JANUARY SYMBOLS
JANUARY IN HISTORY
HAPPENING THIS YEAR
26
AFTER "BREAK"
100
Those born in January are one of either of these two zodiac signs
What are Capricorn or Aquarius?
100
This, the oldest post-season college bowl game, was first played in Pasadena, on January 1, 1902
What is the Rose Bowl?
100
February 17: The Chinese New Year kicks off the year of this animal
What is the horse?
100
Pangrams are sentences that contain all 26 letters of the English alphabet; a famous one begins "The quick brown fox jumps over [...]" and ends with these three words?
What is "the lazy dog"?
100
To an actor, this menacing phrase actually expresses hopes for success
What is break a leg?
200
This federal holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year, in recognition of the eponymous civil rights activist
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
200
In 1914 this motor company instituted a wage of $5 per day & shortened the work day to 8 hours
What is the Ford Motor Company?
200
June 11: Mexico will play the opening match against South Africa at Estadio Azteca for this international sporting event
What is the FIFA World Cup?
200
Legend has it that a messenger ran about 26 miles to deliver the news of a Greek victory in this battle & then dropped dead
What is Marathon?
200
End up with the same amount of money as when you started, as in gambling or business
What is to break even?
300
The birthstone for January is this often dark red semiprecious stone, seen here
What is garnet?
300
The Treaty of this place, imposing reparations on Germany, took effect January 10, 1920
What is Versailles?
300
November 19: This long-awaited video game, the sixth in a series by Rockstar Games, is scheduled for release - finally!
What is Grand Theft Auto VI?
300
The tarsals & the metatarsals are among the 26 bones that make up this body part
What is the foot?
300
In Acts 20:7, "The disciples came together to" do this, or share a meal
What is break bread?
400
One of the traditional flowers of January is this one, seen here
What is the carnation?
400
On January 10, 1956 Elvis recorded his first million-selling record, about this title establishment
What is "Heartbreak Hotel"?
400
February 6: the Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin in this country
What is Italy?
400
Ferromagnetism, or attraction by an electrically uncharged body, is a property of this element, atomic number 26
What is iron?
400
In tennis if I'm serving at 30-40, you as the returner hold one of these
What is the break point?
500
The words 'January' and 'janitor' both come from the name for this two-faced god of beginnings and ends
Who is Janus?
500
This Siberian mystic's body was recovered from St. Petersburg's Neva River on January 1, 1917 — after getting poisoned, shot twice, tied up, AND drowned
Who was Rasputin?
500
November 15: This space probe is projected to reach 1 light day distance from Earth, 49 years after its launch in 1977
What is Voyager?
500
This country consists of 26 cantons, including Bern, Geneva, and Zurich
What is Switzerland?
500
To publicly disagree with one's peers; or to march out of order in a military unit
What is to break rank?