# New Year's Feud **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517 "2024-01-02T20:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/21 "2024-01-03T05:06:26Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > - Besides losing weight, name a common New Year’s resolution. > - What is a New Year’s superstition from a country besides the U.S.? > - Within 100 years, what decade was January 1 officially declared the first day of the year? > - What is a common food eaten for good luck on New Year’s? > - Name one of the countries that are LAST to celebrate the New Year. > - Name a host of a televised New Year’s Eve celebration. > - Name a hangover cure. (Mimimal words please!) > - Name a song with “new” in the title. > - Name a song that mentions “year.” > - Name a song that mentions “midnight.” 1. Drink less 2. Eat 12 grapes. 3. 1580s 4. Black-eyed peas 5. United States 6. Dick Clark 7. Coffee 8. New York, New York 9. It Was a Very Good Year 10. After Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/22 "2024-01-03T12:07:54Z")
1. Travel 2. Germany, New Year’s Kiss 3. 100 4. Black-eyed peas 5. US 6. Ryan Seacrest 7. Hair of the Dog 8. New York 9. In the Year 2525 10. The Midnight Special ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/23 "2024-01-03T13:38:26Z")
1. Stop smoking 2. Eat grapes 3. 1500 4. Black eyed peas 5. US 6. Dick Clark 7. Hair of the dog 8. New Years Day 9. All Those Years Ago 10. After Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/24 "2024-01-03T14:36:13Z")
I almost went with quitting smoking, but figured that almost no one smokes anymore. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/25 "2024-01-03T15:09:47Z")
1. Exercise 2. Eat 12 grapes 3. 1580 4. Black eye peas 5. Samoa 6. Anderson Cooper 7. coffee 8. A Whole New World 9. Feliz Navidad 10. Walkin’ After Midnight ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/26 "2024-01-03T15:14:00Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I almost went with quitting smoking, but figured that almost no one smokes anymore. ⁢ I had been thinking about my answers from last night, and all that came to me was “exercise.” I decided to wait until morning to see if I could think better. But then, when I came back, Discourse jumped me to someone else’s answer, and so I had to go with my first guess from last night. I’m not even sure exercise would be considered distinct from “lose weight” by most participants. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/27 "2024-01-03T16:11:37Z")
1. Stop smoking 2. Poland: eating herring 3. 1500 4. Pork and Sauerkraut 5. Australia 6. Dick Clark 7. Redeye (beer and tomato juice) 8. You Make Me Feel Brand New (Stylistics?) 9. In The Year 2525 10. After Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/28 "2024-01-03T16:27:24Z")
1. Work out 2. Opening a window so the old year can escape 3. AD 40 4. Bread 5. Niue 6. Ryan Seacrest 7. Hair of the dog 8. New Year’s Day (U2) 9. The Living Years (Mike + The Mechanics) 10. Midnight Train to Georgia ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/29 "2024-01-03T17:59:39Z")
1. find true love 2. wear red clothing (Italy) 3. 1500 4. black-eyed peas 5. USA 6. Dick Clark 7. hair of the dog 8. “New York, New York” 9. “Year of the Cat” 10. “After Midnight” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/30 "2024-01-03T18:44:13Z")
1. stop drinking 2. 3. 1120 4. black eyed peas 5. Samoa 6. Dick Clark 7. Pedialyte 8. New Day Dawning 9. Year of the Cat 10. After Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/31 "2024-01-03T18:48:46Z")
I told **Rebo** I was going to win this game, now I think I’ll be near the bottom. When it comes to #8 I can’t believe I forgot about so many songs with New in the title. I could only come up with that one by Sting. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/32 "2024-01-03T20:46:32Z")
1. Exercise more 2. 3. 5th decade B.C.E 4. Red beans and rice 5. Mexico 6. Ryan Seacrest 7. Hair of the dog’ 8. New Year’s Day, U2 9. Year of the Cat, Al Stewart 10. After Midnight, Eric Clapton (Edited to add a period after #5 to make the list work - no changes made to answers…) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/33 "2024-01-04T15:58:22Z")
Bumping the thread. (Discourse won’t let me type bump. Or .BUMP) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/34 "2024-01-04T16:17:41Z")
Replies to question 4 has me shocked, shocked I tell you. I always have pork and sauerkraut for new years, and assumed everyone did the same. Never heard of black eyed peas being eaten for new years. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/35 "2024-01-04T16:18:30Z")
It’s a southern thing, typically served with collard greens. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/36 "2024-01-04T17:22:32Z")
I love collards, like black eyed peas, but never heard of them being tied to new years. I love rice and peas when in the Caribbean. On several islands I’ve had Jamaicans tell me they couldn’t believe I’d ordered rice and peas on a day that wasn’t Sunday (a Jamaican tradition). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/37 "2024-01-04T19:59:57Z")
Only 24 players so far… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/38 "2024-01-04T20:35:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > It’s a southern thing, typically served with collard greens. I wrote Hoppin’ John, which is a dish featuring black-eyed peas. I wonder if it counts? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/39 "2024-01-04T20:36:43Z")
Yes, I combined Hoppin’ John with black-eyed peas. I’ve been getting a head start on the scoring. Also - in the future, please put _pass_ if you want to leave a blank. (Not you specifically, **knoodler**. Unless you did it, too!) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/40 "2024-01-04T20:42:12Z")
I’m not familiar with the play— can I insert “pass” and change my mind later? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517.md?page=3)