Thanksgiving Foods
Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving Symbols
Thanksgiving History
Thanksgiving Surprise
Who is it?
(Macy's balloons)
Not All About Turkey
100

This is the most popular main course on Thanksgiving.

What is turkey? 

100

People usually watch this sport on Thanksgiving.

What is American football?

100

This orange fruit is commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.

What is a pumpkin?

100

The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts

What is the Mayflower?

100

The number of women at the first Thanksgiving

What is 5?

100

Who is Olaf?

100

The next major holiday that follows Thanksgiving

What is Christmas?

200

The traditional Thanksgiving dessert

What is Pumpkin Pie? 

200

A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.

What is a turkey trot?

200

The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620

Who were Pilgrims?

200

The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England

What is religious persecution or religious freedom?

200

The day of the week and date that we will celebrate Thanksgiving this year

What is Thursday, November 28?

200

Who is Charlie Brown?

200

The last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

What is the arrival of Santa Claus?

300

The way people typically prepare potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner

What are mashed potatoes?

300

Which Pennsylvania city is home to the oldest Thanksgiving Day parade in the U.S.?

What is Philadelphia? (Gimbel's dept store - 1920; Macy's first parade was in 1924.)

300

Native American tribe that celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the pilgrims.

A) Wampanoag

B) Pueblo

C) Sioux

D) Choctaw

Who are Wampanoag?

300

The best Thanksgiving movie of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.


What is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?

300

In which sport can you score a "turkey"?

What is bowling? (three strikes in a row)

300

Who is Raggedy Ann?

300

The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.

What is ham?

400

The first crop the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow.

What is corn?

400

The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping

What is Black Friday?

400

A bone that is traditionally broken during Thanksgiving

What is a wish bone?

400

The month the first Thanksgiving most likely took place

What is September?

400

A writer of the Constitution who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

400

Who is Papa Smurf?


400

The US President who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday

 Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

Red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

What are cranberries?

500

The Thanksgiving Day event in New York City where there are large balloons, marching bands, singers, and dancers

What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

500

The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables

What is a cornucopia?

500

The year of the first Thanksgiving:

A) 1776

B) 1621

C) 1815

D) 1920

What is 1621?

500

The red, loose skin under a turkey's beak

What is a wattle?

500

Who is Olive Oyl?

500

The first video game character to appear in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?

600

Succotash is a common Thanksgiving dish made of corn and what other vegetable?

What are lima beans?

600

Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the ______  __________ of November.

What is the fourth Thursday?

600

Which balloon character has made the most appearances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

Who is Snoopy?

600

The first Thanksgiving lasted this long.

What is 3 days?

600

The top turkey-producing state in the U.S.


What is Minnesota?

600

Who is Bullwinkle?

600

This popular Christmas carol was actually written for Thanksgiving.

What is Jingle Bells?

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