January Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the name of the first month of the year?
Answer:
January
2.
In what year did January become the first month of the year?
Answer:
BC (by Julius Caesar)
3.
Which Roman god is January named after?
Answer:
Janus, the god of beginnings, transitions, gates, doorways, passages, time, duality, and endings.
4.
What is the birthstone for January?
Answer:
Garnet
5.
What is the name of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, which occurs in December or January?
Answer:
December Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and June Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
6.
What is the name of the first day of the year?
Answer:
New Year's Day
7.
What is the name of the first full moon of the year?
Answer:
The Wolf Moon
8.
What is the name of the holiday celebrated on the third Monday of January in the United States?
Answer:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
9.
What is the name of the holiday celebrated on the second Monday of January in the United States?
Answer:
National Day of Service and Remembrance for National MLK Jr. Day.
10.
What was the name of the first successful manned spaceflight, which occurred in January?
Answer:
Vostok
11.
What is the name of the first full moon of the year?
Answer:
Wolf Moon
12.
What is the name of the second full moon of the year?
Answer:
Snow Moon
13.
What is the name of the third full moon of the year?
Answer:
Worm Moon
14.
What is the name of the constellation visible in the Northern Hemisphere in January?
Answer:
Orion
15.
What is the name of the meteor shower that peaks in January?
Answer:
Quadrantids
16.
What is the name of the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer:
January
17.
What is the average temperature in January in Antarctica?
Answer:
0°F (°C)
18.
What is the traditional New Year's Day food in many countries?
Answer:
Blackeyed peas
19.
What is the name of the traditional New Year's Eve drink in many countries?
Answer:
Champagne
20.
What is the name of the traditional New Year's Eve dessert in many countries?
Answer:
Cake
21.
What is the name of the traditional New Year's Eve food in Spain?
Answer:
Grapes
22.
What is the name of the traditional New Year's Eve food in Italy?
Answer:
Lentils
23.
What is the name of the traditional New Year's Eve food in Japan?
Answer:
Toshikoshi soba
24.
What is the name of the game played with dice and a board, often played on New Year's Eve?
Answer:
Monopoly
25.
What is the name of the game played with cards, often played on New Year's Eve?
Answer:
Poker
26.
What is the name of the game played with words, often played on New Year's Eve?
Answer:
Scrabble
27.
What is the name of the game played with a ball, often played on New Year's Eve?
Answer:
Bowling
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