Food
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert
What is pumpkin pie?
The term used for the day after Thanksgiving when many people go shopping due to all the "big sales"
What is Black Friday?
The number of women at the first Thanksgiving
What is five?
What do you call a turkey the day after Thanksgiving?
Lucky
This kind of turkey actually gobbles
What is the male turkey?
This traditional Thanksgiving side dish was invented by Campbells to encourage American households to use cream of mushroom soup.
What is green bean casserole?
Both the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude with this event.
What is the arrival of Santa Claus?
The year of the first Thanksgiving. 1501, 1621, 1776, 1965
What is 1621?
Who is never hungry on Thanksgiving?
The turkey because he's already stuffed.
A Wild turkey that is large enough to feed a family is used for the dinner. If it's a male Turkey, it's called this
What is a Tom?
Female turkey is called a Hen
This is the second most popular way people prepare potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner
What are scalloped potatoes?
The Native Americans first taught the Pilgrims how to grow this food as a crop. It has remained one of the most prevalent Thanksgiving symbols
What is corn?
Also known as Tisquantum, this Native American acted as an interpreter and helped guide the Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth during their first winter in the New World
Who is Squanto?
What was the turkey thankful for on Thanksgiving?
Vegetarians
True or false: Turkey was the main dish at the feast that inspired Thanksgiving.
False
This is how you know that cranberries are sweet enough for harvest
What is when they bounce?
This utensil was not used by the Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day
What are forks?
(They traded the forks with Native Americans in exchange for information and supply.)
This President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Why was the turkey arrested?
The police suspected fowl play.
This state raises the most turkeys (approximately 49 million annually!).
What is Minnesota?
This food was very popular on the first Thanksgiving but is now hardly ever eaten during the celebration
What is seafood?
This cone-shaped basket is generally filled with fruits and vegetables and is also referred to as a horn-of-plenty.
What is a cornucopia?
This Founding Father wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What do you call a running turkey?
Fast Food
This is the name for the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
What is the wattle?
The world's largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed
A. 20 pounds
B. 200 pounds
C. 2000 pounds
What is C. 2000 pounds?
This US president made Thanksgiving a national holiday
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These indigenous people (tribe) lived in what is now present day Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the early part of the 17th century. The tradition of Thanksgiving was adopted from their interaction with the Pilgrims.
What is the Wampanoag tribe?
Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive?
Because it had 24 carrots.
This company's "Turkey Talk Line" answer about 100,000 turkey calls in November and December. Hint: It is a popular company that sells turkeys.
What is Butterball?