small company

For a small number of adults and children, you can choose and do a short warm-up before games and competitions:

1. What New Year's grandfather wears a red fur coat, a boyar hat, has a white thick beard, and always smiles? (Domestic Grandfather Frost).
2. Which Santa Claus has a white beard, a red hat with a pompom, wears beautiful swimming trunks on his tanned body, wears sunglasses, and owns a surfboard? (Australian Father Christmas).
3. In which country is it celebrated along with Cattle Breeding Day? Father Frost comes to the children, who is dressed like a cattle breeder - he wears a fox hat on his head, a long whip in his hands, a snuffbox and a flint on his side? (In Mongolia).
4. In which feature film did the phrase sound: “The intention is to celebrate the New Year with joy”? (In the movie “Carnival Night”).
5. Is this Russian city considered the geographical homeland of the Russian Father Frost? (Veliky Ustyug).
6. Where gifts are distributed not by Santa Claus, called Bobo Natale, but by the good fairy Befana, wearing a red cap and crystal slippers? (In Italy).
7. This Santa Claus has an original name - Joulupukki? (Finnish grandfather).
8. What is the name of the Spanish Santa Claus? (His name is Tagi Noel).
9. Where do locals create a New Year's bouquet from bamboo, pine, plum, and add fern and tangerine leaves to it? (In Japan, China or Thailand).
10. Where do New Year's round dances still take place around palm trees? (In Japan, in China, in Ghana).
11. As they used to celebrate in Rus' (they led joint round dances).
12. Who moved the New Year celebration from September 1 to January 1? (Peter the Great).

A comic version of the quiz

A New Year's quiz for adults can be conducted in a comic form:

1. Where was the Christmas tree born? (In the forest).
2. What is the name of the ancient ritual dance around the Christmas tree? (Round dance).
3. What is the name of a female creature who entertains the Christmas tree with her songs? (Blizzard).
4. A gray, suspicious person who constantly trots past a small Christmas tree. (Wolf).
5. A natural phenomenon that causes an increased population decline. (Ice).
6. New Year's ball, which is suitable for hiding your own self. (Masquerade).
7. Who is called the winter striker? (Freezing).
8. This drink is consumed by guests of the New Year's holiday. (Champagne).
9. New Year's dish, which is “dressed” in a fur coat. (Herring under a fur coat).
10. Excellent New Year's lighter. (Fireworks).

Option "Finest Hour"

A New Year's quiz with answers can be held in the form of a “finest hour”. Before the start of the competition, all quiz participants are given a set of numbers from one to ten. The names of the countries are written down on the tablet: Mexico, Australia, Panama, Cuba, Sweden, Myanmar, Norway, Brazil, China, Ireland. The game host asks the guests questions about the New Year traditions of these countries. Each team must have the same number of players.

1. Where is live fish used as decoration on the New Year’s table? (In Ireland).

2. Where do most of the residents go to bed on New Year's Eve around 00.10? (In Australia. Residents of this country wake up around 5-6 o'clock in the morning).

3. Where do people pour water on each other on New Year’s Eve, and without mutual offense? (In Myanmar. The holiday in this country coincides with the water festival, and dousing is a wish for happiness and health in the New Year).

4. Where is the New Year celebrated with the screams of people, the sounds of sirens, and the roar of cars? (In Panama).

5. Where do kids always hang a bird feeder, or put a bowl of oatmeal in the stable so that the gnomes can refresh themselves? (In Norway).

6. Where do people fill all the dishes with water before the New Year, and after the clock strikes twelve times, they organize a real flood, pouring water out of the windows? (This custom exists in Cuba).

A similar New Year's quiz for children and adults allows you to put your guests in a positive mood. It can be offered to guests just before the New Year holiday.

You won't be bored with the quiz

New Year's quizzes with answers, comic competitions, all this allows you to tune in to a positive mood and feel the holiday atmosphere. By offering original questions to guests, you will truly feel the New Year's bustle:

1. Where the arrival of the New Year is celebrated with a cannon shot, where a loved one is kissed in an instant? (In Brazil).
2. In this country, New Year's street processions are accompanied by the lighting of thousands of lanterns, illuminating the path to a new life. (In China).
3. Here, before the New Year, original dolls appear that symbolize the old year, and at midnight they scatter into small pieces. (In Mexico).

We answer only “yes” and “no”

The New Year's quiz can be held in the form of a bluff club. Guests are asked questions to which they must answer yes or no:

1. Do you believe that in Italy, to see off the old year and welcome the new year, doors are opened in houses when the hands are approaching midnight? (Yes).
2. Do you believe that African villagers race with a chicken egg in their mouth on New Year's holidays? (Yes, the winner is the one who comes to the finish line first without damaging the eggshell).
3. Do you believe that in Hungary it is not customary to serve any kind of bird on the table on New Year’s Eve, so that happiness does not “fly away” from the house? (Yes).
4. Do you believe that in London on New Year's Day, residents should go to Trafalgar Square to bathe in their clothes in the fountain? (No).
5. Is it true that in Denmark they buy inexpensive dishes in order to break them on New Year's Eve? (Yes).
6. Is it true that in Russia there must be champagne and tangerines on the table on New Year’s Eve? (Yes).
7. Once upon a time, during the reign of Peter 1, our country celebrated the New Year not on January 1, but on September 1, is this true? (Yes).

New Year's quizzes for children are a great way to introduce them to the traditions and customs of different peoples and countries. Together with their parents, the children look for answers to questions and learn about interesting facts related to the New Year holidays. In addition, a quiz for children with yes and no answers is a great way to entertain guests.

Family Quiz

The New Year's quiz is compiled by parents and children, because everyone expects only the most positive impressions from this holiday. For example, you can conduct a family quiz:

1. What was the name of the sled for skating on ice that Soviet children used? (Icelets).
2. Who is Babbo Natale, Pere-Noel, Yolupukki? (All these are Santa Clauses).
3. What, besides Grandfather Frost, is wearing a fur coat? (Salad “herring under a fur coat”).
4. Where are New Year's holidays associated with throwing out old furniture? (In Italy).
5. Where did the very first New Year's glass toys appear? (In Sweden).
6. Where were Senka, Sonya, Sanka in winter? (In a snowdrift).

A New Year's quiz for children and adults with answers is a great way to feel the holiday atmosphere.

Another quiz option

The following New Year's quiz is a great way to have fun on the festive night. We offer unusual and entertaining questions that can be proposed to both children and adults:

1. Name a winter fun activity. (Snowball fight).
2. What does not form on plastic windows? (Patterns).
3. Which country was the first to decorate Christmas trees during the New Year holidays? (Germany).
4. Where is it customary to kiss on New Year's holidays? (In the United States of America).
5. New Year's Eve dress code. (Carnival costume).
6. Where was the Snow Maiden born? (In Kostroma).
7. What is called the antipode of the New Year holiday in Russia? (Old New Year).
8. What tradition was abolished by the Soviet regime? ((Decorating the New Year tree).
9. Before Peter I, was this holiday celebrated on September 1? (New Year).
10. Try to continue the phrase: “Every New Year, my friends and I go to...”. (To the bathhouse).

The New Year's quiz is a wonderful option for joint creativity between children and adults, a way to organize joint leisure time.

Competition "The Bravest Grandfather Frost"

In addition to quizzes, it is quite possible to offer guests unusual competitions on New Year’s Eve.

Several participants are chosen from among the guests and given white beards. They must color the toys that are cut out of cardboard. So that the toy can then be placed on the New Year tree, it has a special loop. Next, Santa Clauses, together with their New Year's toys, go to the center of the living room, they are blindfolded, spun, after which the players must hang their toys on the New Year's tree without turning off the path.

The winner of the game is the “Santa Claus” who is the first to hang his homemade toy on the New Year tree.

Competition "Lottery"

In the apartment where the New Year's party is planned, you need to hang a beautiful bag. Guests coming to the house bring a souvenir or gift with them and put it in a bag. Once all the guests have gathered in the room, you can proceed to the auction. Each guest reads poems to Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, sings a song, and in return receives a gift from a magic bag.

Competition "Balls"

In Vienna, lavish balls are organized for the New Year holidays. In Warsaw, at midnight, residents pop balloons to receive an original fireworks display. Let's try to combine these customs.

You can invite from three to five couples to play. The balloons are inflated in advance, then given to the dancing couples, placing the balloons between the dancers.

Couples move to the music. After the music ends, they stop and hug each other. The winner of the competition is the couple whose balloon bursts the fastest.

In conclusion

New Year is considered a family holiday all over the world. In order for it to remain for a long time in the hearts of everyone who gathered around the decorated Christmas tree, it is necessary to think through competitions and events that will help to get into a joyful mood.

Do you want such a holiday to remain in the memory of your guests? For example, you can offer your guests a New Year's drawing competition. Players whose hands are tied must draw a symbol of the past year. The player whose drawing is the most realistic and original wins.

New Year's holidays are celebrated differently in each country. For example, if in Italy it is customary to throw old pieces of furniture out of the apartment on New Year’s Eve, then in Russia people try to give each other unusual New Year’s gifts. And in addition to the festive table, the obligatory elements of which are tangerines and champagne, in our country it is customary to hold many interesting quizzes and competitions.

A SELECTION OF NEW YEAR'S MATERIAL FOR WORK IN THE CLASS AND EXTRA-CLASSROOM 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 when preparing for the New Year holidays.
Target: introducing students to the history of the New Year and New Year's characters.
Tasks:- develop interest in New Year traditions, customs,

To form cognitive, communicative learning tools,

Foster a love of tradition.
New Year's Eve
V. Shumilin
On New Year's Eve, like in a fairy tale,
Full of miracles.
The Christmas tree is hurrying to catch the train,
Leaving the winter forest.
And the stars shine brightly
And they dance in a circle.
For the New, New Year!
Little funny guys like snowflakes
They fly and fly all night.
And songs are everywhere
Sounds funny.
The wind whistles
Blizzard sings
On New Year's Eve, on New Year's Eve,
For the New, New Year!

New Year's quiz questions.

1 .In Russia, the first to celebrate the New Year are:
A) Residents of Chukotka, Kamchatka and the Magadan region +
B) Residents of Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions
C) residents of the Moscow, Tula, Novgorod regions
2 . In Russia, the last people to celebrate the New Year will be:
A) Kaliningrad +
B) Astrakhan
B) St. Petersburg
3. The needles of this tree are not prickly, wider and longer than those of spruce, and the cones grow upwards, not downwards, like those of spruce:
A)Cedar
B) Fir +
B) Pine
4. The prototype of a modern Santa Claus:
A) Saint Nicholas +
B) Saint Peter
B) Saint Ivan
5. This is what people called January:
A) Prozimets
B) Prosinets +
B) Frostbite
6. Russian artist, author of the painting “The Snow Maiden”:
A) I. Levitan
B) V. Vasnetsov +
B) I. Shishkin
7. Composer Rimsky Korsakov created the opera:
A) Snow Maiden +
B) Granddaughter
B) Beauty
8. This is what people called December:
A) Morozailo
B) Stuzhaylo +
B) Gonyailo
9. The type of movement of a horse is found in the famous children's song about a Christmas tree:
A) Trotter +
B) Gait
B) Gallop
10. The most famous New Year's fruit:
A) Apple
B) Mandarin +
B) Banana
11. Santa Claus needs this not only to rely on, but also to work miracles:
A) felt boots
B) Belt
B) Staff +
12. Santa Claus has it long, to the waist:
A) Fur coat
B)Beard +
B) Hat
13. In Rus', when the whole family gathered at the New Year's table, the children tied the table legs with a bast rope. What did this New Year's custom symbolize?
A) The family will be strong in the coming year and should not be separated +
B) The family will be cheerful in the coming year and should not be sad
C) The family will be rich in the coming year and should not be poor
14. What gymnastic trick does the Earth perform at the time of the next New Year?
A) Rondat
B)Screw
B)Turnover+
15. Which country is the historical birthplace of the Christmas tree and then the New Year tree?
A) England
B) Germany+
B) Denmark
16. What is the name of the Russian ancient, but ageless dance at the New Year tree?
A) Polka
B) Round dance +
B) Waltz
17. Performer of a lullaby for the Christmas tree:
A) Storm
B) Blizzard
B)Blizzard+
18. What is it customary to wash your face on New Year's Eve in Hungary in order to be well-off all year?
A) Water
B)Money+
B) Snow
19. In which country, during the New Year holiday, thousands of lanterns are lit to illuminate the path to the New Year?
A) Poland
B) China+
B) Japan
20. When did you celebrate the New Year in pre-Petrine Rus' of the 18th century?
A) January 1
B) September 1 +
B) March 1

New Year's quiz that requires a complete 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, must Santa Claus hit the ground with his staff for a miracle to happen?(Three times.)

6. Transport movement of Santa Claus?(Three horses harnessed to a painted sleigh.)

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

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. What film has become a good tradition to show on New Year's Eve?(“Irony of fate or enjoy your steam.”)

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

12. Who invented the calendar?(By the ancient Romans.)

13. Favorite treat of Father Frost and Snow Maiden?(Ice cream.)

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

15. Children's fairy tales, the title of which includes Santa Claus himself or his immediate and distant relatives?(“Morozko”, “Snow Queen”, “Snow Maiden”, “Frost Ivanovich”, “Mistress Blizzard”, etc.)

16. New Year's “confetti gun”?(Clapperboard.)

17. The name of the famous New Year's song?(“A Christmas tree was born in the forest.”)

GAME ATTRACTIONS NEW YEAR

"New Year's mosaic" – the game involves two teams of three people each.

Exercise. Each team is given an envelope containing a proverb or saying on a winter theme, with each word written 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 the deep frost”; “Winter and summer do not get along well.”

"Snowball Catcher" - a comic competition of throwing “snowballs” is organized. Two players stand opposite each other at a distance of approximately three meters. The player in front of whom lies a “bunch of snowballs” (pre-made paper snowballs) throws them at the second player, who is holding a small waste basket. With this basket he must catch the snowball. The second player's task 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, within a certain time, collect as many “snowflakes” scattered by Santa Claus as possible.

“The Christmas tree is elegant...” – Both girls and boys take part in the game. Girls are Christmas trees, which boys must dress up and embellish for the holiday within a certain time. In front of each of them is a box with various women's cosmetics, jewelry and accessories: beads, bows, clips, lipstick, blush, eye shadow, hairpins, Christmas tree decorations and tinsel. The winner is the pair of players who aroused the greatest sympathy among the audience. Voting is “regulated” by friendly applause.

"Playing Blind" – two players participate. 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 one with the most successful and reliable drawing wins. The winner receives a “sweet prize” in the form of a large candy with a surprise “filling”. Rewarding the winner, Santa Claus quietly pulls the string and the “candy” cracker suddenly explodes in the hands of an unsuspecting player, showering him with multi-colored confetti.

“My balloon fly...” – The game involves two or three pairs of players. They are given a task: during a fast, rhythmic dance, prevent the balloon from touching the floor. The winner is the couple who successfully completed the task, and as a reward they receive an amazing gift from Santa Claus: knocking on the floor with his magic staff, he prophesies an amazing and brilliant future for the young people.

“Two silver horses will take me home in an instant...” – two opposing players, using roller skates as ordinary skates, must simultaneously leave the “same destination”, cover a certain distance and return safely. The winner is the one who completes the task more confidently and quickly.

New Year traditions in different countries.

Let's start with Germany, from where the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree to celebrate the New Year spread throughout the world. By the way, this tradition appeared there back in the distant 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 is happening: hundreds of thousands of people toast 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 floats 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 branches of blossoming peach, which they place in the house and give to each other.

Another widespread tradition today was given to the world by another European country - England. This is giving each other greeting cards. And among the unusual things associated with the New Year there, one can highlight the same tradition of treating a donkey with hay as the Germans, as well as the ritual of lovers kissing under a sprig of mistletoe to strengthen the relationship. Moreover, this must be done while the bells are ringing at 12 o’clock in honor of the New Year. The unusual thing is that these bells start ringing before 12 at night, but until the New Year comes they are covered with blankets so that they sound quietly, and when it comes, the blankets are removed and they begin to ring at full speed. And in the British Isles, people literally let the Old Year out and let the New Year in: to do this, they first open the back door of the house when the clock starts striking 12, and then open the front door so that the New Year can enter the house.

But Sweden gave the world the first glass Christmas tree decorations (in the 19th century). There, on New Year's Day, it is customary to keep the lights on in the houses and brightly illuminate the streets - this is a real holiday of light.

Another European, the French, celebrates 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 the festive night everyone obeys his orders. Yes, many of us would like such a tradition; it is strange that it has not yet reached and taken root in Russia. And good French winemakers are simply obliged to toast the future harvest with a barrel of wine: you need to clink glasses with it and congratulate it on the New Year!

In the USA, where in 1895 the world’s first glowing electric garland was hung near the White House, and from where the tradition of writing one’s “New Year’s tasks” with promises and plans for the coming year spread throughout the world, it is not customary to organize ceremonial feasts, nor to give gifts, they do all this only for Christmas , and they always replant the Christmas trees in the ground, and do not throw them away, like ours.

But the Finns hold festive meals on both Christmas and New Year. It was from Finland that the tradition came of melting wax and dipping it in cold water, and then using the resulting figures to guess 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 you rake more happiness.”

An unusual and quite common New Year's tradition in many countries is making noise - the louder the better! Panamanians, shouting and knocking loudly, ringing bells, turning on sirens and honking car horns, coax the New Year. Hungarians whistle loudly in the first second of the New Year - they drive away bad things and attract prosperity. Iranians shoot from guns.

Whatever the New Year's traditions, the most extravagant among them 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 filled in advance into all the dishes available in the house - in this way, Cubans wish the New Year a clear and bright path like water. Italians throw old things out of windows so that new ones can 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 are flying out of windows, which makes the New Year in this country very dangerous, but in general, it is customary there to throw something old out of windows, just like the Italians. But in Nepal, old things are burned in large bonfires at sunrise.

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. Men there dress in women's clothes, put on wigs and makeup to stage a “widow's lament” for bad husbands and burn dolls.

But in general, all Ecuadorians believe: if you manage to put on yellow underwear before the clock strikes, then the money will fall like snow, if it’s red, then there will be happiness in your personal life, if you run around the house at the same time with a large bag or suitcase, then you will travel all year.

There are many more interesting New Year traditions.