Talkin' Turkey
The sound a turkey makes.
This popular side dish is made by mashing a white or yellow vegetable, often with milk and butter.
What are mashed potatoes?
This was the famous ship that the Pilgrims sailed on to get to America.
What is the Mayflower?
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with this Native American tribe.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This is the most traditional Thanksgiving pie, made from a large, orange squash.
What is pumpkin pie?
This popular sport, which uses a "pigskin," is traditionally watched by many families on Thanksgiving Day.
What is football?
This is what you call a baby turkey.
What is a poult?
This jiggly, red sauce is made from a tart berry and is served alongside the turkey.
What is cranberry sauce?
This is the name we call the group of people who sailed on the Mayflower seeking religious freedom.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This is the season when the first Thanksgiving feast was held to celebrate a good harvest.
What is fall (or autumn)?
This sweet, fluffy topping is often sprayed from a can or scooped from a tub to put on top of pie.
What is whipped cream?
This is the name of the very famous Thanksgiving parade held in New York City every year.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
The long, red, fleshy piece of skin that hangs down from a turkey's chin is called this.
What is a wattle?
This bread-based dish is cooked inside the turkey (or in a separate pan) and is also called "dressing."
What is stuffing?
The Pilgrims landed at this famous "rock" in what is now the state of Massachusetts.
What is Plymouth Rock?
This Wampanoag man spoke English and was a huge help to the Pilgrims, teaching them how to farm and fish.
Who is Squanto
This pie is filled with sliced fruit and is sometimes served "a la mode," which means with ice cream.
What is apple pie?
Besides marching bands and floats, the Macy's parade is most famous for these giant flying objects, often shaped like cartoon characters.
What are balloons?
True or False: Wild turkeys (unlike farm turkeys) are strong flyers and can sleep in trees.
What is True?
This popular orange vegetable is often baked into a pie for dessert.
What is a pumpkin?
This was the country in Europe that the Pilgrims left to find religious freedom.
What is England?
This Wampanoag leader (or chief) made a peace treaty with the Pilgrims.
Who is Massasoit?
This very sweet, nutty pie is a Thanksgiving favorite, especially in the Southern United States.
What is pecan pie?
Breaking the "wishbone" from the turkey is a tradition for two people. The person who gets the bigger piece is supposed to get this.
What is a wish?
This Founding Father, famous for flying a kite, once wrote that the turkey was a more "respectable bird" than the Bald Eagle.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This sweet, brown sauce is poured over turkey and mashed potatoes.
What is gravy?
This was the set of rules and laws the Pilgrims all agreed to sign while still on the ship.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The very first Thanksgiving celebration was not just one meal, but a feast that lasted for this many days.
What is three days?
This is the name for the flaky, baked bottom and top layers of a pie.
What is the crust?
This jolly character in a red suit always appears at the very end of the Macy's parade to signal the start of the Christmas season.
Who is Santa Claus?