Cottam Trivia
General Knowledge
Thanksgiving Trivia
Early U.S. Trivia
100

The year Julie and Howard got married.

What is 1998? 

100

The largest planet in our solar system

What is Jupiter? 

100

The name of the large department store sponsoring the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s 

100

The name of the first English settlement in America

What is Jamestown?

200

The town that Howard Cottam was born in

What is Canaab, Utah?

200

The largest animal on earth

What is the blue whale?

200

The U.S president who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

The author of “Common Sense”, encouraging independence from Britain

Who is Thomas Paine?

300

The name of the first Cottam to immigrate to America.

Who is Thomas Cottam?

300

The first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize

Who is Marie Curie? 

300

The type of meat most likely to have been served at the first Thanksgiving. (Hint: not turkey)

What is venison/deer? 

300

The main author of the Declaration of Independence 

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

The day in which Howard Cottam gave his PhD dissertation

What is October 31st (Halloween)

400

The rarest blood type

What is AB negative?

400

The U.S state that raises the most turkeys each year

What is Minnesota?
400

The Treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War

The Treaty of Paris

500

Mason Cottam's career (Hint: not piloting)

What is school counseler? (Bonus 50 points if guesser says middle school)

500

The scientist who developed the Theory of General Relativity

Who is Albert Einstein

500

The name of the tribe who allegedly celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the pilgrims

Who are the Wampanoag?

500

The fourth president of the united states

Who is James Madison

M
e
n
u