January Events
University, UCI Facts
"After" Class
Common Bonds
Kpop Girl Groups
Olympics
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Brazilian city named after its founding on January 1, 1505 by Portuguese explorers
What is Rio de Janeiro (River of January)?
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"He walks with an unusual swagger in his step, instinctly reflects the body language of exorbiant confidence, and nonchalantly displays his classic red Bulls Jersey. I was in disbelief and overjoyed at being in the presence of such a man." - Redit
Who is Swagman? (Literally who is he??)
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A small earthquake or tremor that occurs following a major one
What is an aftershock?
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Bad habits, footballs, buckets
What are things you kick?
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Before they got an official light stick, fans would bring radishes to their concerts, because sometimes they are called "radishes" in Korean.
Who is Mamamoo?
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Gold medals hasn't been composed of pure gold since the 1912 Olympics. Today they are almost entirely this.
What is silver?
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January 1, 1999: Eleven European nations began this new currency for electronic financial and business transactions
What is the Euro?
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This wholesome UCI trend brought huge crowds of excitement all over campus in 2019. What are these students lined up for?
What are Petr stickers?
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Beyond death or in the future past a certain point; ex) heaven
What is afterlife?
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Little Women (2019), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), IT (2017)
What are book-to-film adaptations?
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A dance-heavy group that debuted in 2019 that won Best New Female artist at the 2019 Melon Music Awards and the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
Who is ITZY?
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This Nordic country has won the most medals (368) at the Winter Games since their first Winter Olympics in 1924.
What is Norway?
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January 5, 1972; President Richard Nixon signed a bill approving $5.5 billion over six years to build and test this independent agency's program missions
What is NASA? (Space Shuttle)?
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Peter the Anteater in 1965 beat out other student recommendations for mascots: the Roadrunners, the Toros, Sea Hawks, and this magical beast.
What is the Unicorn?
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A creator of great skill in the manual arts, like a carpenter
Who is a crafter?
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Mercury, USPS, pigeons
What are messengers?
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Debuting in 2015 from a small company, they got international attention after fan videos of them falling on a slippery stage while performing went viral; they are known for their synchronized dances.
Who is Gfriend?
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1988 Summer Games in Seoul, SK was the only year that this target sport involving heavy balls was ever featured.
What is bowling?
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January 14-23, 1943, President FDR and PM Winston Churchill met at this Moroccan city to work on strategy during WWII.
What is Casablanca?
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Founded in 1885 and located in the SF Bay Area, student athletes from here have won a medal at every Olympics since 1908.
What is Stanford University?
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Typically an unpleasant one, remaining in the mouth after eating or drinking something
What is an aftertaste?
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Disneyland rides, a football field, and notebook paper all have these
What are lines?
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Originally 5 members in 2015, they revamped their image around 2017 "with a more charismatic, hip-hop concept" for their fifth Korean EP, Crystyle.
Who is CLC?
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The original Olympic Games, staged in Olympia, Greece ran from 776 B.C. through 392 AD every four years in conjunction with a festival to honor this Greek god.
Who is Zeus?
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January 15, 1535 - The King who became Supreme Head of the Church in England as a result of the Act of Supremacy following his break with Rome.
Who is King Henry VIII?
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The university of Michigan - Ann arbor has an unusual club with over 400 members that feed peanuts to these agile rodents.
What are squirrels? (Squirrel Club)
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One of several internal beams extending from the eaves to the peak of a roof and constituting its framework.
What is a rafter?
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A piano, a typewriter, and Florida all have these
What are keys?
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They will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, after releasing 9 Korean mini-albums, 3 Korean studio albums and 3 Japanese studio albums.
Who is Apink?
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Citius, Altius, Fortius is the Olympic motto - which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, ____"
What is Stronger?
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In 1938, the third Monday in January was designated a legal holiday to celebrate his birthday and service towards nonviolent methods to achieve equality.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
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This Ivy League was founded before calculus was invented in the 1670s. The "New College," as it was originally called, had no calc classes bc it didn't exist yet.
What is Harvard University? (1636)
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In french: l'apres midi; a good time to take a nap or a classic tea party
What is afternoon?
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Eggs at breakfast, words, climbing quickly
What is a scramble?
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Debuting with "Happiness" in 2014, they musically have two sides: pop and R&B.
Who is Red Velvet?
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Rio 2016 held several records like 1st Games to be held in South America, 1st held in a Portuguese-speaking country, and 1st held in this season.
What is winter season? (Summer Games)