40 January Icebreaker Questions And Games For Work

40 fun January icebreaker questions

January icebreaker games to play at work

This article will feature fun January icebreaker questions, trivia, this or that, and free games!

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and feel inspired about the new year.  We know January can be tough, and many of you and your teams may experience the January Blues, so we want to help you connect and engage with your teams with easy prompts for a January team building session, corporate event, or team meeting. 

Taking the time to incorporate quick and easy prompts like icebreaker questions, trivia, or a fun free game can help your team feel more connected to your organization and establish the foundation for building culture throughout the year. We hope you find these January icebreaker activities helpful!

1. January Icebreaker Questions

Encourage your team to learn about each other through fun January icebreaker questions, including holiday-related questions, new year questions, and fun, easy questions. 

1. What is your favorite aspect of new year’s?

2. Do you have any new year’s traditions?

3. Did you stick to any of your 2023 resolutions?

4. What was a highlight from the 2023 holiday season?

5. Do you have any professional resolutions for 2024?

6. Do you have any habits you would like to practice more in 2024?

7. Do you have any trend predictions for 2024?

8. Have you ever been a part of a polar bear swim for New Year’s?

9. Where would you like to spend next year if you could travel anywhere?

10. What did you learn about yourself as an individual or your team in 2023?

2. January Trivia Questions

If you want to test your teams and inspire a little friendly competition, why not challenge them to a round of January Trivia? We have rounded up some questions about historical events, holidays, and other January-inspired trivia!

1. Ellis Island Immigration Station first opened in January 1982. Where was the first person from?

1. Ireland

2. Italy

3. Poland

2. Which Roman god is January named after?

1. Juno

2. Jupiter

3. Janus

3. Martin Luther King Jr. day is celebrated in January. What occasion does it commemorate?

1. His birthday

2. The birth of the civil rights movement

3. The March on Washington

4. What is the birthstone for January?

1. Amethyst

2. Garnet

3. Aquamarine

5. Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone in January of what year?

1. 2006

2. 2007

3. 2008

6. Prohibition went into effect in January of what year?

1. 1920

2. 1932

3. 1945

7. If someone is born in early January, what star sign will they be?

1. Capricorn

2. Aquarius

3. Pisces

8. Which region is the first to enter the new year?

1. Samoa

2. Santa Cruz Islands

3. The Line Islands

9. Which of the following holidays takes place in late January/mid February?

1. Chinese New Year

2. Diwali

3. Rosh HaShanah

10. Which calendar did not include January as a month?

• Julian Calendar

• Roman Calendar

• Gregorian Calendar

For more like this, check out our New Year’s Trivia Questions and our Winter Trivia Questions!

3. JANUARY THIS OR THAT QUESTIONS

If you are looking for a quick and easy way to connect with your team, why not play a quick-fire round of January This Or That? Choose from our favorite Winter This Or That and New Year’s This Or That Questions, and learn a little more about your team and their January preferences!

1. New Year Resolutions or January Challenges?

2. Pick up a new hobby or improve an existing hobby?

3. Digital calendar or written calendar?

4. Clean up your workspace or purge your workspace?

5. No more Monday meetings or no more Friday meetings?

6. Clean out your closet or build a capsule wardrobe?

7. Focus on fitness or focus on wellness in the new year?

8. Practice more mindfulness or be more creative?

9. Read more or cook more?

10. Go on vacation or live abroad for some time?

4. VIRTUAL NEW YEAR’S GAME: LEAVE IT IN 2023

• What fashion trend would you leave behind in 2023?

• What social media trend would you leave behind in 2023?

• What interior design trend would you leave behind in 2023?

• What food trend would you leave behind in 2023?

• What beauty trend would you leave behind in 2023?

• What song would you leave behind in 2023?

• What movie franchise would you leave behind in 2023?

• What brand would you leave behind in 2023?

We hope you and your teams have so much fun connecting over these January icebreakers. Feel free to save our fun trivia questions and share them on social media and your communication channels, or kick off any meeting with your team! If you enjoyed this post, check us out on Instagram @thekraftylab where we post weekly icebreakers, and trivia questions slide you can share with your colleagues!

About KraftyLab

KraftyLab is a leading team building events company providing corporate team building activities across the US & Canada. Our focus is on providing fun and engaging activities and games wherever your team may be! 

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