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In what year did the first Thanksgiving take place?
What is 1621
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled?
What is Mayflower
What tribe participated in the first Thanksgiving?
What is Wampanoag
Name three foods served at the first Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey, ham, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash.
This NFL team has played on Thanksgiving since 1934 (minus 1939-1944 WWII era).
What is Detroit Lions
True or False? Benjamin Franklin proposed the turkey as the official United States bird.
What is True
How many days long was the first Thanksgiving?
what is 3
What was the main reason Pilgrims came to America?
What is Religious Freedom
This is the name of a famous Patuxet tribe Native American who taught many of the Pilgrims how to hunt and grow food here in America.
What is Squanto
True or False? Turkey makes you extremely tired.
What is False Turkey does contain L-Tryptophan which can cause the body to produce Serotonin. However, there is not enough to make you sleepy. Overeating could be partially responsible, because digestion uses our bodies energy.
The host of a Thanksgiving parade that occurs every Thanksgiving Day.
What is Macy's
Which president made Thanksgiving an annual holiday?
What is Abraham Lincoln
In what year did George Washington proclaim Thanksgiving a National Holiday?
What is 1789
What happened to about half of the Pilgrims that came to Plymouth on the Mayflower?
What is They experienced excruciating painful deaths from diseases.
How did Native Americans become known as Indians?
What is When explorers first made it to America, they thought they were in India.
What was the primary (main) meat served at the first Thanksgiving?
What is Deer
This is the famous day that follows Thanksgiving every year?
What is Black Friday
Counting Christmas Day itself, what is the greatest number of possible days between Thanksgiving and Christmas?
What is 33
How many deer were killed for the first Thanksgiving?
What is 5
What religion were most of the Pilgrims considered? What church were they part of?
(if you get part of the question correct then you get partial points)
What is Puritan Separatists and The Church of England.
This was one of the most important crops to Native Americans. However, it was likely to not have been eaten on Thanksgiving (unless dry).
What is Corn
What % of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving? 10,20,30, . . . . . . . 100
What is 90
This is a new meat menu centerpiece served on Thanksgiving?
What is Turducken
True of False? The first people on the moon brought turkey with them.
What is True
What was the length and width of the Mayflower?(The closest team gets it!)
What is 80 feet in length and 24 feet wide.
Where did the Pilgrims first land (before traveling to Plymouth)?
What is Cape Cod
No wonder they have good chips!
What kind of house did Wampanoag live in?
What is Wigwam
Scientific term for Turkey.
What is Meleagris
What do most people do on Thanksgiving.
What is Get Your Binge-Watch On!
Thanksgiving in the USA is celebrated on a Thursday, what day of the week does Canada celebrate its Thanksgiving?
What is Monday