It's January!

#1 Week 1

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Sigrun Sørumgård
January 01, 2025

It’s January 1st! Let’s kick this off with a great wonder, that’s going to have you ponder.

  1. Where does the name “January” originate?

  2. Which two flowers are the birth flowers of January?

  3. Traditionally which date does the Russian Orthodox Church celebrate Christmas?

  4. Which month together with January was not originally part of the ancient Roman calendar?

  5. What is the date of the Chinese New Year?

  6. …and what is the 2025 Chinese zodiac sign? (it’s the year of the…?)

  7. On Jan 4th 2025 Earth reaches perihelion, what does this mean?

  8. Which federation was officially dissolved on January 1st 1992, resulting in the creation of 15 independent republics?

  9. New Zealand gave women the right to vote on January 1st in what year, becoming the first self-governing country to do so?

  10. On the 1st January 1863, which US president issued the emancipation proclamation, declaring the freedom of all slaves in Confederate-held territory?

The Wonder Wall

  • January is known to be the coldest month in the northern hemisphere, and the coldest in the southern.

  • Dating back to the fifteenth century, the first Monday after Epiphany (January 6) marked the start of the agricultural season

  • Weather Folklore for January says that fog in January brings a wet spring, if grass grows in January, it will grow badly the whole year and a summerish January will give a winterish spring.

Yesterday´s Answers

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