1. After whom is the month of January named?
2. Which football team is the subject of the film “Fever Pitch”?
3. Which bustling South American city was given its name by Portuguese navigators for the fact they arrived there on January 1, 1502 and mistook the entrance of the bay for the mouth of a river?
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4. What is said to be the mother of invention?
5. Competitors in which globally popular sport always have their birthdays on January 1?
6. Which African country’s previous flag was all green?
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7. Name the acclaimed actor in films like “The Dirty Picture” and “Parineeta” celebrating her birthday today.
8. What was the surname of the comic siblings Groucho, Harpo and Chico?
9. At which famous location in New York City does a ball drop to herald in the New Year?
10. Name the countries with Bandar Seri Begawan and Port-au-Prince as the capital cities observing their Independence Day today.
11. Which letter of the Greek alphabet also means a “small amount”?
12. What is Kwanzaa?
13. If cricketers use bats, then what do polo players use?
14. Name the Scottish poem-song which translates to “old long since” traditionally sung to herald the New Year.
15. Where in the human body is the “uvula”?
Answers: 1. The two-faced Janus, the Roman God of beginnings and transitions; 2. Arsenal; 3. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil; 4. Necessity; 5. Racehorses; 6. Libya; 7. Vidya Balan; 8. Marx; 9. Times Square; 10. Brunei and Haiti respectively; 11. Iota; 12. A week-long celebration that honours African heritage in African-American culture and is observed till January 1; 13. Mallets; 14. ‘Auld Lang Syne’; 15. Mouth.