January Holidays
January 12 marks the beginning of a week celebrating what food that comes in different styles, such as deep dish, Detroit, margherita, or thin crust?
Pizza
January 15, 1929: The most famous American civil rights leader in history.
Martin Luther King Jr.
What bear is the largest bear in the world, and appears to be all-white?
Polar bear
Sixty percent of the world's freshwater is contained in ice on what southern continent, the only one not (permanently) inhabited by humans?
Antarctica
January 31, 1943: German troops begin to surrender at Stalingrad to the Soviet Union, marking the end of a six month battle in what war, the deadliest in history?
World War II
January 8 celebrates what action we encourage y'all to do rather than take the elevator?
Taking the stairs
January 27, 1756: One of the most famous composers of classical music in history, an Austrian child prodigy who first composed at the age of 5.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
True or false? Penguins can be found in the Arctic.
False
True or false? One of Saturn's moons has ice volcanoes.
True
January 9, 1960: Construction on the Aswan High Dam, bridging the Nile, begins in what African country, capital Cairo?
Egypt
January 2 celebrates what type of cheese that's full of holes?
Swiss cheese
January 6, 1412: She would go on to be a teenager, who, supposedly receiving visions from God, would lead the French army against the English until she was captured and burned at the stake at 19.
Jeanne d'Arc
Which deer are the only species where both bucks and does have antlers, and are known for their migrations across the Arctic?
Caribou/reindeer
Chunks of ice, typically ranging from BB pellet to baseball sized, sometimes larger, falling from the sky are called what?
Hail
January 3, 1959: What place becomes the 49th state of the USA, and its largest (larger than California, Texas, Montana, and Utah combined)?
Alaska (also larger than the smallest 20 states combined)
January 4 celebrates what state that borders Illinois to the west, across the Mississippi River from us (capital: Jefferson City)?
Missouri
January 1, 1752: The woman who supposedly created the second official American flag (she might not have).
Betsy Ross
Whereas the giant squid can be found all over the world, what equally enormous squid can only be found around the Southern Ocean?
Colossal squid
The ice you put in your drink is frozen H2O, or dihydrogen monoxide. But what is dry ice made out of?
Carbon dioxide
January 24, 1961: A B-52 bomber plane crashes in North Carolina, with multiples of what type of highly destructive bomb on board, one of which was only one failsafe away from potentially detonating?
Atomic bomb (nuclear bomb acceptable)
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Backwards Day
January 1, 2000: A female rapper known for songs like Munch, Barbie World, Karma, and Bikini Bottom.
Ice Spice
Fill in the blank they're all the same:
Elephant ____
Ribbon _____
Ross ____
Hooded ____
Leopard ____
Entire cities are created of ice in an annual festival in Harbin, located in what enormous East Asian country?
China
January 1, 1863: Abraham Lincoln puts into effect what Civil War document, freeing slaves in the states rebelling against the Union?
Emancipation Proclamation