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January 14-20 is a week to celebrate this Italian dish, typically dough with sauce, cheese, and various toppings.
Pizza
What civil rights leader is known for speeches such as I've Been To The Mountaintop and I Have A Dream?
Martin Luther King Jr
What frequently misspelled and mispronounced pasta is most often enjoyed with tomato sauce and meatballs?
Spaghetti
What striped relative of the horse can be found in the wild in Africa?
Zebra
What group of animals is known for being warm-blooded, laying eggs, having hollow bones, and being covered in feathers?
Birds
Jan 30 is a day where one is encouraged to draw what group of extinct, often large reptiles?
Dinosaurs
What venomous vipers are known for rattling their tails when they feel threatened?
Rattlesnakes
These flightless birds, found in Antarctica, are more than capable of "flying" underwater.
Penguins
This fruit, which is typically either red or green, but can also be yellow or even black, is often seen being gifted to teachers in cartoons.
Apple
George Washington Carver is most often remembered not for his great innovations in agriculture, but wrongly remembered for inventing what peanut condiment you might enjoy with jelly?
Peanut butter
Ole Christiansen invented what toys, which are multicolored plastic bricks that fit together?
LEGO
Squirrels are what type of mammal, known for having teeth that never stop growing? (other examples: mice, guinea pigs, capybara)
Rodents
What "King of Rock", popular in the 50s, sang Heartbreak Hotel, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, and You're The Devil in Disguise?
Elvis Presley
Benjamin Franklin
Jan. 21-27 is a week where one is encouraged to kiss these potentially dangerous fish that have no bones.
Sharks
This style of singing originated in the Alps, and is now often a feature of folk music. (hint: yodel-ay-hee-hoo)
Yodeling
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the person featured on what small American coin?
Dime
There are four blood types, and then positives and negatives of all four. For 100 points each, name these blood types.
A, B, AB, and O
January 27, 1973 marked the end of American involvement in what Southeast Asian country? (Cities include Hanoi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon)
Vietnam
Characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo live in what woods?
Hundred Acre Wood
Christa McAuliffe was a teacher on which Space Shuttle that tragically exploded in 1986?
Challenger
Historically, immigrants from Europe often stopped at what island outside New York, near the Statue of Liberty?
Ellis Island
What weird vegetable (starts with an A) is related to spiky wild thistle?
Artichoke
This type of folk music originated in Mexico, and is characterized by a full ensemble of musicians playing instruments such as violin, trumpet, and guitars.
Mariachi
January 23 is Handwriting Day, and aligns with the birthday of what founding father, known for his enormous signature?
John Hancock