Thanksgiving Foods
The traditional Thanksgiving dessert
What is Pumpkin Pie?
The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving
What is American football?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
What is pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
Who can gobble: males or females?
What are male turkeys only
When you celebrate Thanksgiving with your friend either in place of or in addition to celebrating with your family.
What is Friendsgiving?
The most popular alternative to having a turkey
What is chicken, ham or tofurkey?
Are most stores open or closed on Thanksgiving?
Closed?
What were the people called who came to America from Europe in 1621?
Who were Pilgrims?
The US President who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Eating too much of this from your Thanksgiving table can actually turn you orange!
What are Sweet Potatoes or Carrots
What do most people do the day after Thanksgiving?
Christmas shopping
What do you call food that does not get eaten on Thanksgiving Day?
What are leftovers?
When do we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving every year?
What is on a Thursday in November?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving
Who are Native Americans? Wampanoag tribe
Thanksgiving lasted for three days and was shared by what two groups?
Pilgrims and Native Americans.
This red berry eaten on Thanksgiving has recently been found to promote good oral hygiene and has been used to make toothpaste.
What are cranberries
Statistically this is America's favorite Thanksgiving side dish
What is stuffing?
Name a pie other than pumpkin pie that is served at many American homes on Thanksgiving.
What is pecan or apple pie?
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday?
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family
What is a wild turkey?
The season the first Thanksgiving most likely took place.
What is fall or autumn?
Which cutlery item (a utensil used for eating) was not invented until 10 years AFTER the first Thanksgiving?
What is a fork
True or False: Pilgrims wore all black
False.
Pilgrims actually like colors and wore very colorful clothes.
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner
What are cranberries?
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?
Name a yellow vegetable served at Thanksgiving.
What is corn, squash, onion?
The year of the first Thanksgiving:
a. 1776
b. 1965
c. 1621
c. What is 1621?
What covers a live turkey's body?
What is feathers?
Which potato dish is American's favorite-mashed white potatoes or mashed sweet potatoes?
What are mashed potatoes?
The number of pumpkin pies that are consumed on Thanksgiving
1. 50 million
2. 3,000
3. 65
What is 50 million?
What does your family do for Thanksgiving?
Accept any answer.
The first crop the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow
What is corn?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this long.
1. A week.
2. A month.
3. 3 days
What is 3-days long?
What happens to most people after eating turkey?
They get sleepy or full.
Early settlers hunted for their food. Most likely the real meat served at the first Thanksgiving was...
What is deer/venison?