January B-days
This former U.S. president celebrated his birthday on January 30th. [Hint: He served 4 terms]
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
January 1st
What is New Year's Day?
This proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation? It declared all slaves to be free in states that had seceded from the Union.
The color red is often associated with what January birthstone?
Garnet
The most frequently pledged New Year's resolution.
What is weight loss?
This famous rock 'n' roll singer's birthday is on January 8th.
Who is Elvis Presley?
The third Monday of January, honoring a civil rights activist.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Which famous British rock band performed for the last time on a rooftop in London, England, in January 1969?
The Beatles
Which of January’s astrological signs is represented by the sea-goat?
Capricorn. The sea-goat is a mythological creature with a goat’s body and a fish’s tail. Capricorn is from December 22 to January 19.
How many sides does a snowflake have?
6
Born January 12, 1964, he is founder and CEO of Amazon as well as the owner of the Washington Post.
Jeff Bezos
January 16th is a day dedicated to learning and appreciating a reptile with wings.
Appreciate a Dragon Day
The first Super Bowl was held on January 15, 1967. Name one of the two teams!
Who are Green Bay Packers or the Kansas City Chiefs?
This is the official currency of the European Union. It debuted on January 4, 1999.
What is the euro?
On January 28, 1945, this branch of the U.S. military was officially created, to protect waters and coasts.
What is the Coast Guard?
This Former First Lady has a birthday on January 17th [Hint: Her husband was our first African-American President]
Michelle Obama
January 31st is national hot _____ day.
What is National Hot Chocolate Day?
The world's first underground ________ opened in London on January 10, 1863.
Subway (or underground train)
Who obtained the patent for the first- ever lightbulb in January 1880?
Thomas Edison.
Born on January 15, 1929, this man delivered the final speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This glamorous movie actress starred in Cleopatra and Butterfield 8 during Hollywood's Golden Age celebrated her birthday on January 3rd.
Elizabeth Taylor
January 4th. A day Jeopardy fans can appreciate. A 6-letter word which means " information and data that are considered to be of little value. "
TRIVIA Day
First published on January 29, 1845, this famous poem begins, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.”
What is Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven?”
On January 7, 1714 a patent was issued for the first one of these, designed by British inventor Henry Mill "for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another, as in writing."
What is the typewriter?
State when animals sleep during winter
Hibernation