New Year's Eve Movie Trivia | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast #362

Say goodbye to 2025 with some trivia. This week, it’s New Year’s Movie Trivia. All these movies take place on (or have scenes during) New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day.

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Episode Intro

Happy New Year! Well, almost. Welcome to the end of 2025. It’s been a year, huh? Well, we’re putting that in the rear-view mirror with some New Year’s Eve movie trivia. These are all movies set on New Year’s Eve or feature the holiday. We’re not being super picky.

As always, we have got three rounds of ten questions each. Need more trivia for your New Year’s Eve party? Check out DorkyGeekyNerdy.com or search for Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.

This is episode 362 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. I’m your host and designated driver, Brian Rollins. Grab your champagne or sparkling juice and let’s begin.

The Dorky Round

What 1972 disaster movie features much of the action on an upside-down cruise ship on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?
a. The Poseidon Adventure
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal’s characters meet off and on over 12 years, including one time at a New Year’s Eve party in what 1989 romantic comedy?
a. When Harry Met Sally
SNL alum, Kyle Mooney directed and co-wrote what 2024 horror comedy about New Year’s Eve, 1999?
a. Y2K
What 1960 heist film, starring the “Rat Pack” takes place in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve?
a. Ocean’s 11
Joe realizes Norma Desmond has fallen in love with him at a New Year’s Eve party in what 1950 classic movie?
a. Sunset Boulevard
What 1989 sequel rings in the New Year with a walking Statue of Liberty?
a. Ghostbusters II
What 1983 Eddie Murphy/Dan Ackroyd comedy has them sneaking onto a train on New Year’s Eve, to swap Orange Futures data?
a. Trading Places
What movie gave us the iconic line, “I know it was you, Fredo” during a New Year’s Eve party in Havana?
a. The Godfather, Part II
What 1976 boxing movie had its final bout on New Year’s Day?
a. Rocky
What 1979 movie begins in a hospital on New Year’s Day?
a. Rocky II. The sequel picks up right after the events in the first movie.

The Geeky Round

Charlie Chaplin plays The Prospector who invites a dance hall girl to New Year’s Eve dinner in what 1925 film?
a. The Gold Rush
Elisabeth splits herself into Sue and then replaces herself on a New Year’s Eve show in what 2024 body horror film?
a. The Substance
Which 2005 remake, starring Ethan Hawke and Lawrence Fishburne, takes place on New Year’s Eve while the 1976 original does not?
a. Assault on Precinct 13
What 1942 film debuted the song “White Christmas” before cutting to New Year’s Eve?
a. Holiday Inn
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an ex-cop that must stop Satan before New Year’s Day, 2000, in what 1999 action horror film?
a. End of Days
What 1990 comic adaptation has the titular detective released from jail to stop Big Boy Caprice and his gang on New Year’s Eve?
a. Dick Tracy
What movie, the second pairing for Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, has them robbing the NYC subway?
a. Money Train
Domnhall Gleeson starred in what 2013 time travel movie that begins with him rewriting the previous night’s bad New Year’s Eve party?
a. About Time
What 2017 thriller starring Daniel Day-Lewis featured a New Year’s Eve party with approximately 500 extras?
a. The Phantom Thread
What 1951 Gene Kelly musical featured a New Year’s Eve party where the guests were in black and white costumes?
a. An American in Paris

The Nerdy Round

What 1995 anthology film set during New Year’s Eve in LA was co-written and co-directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino?
a. Four Rooms
What 2005 movie adaptation of a Broadway musical was directed by Chris Columbus and featured numerous holidays, including New Year’s?
a. Rent
Ice Cube starred in what 2005 road trip comedy that begins on New Year’s Eve?
a. Are We There Yet?
What 1960 Billy Wilder movie starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and ends on New Year’s Eve?
a. The Apartment
What 1999 heist film, that has its finale on New Year’s Eve, is better remembered for Catherine Zeta-Jones’ catsuit than her costarring with Sean Connery?
a. Entrapment
What 1979 movie depicts consecutive New Year’s Eves from 1964 to 1967?
a. More American Graffiti
Nick and Nora Charles return from vacation on New Year’s Eve in what 1936 murder mystery comedy sequel?
a. After the Thin Man
Kiefer Sutherland plays an air traffic controller subbing in at Sky Harbor International Airport on New Year’s Eve in what 1998 disaster movie?
a. Ground Control
Ryan Coogler, in his directorial debut, cast Michael B Jordan in what biopic about Oscar Grant’s fatal shooting on January 1, 2009?
a. Fruitvale Station
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant star in what 1941 movie where they play a couple that impulsively get married on New Year’s Eve?
a. Penny Serenade

Episode Conclusion

And that’s it. The ball has dropped, Auld Lang Syne has been sung (probably poorly), and I am all out of questions for 2025.

May you and yours have safe holiday. Be good, be smart, and be kind. May your 2026 be everything 2025 was not.

I’ll be back in 2026 with even more trivia. Here’s what to expect when I return:

In which pantheon will you find deities like, Morrigan, Danu, and Taranis?

We’re kicking things off with more mythological trivia, as per your requests. See you back here next week, next year, and next Wednesday.

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