Turkey and Thanksgiving
Pilgrims
Mix Bag
Thanksgiving Math
Ms. Clark & Mrs. Pitel
100
It takes 1 day or 24 hours to thaw a 4 pound turkey, so how long does it take to thaw a 12 pound turkey?
What is three days?
100
How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower?
What is 102?
100
Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the U.S., true or False?
What is False? Canada also celebrates Thanksgiving!
100
In 1924 the First Macy's Thanksgiving parade took place, how many years ago was it?
What is 86 years?
100
When people are not honest
What is Ms. Clark's pet peeve?
200
What is the part of the turkey that is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?
What is the wishbone?
200
It is believed that how many pilgrims women survived to celebrate the First Thanksgiving in 1621?
What is 5
200
What is the name of the parade that is held on Thanksgiving?
What is the Macy's day parade?
200
If it takes 15 minutes per a pound of turkey to cook then how long does it take to cook a 10 pound turkey?
What is 150 minutes or 2 hours and 30 minutes
200
The number of Children Ms. Clark has
What is two
300
How long was the voyage from England to the new world?
What is 66 days?
300
What is the name of the ship the pilgrims came over on?
What is the Mayflower?
300
What is the name of the famous rock credited to where the pilgrims first landed?
What is Plymouth Rock?
300
If the first thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, how many years ago was it?
What is 389 years
300
The subject that Ms. Clark & Mrs. Pitel thinks is extremely important!
What is reading
400
The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team? Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Greenbay Packers or Detroit Lions
Who are the Detroit Lions?
400
The captain of the Mayflower was?
Who was Christopher Jones?
400
The Indians who were invited to the Thanksgiving feast were of the Wampanoag Tribe. Who was their chief?
Who is Massasoit?
400
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was believed to have lasted how many hours
What is 3 days = 72 hours
400
Mrs. Pitel has how many children of her own?
What is four?
500
In 1621, which traditional Thanksgiving food we eat today was not eaten? Pumpkin pies, Yams or Vegetables
What is Pumpkin Pie? The pilgrims did not have ovens!
500
Back in the early 1600's, the pilgrims didn't have which of the following utensils to eat their Thanksgiving meal with?
What are Forks?
500
Which president was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the 4th Thurs. in Nov.?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
If a 10 pound turkey takes 2 and a half hours to cook and we want to eat at noon, what time do we need to put it in the oven?
What is 9:30am?
500
Who is Ms. Clark and Mrs. Pitel having Thanksgiving with?
Who is their families?
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