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The Pumpkin Coach was this, made for Cinderella by her Fairy Godmother.
What is a carriage?
100
Thanksgiving was first celebrated here, a town in Massachusetts.
What is Plymouth?
100
The name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
100
What is another name for "Native Americans"?
Indians
100
This day is considered the busiest day of the year for plumbers. It's also the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
What is Black Friday?
100
The first Thanksgiving feast did not include turkeys, but deer and this highly prized food from the family of marine crustaceans.
What is lobster?
100
A mature turkey has about 3,500 of these.
What are feathers?
200
Pumpkins grow on this.
What are vines?
200
The first Thanksgiving feast lasted this many days, about 72 hours.
What is three days?
200
The primary reason Pilgrims came to the New World.
What is religious freedom?
200
What tribe participated in the first Thanksgiving?
Wampanoag
200
The first time this parade was held on Thanksgiving, live animals from Central Park Zoo were featured.
What is Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
200
Sauce usually served with the Turkey on Thanksgiving.
Cranberry sauce
200
This nation, nicknamed the Great White North, celebrates Thanksgiving in October.
What is Canada?
300
Pumpkins are a type of squash, and belong to this food category.
What is a fruit?
300
It wasn't until 1863 that this President proclaimed Thanksgiving would be an annual holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
This chef, famous for bringing French cuisine to the American public, was a descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims.
Who is Julia Child?
300
How did Native Americans become known as Indians?
When explorers first made it to America, they thought they were in India.
300
What is the tradition where two people make a wish and pull on the sides of a "bone" to see who's wish comes true?
Wishbone Tradition
300
What was the primary (main) meat served at the first Thanksgiving?
Deer
300
This cutlery item was invented 10 years after the first Thanksgiving.
What are forks?
400
The inside of a pumpkin that looks stringy and slimy.
What is pulp?
400
Native American who became a friend of the Pilgrims and lived with them at the Plymouth Colony as an interpreter.
Who is Squanto?
400
What happened to half the pilgrims that came to America?
They died
400
This was one of the most important crops to Native Americans. However, it was likely to not have been eaten on Thanksgiving (unless dry).
corn
400
The on-line shopping day that follows Thanksgiving.
Cyber monday
400
What % of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving? 10,20,30, . . . . . . . 100
90
400
This state, known as The Gopher State, raises the most turkeys annually.
What is Minnesota?
500
The last two steps in the pumpkin life cycle are _____ pumpkin and _____ orange pumpkin, or the colors of the University of Miami.
What is green and orange?
500
In what year did the first Thanksgiving take place?
1621
500
How many children were on the ship?
32
500
What kind of house did Wampanoag live in?
Wigwam
500
This is a new meat menu centerpiece served on Thanksgiving, involving a duck, a turkey, and a chicken.
What is a turducken?
500
The name of the red skin that hangs from a turkey's neck.
What is the wattle?
500
In 1989, this President became the first to formally pardon a turkey.
Who is George H.W. Bush?