Quiz - 2022 - January Quiz

Guidelines:

There are no prizes.

ANSWERS BY PM, PLEASE. DO NOT POST ANSWERS ON THE FORUM.

You can pat yourself on the back (or kick yourself) as many times as you like because if you get the answer wrong you can try again.

Points awarded:-

5 - if you got the answer without research

3 – if you got the answer by book research

1 – if you got the answer through the internet

So you have four chances to guess it correctly and still beat looking it up on the internet! This especially works well for the multiple choice questions! - I'll reduce your possible score by 1 each time you get it wrong.

I’ll trust that you will tell me how you got your answers.

You can keep your own scores and I shall also keep them.

I will award points if you are nearly right – or if I like the answer you have given.

This January quiz is not as complex as last year’s winter quizzes as I have restricted time in which to do it. I shall post the answers for this first set in about a week's time and then add more questions.

I shall start a thread for people's scores.

I thought this would be an appropriate first question.

1. National Trivia Day falls on what day in January?

a. 4th
b. 8th
c. 12th
d. 16th

2. On what day in January does Haiti celebrate its Independence Day?

a. 1st
b. 7th
c. 14th
d. 21st

3. What are the two January birth flowers?

4. On the 15th of January 1559 who was crowned monarch of England?

5. The currency of the Euro came into being in which year?

a) 1991
b) 1995
c) 1999

6. 1892 saw the start of a process whereby 20 million people entered the USA via which island before it closed in 1954?

7. After the end of French rule in 1804, which country became the first black republic and second independent country in North America? (Read the question carefully.)

8. Which of the following authors was born in January?

a. J.R.R. Tolkien
b. J.K. Rowling
c. Stephen King
d. Mark Twain

9. What is the birthstone for January?

a. Ruby
b. Garnet
c. Diamond
d. Emerald

10. Margaret Thatcher Day is the 10th of January in which part of the world?

 

Answers to 1 - 10

1. National Trivia Day falls on what day in January?
a. 4th, b. 8th, c. 12th, d. 16th
a.

2. On what day in January does Haiti celebrate its Independence Day?
a. 1st, b. 7th, c. 14th, d. 21st
a.

3. What are the two January birth flowers?
Carnation and Snowdrop

4. On the 15th of January 1559 who was crowned monarch of England?
Elizabeth I (daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn)

5. The currency of the Euro came into being in which year?
a) 1991, b) 1995, c) 1999
c.

6. 1892 saw the start of a process whereby 20 million people entered the USA via which island before it closed in 1954?
Ellis Island

7. After the end of French rule in 1804, which country became the first black republic and second independent country in North America? (Read the question carefully.)
Haiti

8. Which of the following authors was born in January?
a. J.R.R. Tolkien, b. J.K. Rowling, c. Stephen King, d. Mark Twain
a.

9. What is the birthstone for January?
a. Ruby, b. Garnet, c. Diamond, d. Emerald
b.

10. Margaret Thatcher Day is the 10th of January in which part of the world?
Falkland Islands

 

Questions 11-20

11. Many cultures around the world celebrate New Year's Day on the Spring Equinox. In what month is the Spring Equinox?
a. April, b. May, c. March, d. February

12. In January of what year did, the Euro banknotes and coins enter circulation?
a. 2004, b. 2002, c. 2000, d. 2006

13. January Jones is an actress best known for portraying Betty Draper in which American TV series?

14. In January 1877 Queen Victoria was proclaimed as Empress of where?

15. In 1959 Castro came to power in Cuba in February but ousted his predecessor in January in a revolution that overthrew which dictator?

16. Up Helly Aa is a festival held to mark the end of the yule season on the last Tuesday in January in which Scottish town?

17. Previously known as The Daily Universal Register, which newspaper began publishing in 1788?

18. On precisely which date did the Victorians celebrate the start of the twentieth century, the 1st of January, 1900, or the 1st of January 1901?

19. Which of the following astrological signs represent January 20th to February 18th?
a. Aquarius, b. Libra, c. Cancer, d. Capricorn

20. Which British musician, born in 1947, shares his January the 8th birthday with Elvis, Stephen Hawking and dictator Kim Jong-Un?