January B-days
What famous "King of rock 'n' roll" has a birthday on January 8th?
a. Elvis Presley
b. Little Richard
c. Chuck Berry
a.Elvis Presley
January 4 is this Italian dishes national day. It is made in long, slender, solid strings and usually served with sauce.
a. Spaghetti
b. French Fries
c. Chicken Parm
a. Spaghetti
On January 1, 1863 this president issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing many slaves.
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Howard Taft
c.Joseph Biden
a. Abraham Lincoln
True or False, In the Pacific Northwest by January the amount of daylight begins to increase each day.
True
What animal do we celebrate on January 21st, National _________ Appreciation Day? [Hint: They hunt for acorns and are seen in trees)
a. birds
b. squirrels
c. chipmunks
b. Squirrels
Which Former First Lady of the U.S. from 2009-2017 has a birthday on January 17th?
a. Jackie Kennedy
b. Michelle Obama
c. Barbara Bush
b. Michelle Obama
January 5th is National ____________ Day. [Hint: It often flies south for the winter]
a. National airplane day
b. National hot air balloon day
c. National bird day
C. National Bird Day
The man on the one-hundred dollar bill was born on January 17th, 1706. What is his name?
a. George Washington
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Tom Sawyer
b. Benjamin Franklin
More than 22 million tons of this is used on U.S. roads each winter. That comes out to about 137 lbs per person.
a. cement
b. paint
c. salt
c. Salt
These furry mammals, only four species of its kind, don’t hibernate in the true sense because their body temperature only drops a little bit and they can wakeup at any moment. (Yogi is one)
a. bears
b. tigers
c. frogs
a. Bears
He was a Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and '60s. He was a leader of the American civil rights movement.
a. Martin Luther King
b. Barak Obama
c. Malcolm X
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
What holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of January, honoring a civil rights activist?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
On January 5,1933 construction of this famous bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
a. Golden Gate bridge
b. George Washington bridge
c. London bridge
a. Golden Gate Bridge
About a million billion of these fall each second, averaged over a typical year.
a. rain drops
b. snowflakes
c. pollen
b. snowflakes
Some creatures just don’t want to deal with winter at all! Instead they travel south to spend the season in places where they can still find food easily and it doesn’t get too cold. What is this called?
a. migration
b. imitation
c. manipulation
a. Migration
A holiday celebrated in the month of January.
a. New Year's Day
b. Martin Luther King
c. both
c.both
January 16th is Appreciate a _____________ Day. [A fictional creature that breathes fire]
a. appreciate a unicorn day
b. appreciate a dragon day
c. appreciate a monster day
b. Appreciate a Dragon Day
On January 11, 1935 this person was the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
a. Julia Child
b. Ellen Degeneres
c. Amelia Earheart
c. Amelia Earheart
a. O Celsius and 32 Fahrenheit
b. 100 Celcius and 50 Fahrenheit
a. 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit
What mammal is the only animal that hunts polar bears?
a. whales
b. wolves
c. Humans
c. HUMANS!
In January, many people make this to see if they can change or add a new behavior to their lives.
a. Make a promise
b. Make a cake
c. Make a New Year's Resolution
c. make a New Year's Resolution
January is National __________ Month. [Hint: A liquid dish, typically made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables, etc., in stock or water.
a. national soup month
b. national hot water month
c. national macaroni and cheese month
a. National Soup Month
On January 3rd, 1959 what state became the 49th U.S. state?
a. Massachusetts
b. Alaska
c. California
b. Alaska
Also known as "aestivation,” this is a period of animal dormancy, usually by insects, reptiles, and amphibians, which occurs during dry months to retain water and conserve energy.
a. hibernation
b. maturation
c. mutation
a. Hibernation
Some animals stay active in winter but learn how to live in the cold and snow. The white-tailed deer grows a winter coat with longer hair, ermines change colors, and some birds eat more. What is this process called?
a. evaporation
b. flexibility
c. adaptation
c. Adaptation