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New Year's Eve Truth or Dare questions

Truths about the past year and dares to keep everyone awake until midnight.

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How to play Truth or Dare

1. Add the players' names, or pass the phone around.
2. On your turn, choose Truth or Dare.
3. Answer honestly or do the dare. You can skip one card per game, and then you have to take the next one.

28 truths and 28 dares. Updated November 2026.

1. truthWhat is the best thing that happened to you this year?
2. truthWhat is one thing you want to learn next year?
3. truthHave you ever fallen asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve?
4. truthWhat was the funniest thing someone in this room did this year?
5. truthWhat food do you hope you never have to eat again next year?
6. truthWhat is the latest you have ever stayed up?
7. truthWhich chore would you ban for the whole new year?
8. truthWhat did you get in trouble for this year?
9. truthIf you could add one new holiday to next year, what would it be?
10. truthWhat was your most embarrassing moment of the year?
11. truthWhat resolution did you give up on the fastest?
12. truthWhich song did you play far too many times this year?
13. truthWhat is one thing you did this year that you are proud of and never told anyone?
14. truthWho in this room surprised you most this year?
15. truthWhat habit do you want to leave behind at midnight?
16. truthWhat was your worst purchase of the year?
17. truthWhat is the most boring New Year's Eve you have ever had?
18. truthHave you ever lied about your plans to get out of a New Year's party?
19. truthWhat resolution do you make every year and never keep?
20. truthWhat is the worst hangover you have had on New Year's Day?
21. truthWhat was your most awkward midnight kiss?
22. truthWhich subscription are you paying for and never using?
23. truthWhich work email from this year do you wish you could unsend?
24. truthWhat is one thing you pretended to enjoy this year?
25. truthWhat is your favorite memory of us from this year?
26. truthWhat is one thing you want us to do together next year?
27. truthHave you ever left a party before midnight without telling anyone?
28. truthWhat is the pettiest grudge you are carrying into the new year?
29. dareCount down from ten in your best robot voice.
30. dareDo a ten-second firework impression with your whole body.
31. dareWear a party hat on your elbow until your next turn.
32. dareShout "Happy New Year" in slow motion.
33. darePretend to be a clock striking midnight.
34. dareBalance a balloon on your head for ten seconds.
35. dareDance like falling confetti until someone says stop.
36. dareMake up a new year cheer and teach it to the group.
37. dareWalk across the room as if you have been awake for three nights.
38. dareSay a resolution for a pet or a stuffed animal in its voice.
39. dareGive a thirty-second award speech for the best year of your life.
40. dareAct out your year in three poses and let the group guess each one.
41. dareSing the first line of Auld Lang Syne like an opera singer.
42. dareAnnounce a resolution for the person on your left like a news anchor.
43. dareDo the countdown as a sports commentator.
44. dareHold a pretend microphone and interview the person on your right about their year.
45. dareGive a toast to the worst decision you made this year.
46. dareSay your resolution out loud, then let the group vote on whether you will keep it.
47. dareDo an impression of yourself at the gym on January 2.
48. dareRaise a glass and toast the host for a full thirty seconds.
49. dareAct out how you looked the morning after your last big night out.
50. darePitch your resolution as if you were asking investors for money.
51. dareGive a New Year speech to the room in the voice of your boss.
52. dareSlow dance with your partner while the group hums a song.
53. dareToast your partner and name two things they did well this year.
54. dareLet the group pick a resolution for you and repeat it with a straight face.
55. dareShow the group how you plan to sneak out of this party.
56. dareWhisper everything until your next turn, as if the kids are asleep upstairs.

Tips for a better game

• Agree on the skip rule before you start, so nobody argues halfway through.
• After two truths in a row, a player's next turn has to be a dare.
• Pick the list that fits the room. A work party and a sleepover need different cards.

Questions people ask

What are some good New Year's Eve Truth or Dare questions?

Five from this list: What was the funniest thing someone in this room did this year? What was your worst purchase of the year? Have you ever left a party before midnight without telling anyone? Say a resolution for a pet or a stuffed animal in its voice. Act out how you looked the morning after your last big night out.

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