[For Seniors] January Trivia Quiz & Fun Facts. Brain training with quizzes about New Year and winter.
January, the beginning of a new year.
How about a quiz packed with seasonal trivia and fun facts—from New Year’s customs and osechi cuisine to New Year celebrations around the world? You might discover that even the habits you took for granted carry deep meanings and wishes.
Through a variety of questions—kanji readings, letter jumbles, riddles, and more—you can enjoy a mental workout that leads to new discoveries and naturally livelier conversations with your group.
Wishing you all a time filled with smiles.
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[For Seniors] January Trivia Quiz & Fun Facts: Brain Training with New Year and Winter-Themed Questions (21–30)
Rearrangement Quiz: Speaking of Winter
The rearrangement quiz involves putting the given hiragana characters into the correct order.
In this quiz video, the theme is words associated with winter.
It starts off easy with four characters, but as the quiz goes on, the number of characters increases and it gets more difficult.
Hints are provided, so if you’re unsure, use them to help you think.
Since all the words are related to winter, keeping that in mind may help certain questions click.
Note that there may be more than one correct answer for a given puzzle, so please be careful.
20 Winter Multiple-Choice Quiz Questions
Let’s take on a quiz all about winter! It’s packed with questions that let you enjoy the season from many angles—snow, constellations, winter sports, seasonal foods, New Year’s traditions, and more.
As you have fun with the quiz, you’ll deepen your knowledge of all kinds of winter-related facts.
There are also plenty of fun tidbits that can spark lively conversation, so you can enjoy chatting while tackling the quiz with family and friends.
All questions are presented in a three-choice multiple-choice format.
Which way is Mount Fuji? Quiz
Mt.
Fuji is said to bring good luck if it appears in your first dream of the year.
In this quiz, two photos will be shown—try to guess which one is Mt.
Fuji.
Some questions are easy and you’ll know right away, but others are so similar that it’s hard to tell which is Mt.
Fuji.
Can you find all the images of Mt.
Fuji, a symbol of Japan? To get the right answers, you’ll need to pay attention not only to the shape of the mountain but also to the surrounding scenery.
It’s surprising that there are mountains so similar, isn’t it?
New Year’s holiday quiz
When it comes to the year-end and New Year period, there’s the year-end wrap-up at work, a big cleanup, and then right away the New Year—Oshogatsu—arrives.
This quiz gathers questions related to that festive season.
The formats vary—multiple-choice, true-or-false, and more—but since you can simply choose answers, people of all ages can enjoy it.
It also teaches the meanings and origins of things like the zodiac, New Year’s decorations, and osechi cuisine, making it educational and a great opportunity to rediscover Japanese traditions.
New Year’s Riddle Quiz
Because New Year’s is an annual event, there may be habits we’ve been following without giving them much thought.
This quiz invites you to look back at the customs practiced during the New Year and learn the meanings behind them.
By understanding the significance of classic games, decorations, and more, the wish for a good start to the year becomes even more emphasized.
Everyday or habitual practices may also be ones you’ve learned incorrectly, so this is a perfect opportunity to set the record straight.
Trivia quiz about January
January marks the start of a new year, and precisely because it’s the beginning, it’s a time filled with various events.
Here’s a set of quizzes related to January—topics that may also encourage a healthier, more mindful start to the year.
The focus is on New Year’s traditions, testing the breadth of your knowledge and how well you understand these events.
By learning new facts and recalling what you already know, let’s also stimulate the brain and keep it active.
Word Unscramble Quiz
This is a quiz where you rearrange the given hiragana to complete a certain word.
The clue that it’s related to January is a big hint, so rather than thinking only about the letters, it might be important to broaden your ideas from there.
If you picture New Year’s scenes, events that take place then, and people playing games, you’ll likely arrive at the answer.
While imagining January scenes and simultaneously paying attention to the arrangement of the letters, it may also help stimulate your brain.