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50 free January Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
25 free January Trivia for Kids questions with answers. Twenty-five easy January questions written for kids aged about 8 to 12. They cover the month itself, from the two-faced Roman god Janus who gives January its name to why it is the coldest month up north and summer down under. There are questions on New Year's Day traditions around the world, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the garnet birthstone, snowflakes and animals that hibernate. Kids can also learn about famous people born in January, like Benjamin Franklin, Betty White, Mozart, Lewis Carroll and Winnie-the-Pooh's creator A. A. Milne, plus big January moments such as Alaska becoming a state, the launch of Wikipedia and the very first iPhone. Nothing is scary or too hard, and every question has a short, friendly explanation. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia, and the sentence that proves it is shown under each explanation, so teachers and parents can trust it.
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Q 01January is which month of the year?
The first
January is the first of the twelve months, the one that opens every calendar year.
Q 02How many days does January have?
31
January has 31 days, one of the seven months of the year that run to 31 days.
Q 03January is named after Janus, a Roman god famous for having what?
Two faces
Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and doorways, was shown with two faces, one looking back at the old year and one forward to the new.
Q 04What is the first day of January called?
New Year's Day
New Year's Day opens the calendar year, and many people make resolutions on it, promising to do better in the year ahead.
Q 05In New York City, a giant glowing ball drops at midnight on New Year's Eve in which famous place?
Times Square
The Times Square ball drop has been a New Year's Eve tradition since 1907, with huge crowds counting down the final seconds of the old year.
Q 06In Spain, people traditionally eat twelve of what at midnight on New Year's Eve, one for each chime?
Grapes
Spain's twelve grapes tradition has one grape eaten on each chime of midnight, a wish for good luck in each month of the new year.
Q 07In Japan, the New Year holiday, Shogatsu, is celebrated starting on which day?
January 1
Shogatsu begins on January 1, when families make a first shrine visit, hatsumode, and eat special osechi foods to welcome the year.
Q 08The idea of starting the year on 1 January comes from a calendar reform by which Roman leader?
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar in 46 BC, and the year start he set was carried over into the Gregorian calendar.
Q 09Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on which Monday of January each year?
The third Monday
The holiday is fixed to the third Monday of January, so it lands close to King's birthday on 15 January without always falling on that date.
Q 10January's birthstone is the garnet, which is usually what colour?
Deep red
Garnet is usually a deep red stone; its name traces back through Old French to the Latin for pomegranate, whose seeds share that colour.
Q 11In the Northern Hemisphere, January is typically the year's what?
coldest
January is usually the coldest month across the Northern Hemisphere, because the land keeps losing heat for weeks after the December solstice.
Q 12While children in the north bundle up in January, children in Australia are enjoying which season?
Summer
Australia's seasons are flipped, so January falls in its summer, which is why Christmas and New Year there mean beach weather.
Q 13Benjamin Franklin, born in January 1706, is said to have flown a kite in a storm to study what?
Lightning
Franklin's 1752 kite experiment was meant to show that lightning is electricity; the same Founding Father also invented bifocal glasses.
Q 21Chinese New Year begins a period of celebrations that ends with which event?
The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the lunar new year closes the New Year period, with lanterns lit and sweet tangyuan eaten.
Q 22Australia Day, celebrated on 26 January, marks the 1788 arrival of which group of ships?
The First Fleet
The First Fleet of eleven British ships reached Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788, the date Australia Day marks each year.
Q 23The very first Winter Olympic Games were held in January 1924 in which country?
France
Chamonix, France, hosted the 1924 Games in the Alps; the IOC only later named them the inaugural Winter Olympics.
Q 14Which beloved actress, born on 17 January 1922, played Rose on The Golden Girls?
Betty White
Betty White played Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992 and kept acting into her late nineties.
Q 15A. A. Milne, born in January 1882, created which honey-loving bear?
Winnie-the-Pooh
The cuddly bear and his friends live in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Q 16Lewis Carroll, born in January 1832, wrote about which girl who falls down a rabbit hole?
Alice
Alice tumbles down the rabbit hole in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865.
Q 17Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in January 1756, was famous as a child for doing what?
Composing music
Mozart was composing music by about age five and touring Europe's courts as a child performer.
Q 18Alaska became the 49th US state in January of which year?
1959
Alaska joined the Union on 3 January 1959, and it is the largest state by area, bigger than Texas, California and Montana combined.
Q 19Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, was launched in January of which year?
2001
It grew into one of the most visited websites in the world.
Q 20Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in January 2007 as the leader of which company?
Apple
Jobs co-founded Apple and was its chief executive when he unveiled the original iPhone at Macworld on 9 January 2007.
Q 24Snowflakes, common in January, almost always have how many sides or points?
Six
Snowflakes have six points because water molecules freeze into a hexagonal ice lattice, so every arm grows at the same angle.
Q 25What is it called when animals sleep deeply through the cold winter months?
Hibernation
Hibernation lets animals such as groundhogs and dormice slow their heartbeat and breathing to save energy until spring.
Q 26In the Farmers' Almanac tradition, January's full moon is named after which animal?
Wolf
January's full moon is the Wolf Moon, a name popularised by the Old Farmer's Almanac and linked to wolves howling in midwinter.
Q 27In the Southern Hemisphere, January is the same season as which month in the north?
July
Seasons are reversed across the equator, so a January day in Australia matches a July day in Europe for warmth.
Q 28Which flower is January's birth flower?
Carnation
The carnation is January's traditional birth flower, and the white snowdrop is sometimes listed alongside it.
Q 29Which zodiac sign begins on January 20?
Aquarius
Aquarius runs from about January 20 to February 18, while people born earlier in the month, up to January 19, are Capricorns.
Q 30How many months did the very first Roman calendar have before January and February were added?
Ten
The calendar of Romulus ran ten months from March to December, with winter left uncounted, until King Numa Pompilius is said to have added two more around 713 BC.