❄️ JANUARY JEOPARDY ❄️
This holiday on January 1 celebrates the start of a new year.
New Year’s Day
Frozen precipitation that falls from the sky.
snow
Promises people make to improve themselves in the new year.
New Year’s resolutions
Alaska became a U.S. state in this January year.
1959
January is the first month of this calendar.
Gregorian calendar
This U.S. holiday honors the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
A storm with heavy snow and strong winds.
blizzard
The ball drops in this famous New York City location.
Times Square
This famous civil rights leader was born in January 1929.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This gemstone is associated with January birthdays.
garnet
MLK Day is observed on this weekday each year.
Monday
A device used to measure temperature.
thermometer
This common tradition involves fireworks at midnight.
New Year’s Eve
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for a record four terms, starting in January of this year.
1933
This zodiac sign begins in January
Capricorn
This January celebration is also known as the Lunar New Year.
Chinese New Year
When rain freezes as it hits the ground, it becomes this.
reezing rain
Eating this food is believed to bring good luck in the new year in the U.S. South.
black-eyed peas
This first U.S. president was born in January 1732
George Washington
On average, January is the coldest month in this hemisphere.
Northern Hemisphere
MLK Jr. delivered this famous speech in 1963.
"I Have a Dream”
The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth occurred on this continent.
Antarctica
In Spain, people eat 12 of these at midnight for good luck.
grapes
The first Super Bowl was played in January of this year.
1967
Snowflakes are made of this.
Ice