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What did Cinderella use a pumpkin for?
A) A Dress
B) A Carriage
C) A Jack-O-Lantern
A Carriage
100
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in what town in Massachusetts?
A) Boston
B) Plymouth
C) Salem
Plymouth
100
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled?
A) The Mayflower
B) Santa Maria
C) The Black Pearl
The Mayflower
100
What is the famous (shopping) day that follows Thanksgiving every year?
A) Christmas Eve
B) Black Friday
C) Labor Day
Black Friday
100
Was there a turkey at the first Thanksgiving?
A) Yes
B) No
C) Maybe
No
100
Which turkey gobbles?
A) Male
B) Female
C) both
Male Turkeys
200
Where do pumpkins grow?
A) On Trees
B) Under the Ground
C) On Vines
On Vines
200
How long did the first Thanksgiving feast last?
A) 1 Day
B) 3 Days
C) 5 Days
3 Days
200
What was the main reason Pilgrims came to America?
A) Looking for Gold
B) Religious Freedom
C) Western Expansion
Religious Freedom
200
What is the host of a Thanksgiving parade that occurs every Thanksgiving Day? It is the biggest in America every year.
A) Tiffany's
B) Macy's
C) Gimbel's
Macy's
200
What sauce is usually served with Turkey on Thanksgiving?
A) Turkey Sauce
B) Cranberry Sauce
C) Dipping Sauce
Cranberry Sauce
200
What kind of pie does most American's eat on Thanksgiving?
A) Apple Pie
B) Pecan Pie
C) Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie
300
What are Pumpkins?
A) Meat
B) Dairy
C) Vegetable
Vegetable
300
How long did it take the Pilgrims to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to the "New World"?
A) 2 Weeks
B) 2 Months
C) 2 Years
Two Months
300
How many Pilgrims were on the ship?
A) 52
B) 102
C) 152
102
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?
A) Funny Bone Tradition
B) Turkey Leg Award
C) Wishbone Tradition
Wishbone Tradition
300
What was the primary (main) meat served at the first Thanksgiving?
A) Turkey
B) Deer
C) Unicorn
Deer
300
Which president made Thanksgiving an annual holiday?
A) George Washington
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
400
What is the part inside a pumpkin that looks stringy and is slimy called?
A) Slime
B) Pulp
C) Disgusting
Pulp
400
What Native American became a friend of the Pilgrims and lived with them at the Plymouth Colony?
A) Geronimo
B) Squanto
C) Tonto
Squanto
400
What happened to half the Pilgrims that came to America?
A) They went back to England
B) They died
C) They moved to New York
They died
400
What is the online shopping day that follows Thanksgiving?
A) Cyber Monday
B) Easter Monday
C) Monday
Cyber Monday
400
What percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
A) 30 Percent
B) 60 Percent
C) 90 Percent
90 Percent
400
What state raises the most turkeys?
A) Arizona
B) Hawai'i
C) Minnesota
Minnesota
500
List the 6 steps in the pumpkin life cycle, in order.
A) Vine, Flower, Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin, Seed, Seedling
B) Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin, Seed, Seedling, Vine, Flower
C) Seed, Seedling, Vine, Flower, Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin
Seed, Seedling, Vine, Flower, Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin
500
In what year did the first Thanksgiving take place?
A) 1492
B) 1621
C) 1776
1621
500
How many children were on the ship?
A) 12
B) 32
B) 52
32
500
What is a new 'meat' menu centerpiece served on Thanksgiving? (involving duck, turkey, and chicken)
A) Smeat
B) Turducken
C) Poultrygeist
Turducken
500
What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?
A) Tonsils
B) Wattle
C) Gross
Wattle
500
Thanksgiving in the USA is celebrated on a Thursday, what day of the week does Canada celebrate its Thanksgiving?
A) Monday
B) Wednesday
C) Thursday
Monday