# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/41 "2024-01-04T23:07:29Z")
1. Exercise 2. Eat grapes at midnight 3. 1752 4. Blackeyed Peas 5. U.S. 6. Dick Clark 7. Hair of the Dog 8. New York New York 9. In the Year 2525 10. Midnight Train to Georgia The calendar change question is difficult, so I went with what I _think_ most people will say. I was in elementary(?) school when I first heard about it, via an anecdote about George Washington really being ten days younger than straight math would indicate at his death. This was due to the British lagging behind most countries and not adopting the Gregorian calendar until the 1750s. The Romans had a January New Year during the Period of Kings, then over time went back to March. January was restored with the adoption of the Julian calendar in the 40s BC. After Constantine, the New Year was gradually moved to Annunciation Day, March 25, and not put back in January again until the Gregorian calendar in the 1580s By the U.S., I mean American Samoa (and maybe part of the Aleutians?)for the last country to celebrate the New Year. 'Cuz I know the _nation_ of Samoa officially moved to the other side of the dateline a few years ago. ---
**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 5, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/42 "2024-01-05T03:33:44Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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. I’m surprised only two of us have chosen reduction in drinking for the answer to the first. I mean, “Dry January” is mentioned every December. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/43 "2024-01-05T03:42:46Z")
1. Stopping smoking 2. Open the door and windows 3. 100 4. Black-eyed peas 5. United States 6. Dick Clark Name a host of a televised New Year’s Eve celebration. 7. Hair of the Dog 8. New Year’s Day (U2) 9. Year of the Cat 10. After Midnight (Just finally saw this Feud now - apologies for being late!) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/44 "2024-01-05T03:52:24Z")
1. Saving money 2. Breaking dishes 3. 1800 4. Black eyed peas 5. United States 6. Dick Clark 7. More alcohol 8. A Whole New World 9. Golden Years 10. Midnight at the Oasis ---
**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 5, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/45 "2024-01-05T12:50:53Z")
No, because “later” assumes you have read the thread and might compare answers to get the “best” one. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/46 "2024-01-05T14:42:31Z")
1. Lose weight 2. pass 3. 100 4. Cold pizza 5. United States 6. Dick Clark 7. Hair of the dog 8. New York, New York 9. I’m the Year 2525 10. After Midnight ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/47 "2024-01-05T20:33:45Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > No, because “later” assumes you have read the thread and might compare answers to get the “best” one. Okay, that’s what I thought. I read the rules and they’re straightforward, then I went back to look up past games, and I wonder if it’s strategically advantageous to pass instead of offering a reply. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/48 "2024-01-06T02:47:03Z")
1. getting in shape 2. don’t know any 3. 1780s 4. black-eyed peas 5. Guatemala 6. Ryan Seacrest 7. hair of the dog 8. New Slang 9. Year of the Cat 10. 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 6, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/49 "2024-01-06T03:43:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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. ⁢ I only knew about the blackeye peas until this year, when I googled to see what I could serve with it. I learned it was actually a Black tradition started during slavery. And that the full tradition not only involved collard greens (or other greens), but that the peas were usually served in a dish called Hoppin’ John, which includes long grain rice, celery, onion, peppers, and usually bacon. And they also started throwing in cornbread. The peas were coins, the greens cash, and the cornbread was gold. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/50 "2024-01-06T20:29:10Z")
1. Eat healthy 2. Open the windows and doors - Ireland 3. 1750 4. Black-eyed peas 5. USA (especially Alaska and Hawaii) 6. Ryan Seacrest 7. coffee 8. “New York, New York” 9. “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” 10. “After Midnight” ---
**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 6, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/51 "2024-01-06T21:21:51Z")
It is NOT advantageous to answer _pass_, because all the “passes” do not match each other. I put pass1, pass2, pass3, etc., in the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/52 "2024-01-09T00:12:37Z")
A bump, my list is already up. ---
**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 9, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/53 "2024-01-09T00:25:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The peas were coins, the greens cash, and the cornbread was gold. In Jamaica I bought a hat that a woman crocheted. She told me the yellow was for the sun, the green for the lush vegetation that grew from the sun, and the red for the blood of the people. ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/54 "2024-01-09T17:16:49Z")
OK - entries are closed. I’m about to post the scores. ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/55 "2024-01-09T17:19:28Z")
Thanks, **Rebo**! :: crosses fingers :: Not last place again. Not last place again. Not last place again… ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/56 "2024-01-09T17:21:20Z")
| 1. Besides losing weight, name a common New Year’s resolution. | | | --- | --- | | 1. **Exercise** | **12** | | 1. Quit smoking | 9 | | 1. Quit drinking / drink less | 3 | | 1. Eat healthy | 1 | | 1. find true love | 1 | | 1. Lose weight | 1 | | 1. Saving money | 1 | | 1. Spending more time with family | 1 | | 1. Travel | 1 | | | | | 2. What is a New Year’s superstition from a country besides the U.S.? | | | 2. **Eat 12 grapes** | **6** | | 2. Open the windows to let the old year go | 5 | | 2. Breaking dishes | 1 | | 2. Eat corned beef and cabbage | 1 | | 2. Eat herring | 1 | | 2. Eat sauerkraut | 1 | | 2. Mexico | 1 | | 2. New Year’s Kiss | 1 | | 2. Pass1 | 1 | | 2. pass10 | 1 | | 2. pass11 | 1 | | 2. Pass2 | 1 | | 2. Pass3 | 1 | | 2. Pass4 | 1 | | 2. Pass5 | 1 | | 2. Pass6 | 1 | | 2. Pass7 | 1 | | 2. Pass8 | 1 | | 2. Pass9 | 1 | | 2. Spreading birdseed on the doorstep | 1 | | 2. Wear red clothing | 1 | | | | | 3. Within 100 years, what decade was January 1 officially declared the first day of the year? | | | 3. **1500** | **4** | | 3. 100 | 3 | | 3. 1750 | 3 | | 3. 1580 | 2 | | 3. 40’s BCE (during the days of the Roman Empire, when Julius Caesar changed the calendar) | 2 | | 3. 400 AD | 2 | | 3. 1000 | 1 | | 3. 1120 | 1 | | 3. 1400 | 1 | | 3. 1558 | 1 | | 3. 1600 | 1 | | 3. 1752 | 1 | | 3. 1780 | 1 | | 3. 1800 | 1 | | 3. 30 BC | 1 | | 3. 40 AD | 1 | | 3. 50 AD | 1 | | 3. 800 AD | 1 | | 3. pass1 | 1 | | 3. Pass2 | 1 | | | | | 4. What is a common food eaten for good luck on New Year’s? | | | 4. **Black-eyed peas / Hoppin’ John** | **23** | | 4. Bread | 1 | | 4. coal | 1 | | 4. Cold pizza | 1 | | 4. Corned beef and cabbage | 1 | | 4. Grapes | 1 | | 4. Pork and Sauerkraut | 1 | | 4. Red beans and rice | 1 | | | | | 5. Name one of the countries that are LAST to celebrate the New Year. | | | 5. **United States (American Samoa)** | **19** | | 5. Australia | 2 | | 5. Canada | 1 | | 5. Cook Islands. | 1 | | 5. Guatemala | 1 | | 5. Japan | 1 | | 5. Mexico | 1 | | 5. Narnia | 1 | | 5. Niue | 1 | | 5. Russia. | 1 | | 5. Tonga | 1 | | | | | 6. Name a host of a televised New Year’s Eve celebration. | | | 6. **Dick Clark** | **21** | | 6. Ryan Seacrest | 7 | | 6. Anderson Cooper | 1 | | 6. Jools Holland | 1 | | | | | 7. Name a hangover cure. (Minimal words please!) | | | 7. **Hair of the dog / Bloody Mary / Redeye** | **18** | | 7. Coffee | 5 | | 7. Gatorade/Pedialyte | 2 | | 7. Water | 2 | | 7. Alcohol abstinence | 1 | | 7. Alka Seltzer | 1 | | 7. Raw eggs | 1 | | | | | 8. Name a song with “new” in the title. | | | 8. **New York, New York** | **8** | | 8. New Year’s Day | 7 | | 8. A Whole New World | 3 | | 8. Brand New Key | 2 | | 8. I Want a New Drug | 2 | | 8. A Day in the Life | 1 | | 8. Brand New Day | 1 | | 8. New Day Dawning | 1 | | 8. New Slang | 1 | | 8. New York | 1 | | 8. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag | 1 | | 8. The New Frontier | 1 | | 8. You Make Me Feel Brand New | 1 | | | | | 9. Name a song that mentions “year.” | | | 9. **Year of the Cat** | **11** | | 9. In the Year 2525 | 7 | | 9. It Was A Very Good Year | 3 | | 9. '39 | 1 | | 9. All Those Years Ago | 1 | | 9. Another Year is Dawning | 1 | | 9. Feliz Navidad | 1 | | 9. Golden Years | 1 | | 9. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | 1 | | 9. pass1 | 1 | | 9. Reelin’ In the Years | 1 | | 9. The Living Years | 1 | | | | | 10. Name a song that mentions “midnight.” | | | 10. **After Midnight** | **14** | | 10. Midnight at the Oasis | 5 | | 10. Midnight Train to Georgia | 3 | | 10. In the Midnight Hour | 2 | | 10. The Midnight Special | 2 | | 10. Like a Prayer | 1 | | 10. Living After Midnight | 1 | | 10. Midnight Confession | 1 | | 10. Walkin’ After Midnight | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/57 "2024-01-09T17:24:56Z")
I like my chances… 🤞 ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/58 "2024-01-09T17:26:49Z")
And the winner is …drumroll… **kenobi\_65**!! Woo-hoo! :throws confetti: Good job! They got 6/10 right. Well done! | 1. | **kenobi\_65** | 260 | | --- | --- | --- | | 2. | Oly | 242 | | 3. | Elendil’s\_Heir | 236 | | 4. | Bayaker | 234 | | 5. | ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness | 228 | | 6. | silenus | 224 | | 7. | Ike\_Witt | 216 | | 8. | Dr.Winston\_OBoogie | 214 | | 9. | Intergalactic\_Gladiator | 210 | | 9. | knoodler | 210 | | 11. | Hoopy\_Frood | 208 | | 12. | Baker | 192 | | 12. | needscoffee | 192 | | 14. | Bicycle\_Bill | 186 | | 15. | Chronos | 184 | | 15. | Happy\_Lendervedder | 184 | | 17. | llikewise | 180 | | 18. | Little\_Nemo | 178 | | 19. | SunUp | 170 | | 19. | Kimble | 170 | | 21. | gkster | 168 | | 22. | Knowed\_Out | 158 | | 23. | kayaker | 150 | | 24. | Thudlow\_Boink | 144 | | 25. | BigT | 140 | | 26. | Briny\_Deep | 128 | | 27. | Saint\_Cad | 104 | | 28. | Maus\_Magill | 102 | | 29. | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 84 | | 30. | pjd | 22 | ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/59 "2024-01-09T17:28:45Z")
Way to go, **kenobi** - congrats! And damn, I was even in the Winners’ Circle… that hardly ever happens in these games. Thanks, **Rebo**. A fun Feud, as always. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517/60 "2024-01-09T17:40:11Z")
1. Quit smoking 2. Eat 12 grapes 3. 1820s 4. Turkey 5. USA 6. Jools Holland 7. Bloody Mary 8. I’ve Got a Brand New Pair of Rollerskates 9. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 10. Midnight at the Lost and Found [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-feud/995517.md?page=4)