January Trivia
January birthstone
What is garnet
Indigenous people of the Arctic region
Who are the Inuit people
Common Australian creature that jumps and punches and has a pouch
What is a kangaroo?
Special shoes with a metal blade on the bottom
What is ice skating?
January 8th
He ain’t nothin but a hound dog
Who is Elvis Presley?
January astrological sign
What is aquarius
This submarine sailed beneath the frozen ice of the Arctic ocean in 1958
What is the USS Nautilus
This Australian creature has a duckbill, is poisonous and is the only mammal that lays eggs
What is a platypus?
Sailing down a steep snowy slope at high speeds
What is skiing?
January 15, 1929
Famous civil rights leader
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The number of days in January
What is 31
This mammal calls the Arctic home and also a “red” cousin in our part of the world
What is the Arctic fox
This is the largest coral reef in the world
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Popular childhood fun in winter, sliding down snowy hills
What is sledding?
January 17, 1942
Born as Cassius Clay, Olympic gold medalist and heavyweight champion
Who is Muhammad Ali?
On January 1, 1892 this place allowed 20 million immigrants into the U.S.
What is Ellis island
This creature lives in the Arctic Ocean and is referred to as “ the unicorn of the sea”
What is the narwhal?
This creature roams the Great Barrier Reef and Australian oceans and is the blood thirsty star of the movie Jaws
What is the great white shark?
Cutting a hole in ice, dropping a line into the water below and waiting
What is ice fishing?
January 17, 1922
Starred as Rose on "Golden Girls" and was a life long animal lover
Who is Betty white?
The month of January is named after this Roman god with 2 heads
Who is Janus
This Arctic creature has huge tusks that can reach up to 39 inches long
What is a walrus?
Average temperature in Australia in January
What is 86 degrees
Rolling snow into giant balls and stacking them
What is building a snowman?
January 19, 1946
Famous Nashville singer, songwriter, and actress. She has her own amusement park in Tennessee
Who is Dolly Parton?