COE 2023 New Year Quiz

Is American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean the first or last place to see in the new year?

• First

• Last

Answer explanation

The last place on earth to hit 2023 were the islands of American Samoa, in the Pacific Ocean .

A full 24 hours after the fellow Pacific island of Kiritimati enter into the New Year, the residents of American Samoa do the same.

'New Year' is a song by which British girl group - it was released as the second single from their debut studio album 'One Touch'?

• Little Mix

• Spice Girls

• Girls Aloud

• Sugababes

Answer explanation

Upon release in December 2000, the song charted at number twelve in the United Kingdom and number twenty-five in Ireland.

January is the first of seven months to be 31 days long. But how well do you know the other months of the year? Match the month with the number of days it has!

• November

• 30 days

• February

• 31 days

• July

• 28/29 days

Answer explanation

Thirty days has September, April, June, and November,

All the rest have thirty-one, But February's twenty-eight, The leap year, which comes once in four,

Gives February one day more.

The name for January comes from the Roman God Janus, but which of these things is Janus NOT associated with?

• Gates

• Beginnings

• Owls

• Doorways

Answer explanation

Janus is the ancient Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings.

He is always depicted with two heads.

He uses one head to look back on the year before and the other head to look forward to the New Year!

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

• Mick Jagger

• David Bowie

• Elton John

• Rod Stewart

Answer explanation

What did the Anglo-Saxons called the month of January?

• Wulfmonath

• Weodmonath

• Solmonath

• Blotmonath

Answer explanation

The Anglo Saxon name for January was Wulfmonath. It was given that name because wolves often came into the villages in search of food in January, the heart of winter.

In leap years, January always starts on the same day as which two other months?

• June & July

• April & July

• September & November

• May & September

According to a YouGov poll - how many Britons kept their 2022 New Year’s resolutions throughout the entire year?

• 5%

• 13%

• 28%

• 35%

Which city's name means "River of January"?

Answer explanation

The city was named after the Guanabara Bay (the word rio, which in modern Portuguese means "river") and the date it was discovered by Portuguese founders: January 1, 1502.

Which company will mark its 100th year anniversary in 2023?

• Rolls-Royce Holdings

• The Coca-Cola Company

• The Walt Disney Company

• The Kellog Company (aka "Kellogg's")

Answer explanation

The Walt Disney Company will mark its 100th anniversary in 2023, timed to its founding by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney on October 16, 1923.