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25 New Year's Riddles for Adults

New Year's riddles for adults, with answers: clean, grown-up brain teasers about snooze buttons, overflowing inboxes, leftover party plates, leap-day birthdays and January budgets. Play free with friends in a live room or read them out after the countdown.

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  • 1. You set me with optimism on December 31 and curse me on January 1. Hit my button and I'll be back in nine minutes. What am I?

    easy
    • A doorbell
    • A microwave
    • A smoke detector
    • An alarm clock

  • 2. I'm the only room in the house that's still a party on January 1: plates, cups and crumbs everywhere. What am I?

    easy
    • The attic
    • The bathroom
    • The garage
    • The kitchen

  • 3. I am the morning-after museum: one table displaying cups, hats, keys and a phone nobody claims. What am I?

    easy
    • The breakfast buffet
    • The coat check
    • The lost-and-found table
    • The recycling bin

  • 4. The more of me you lose on New Year's Eve, the more of me you want on New Year's Day. What am I?

    medium
    • Confetti
    • Noisemakers
    • Sleep
    • Streamers

  • 5. I'm soft, I'm patient, and on January 1 I catch everyone who stayed up too late. What am I?

    easy
    • The car
    • The couch
    • The desk chair
    • The treadmill

  • 6. I'm paid for in January with big plans, used twice in February and quietly forgotten by spring. What am I?

    easy
    • A cooking class
    • A gym membership
    • A magazine subscription
    • A streaming plan

  • 7. I get longer every time you finish something, because you keep adding three more. What am I?

    medium
    • A grocery receipt
    • A phone bill
    • A playlist
    • A to-do list

  • 8. I'm a brand-new book with 365 empty pages. Week one I'm full of neat plans; by March I'm a coaster. What am I?

    medium
    • A cookbook
    • A novel
    • A photo album
    • A planner

  • 9. In January everyone swears to stick to me, but one weekend sale is all it takes to break me. What am I?

    medium
    • A budget
    • A curfew
    • A diet
    • A lease

  • 10. For the first two weeks of January, you keep writing me wrong on every form and check. What am I?

    easy
    • The year
    • Your address
    • Your middle name
    • Your phone number

  • 11. I make every past decision look obvious and every mistake look silly, but I only arrive after it's too late. What am I?

    hard
    • A deadline
    • Foresight
    • Hindsight
    • Insurance

  • 12. I'm ready the moment you skip the gym. You make me up, yet everyone can see through me. What am I?

    medium
    • A promise
    • A rumor
    • A secret
    • An excuse

  • 13. I'm a present that comes with homework: you still have to go out, choose and wait in line. What am I?

    medium
    • A fruit basket
    • A gift card
    • A houseplant
    • A sweater

  • 14. After the holidays I'm overflowing, and the more you empty me the faster I fill. Out-of-office replies can't save you from me. What am I?

    medium
    • A laundry basket
    • A mailbox
    • A trash can
    • An inbox

  • 15. I hold your time hostage, I show up uninvited on the first workday of the year, and I could have been an email. What am I?

    medium
    • A birthday card
    • A meeting invite
    • A newsletter
    • A parking ticket

  • 16. You took a whole week off from me, and now you can't remember a single character of me. What am I?

    medium
    • Your boss's name
    • Your desk number
    • Your email address
    • Your work password

  • 17. I was silent all year, then at 12:01 I explode with forty messages of fireworks, hearts and 'you too!' What am I?

    easy
    • The doorbell
    • The group chat
    • The office printer
    • The smoke detector

  • 18. I hang indoors, wear a thick lining, and keep a cold window from joining the conversation. What am I?

    medium
    • A room divider
    • A shower curtain
    • A thermal curtain
    • A window valance

  • 19. We came for the countdown, stayed for brunch, and now it's dinner and we've asked about the guest towels. Who are we?

    easy
    • Carolers
    • Delivery drivers
    • Houseguests
    • Neighbors

  • 20. On January 2, I'm stuffed with empty boxes, bottles of sparkling juice and torn wrapping paper, and I'm always too small. What am I?

    easy
    • The car trunk
    • The closet
    • The freezer
    • The recycling bin

  • 21. I'm the dark liquid that drags adults through the first workday of the year, one mug at a time. What am I?

    easy
    • Coffee
    • Lemonade
    • Milk
    • Orange juice

  • 22. A woman was born on February 29, 2000. Counting her 2024 birthday, how many birthdays has she celebrated on an actual February 29?

    hard
    • 24
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7

  • 23. January 1 of a leap year falls on a Thursday. On which day of the week does the next January 1 fall?

    hard
    • Friday
    • Saturday
    • Sunday
    • Thursday

  • 24. A clock takes 6 seconds to strike six o'clock, with equal gaps between strikes. How long does it take to strike midnight?

    hard
    • 11 seconds
    • 12 seconds
    • 13.2 seconds
    • 14.4 seconds

  • 25. What can you break at midnight without dropping it, then make again by breakfast?

    medium
    • A mirror
    • A plate
    • A promise
    • A window
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