Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
True or False
The Pilgrims landed in New York?
False
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
What food was not served at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Mashed potatoes
B. Pumpkin
C. Seafood
A. What are mashed potatoes?
Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
Who is George Washington?
What are the Thanksgiving colors?
What are the Thanksgiving Colors: Orange is a pumpkin, Yellow is the corn, Brown is the turkey with stuffing to adorn and Red are the cranberries?
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company.
What is Campbell Soup?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Who are Native Americans?
or
Wampanoag tribe?
How many women were at the first Thanksgiving meal?
What is 5?
What is Macys?
What is a department store?
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
What are the Detroit Lions with 81?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who were Pilgrims?
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
How does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade conclude?
With the arrival of Santa Claus?
Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
Who is John F Kennedy?
During the 1997 Thanksgiving matchup between the Bears and Lions, Madden introduced the world to the turducken, explaining it on the broadcast as he and Pat Summerall stood in the booth in front of both that and the six-legged turkey. What is a Turducken?
A boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless ducks stuffed inside a boneless turkey.
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
46,000?
4.6 million?
46 million?
460 million
What is 46 million?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
The year of the first Thanksgiving
a. 1776
b. 1965
c. 1621
c. What is 1621?
What was the name of the Native American who already spoke English and was especially helpful to the Pilgrims?
What is Squanto?
Which President declared two Thanksgivings in one year?
Who is James Madison?
What year was the first Thanksgiving NFL game of the Canton Bulldogs vs. the Akron Pros?
What is 1920?
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family. Don't let the name fool you, they are not in the nightshade family with the other potatoes.
What are sweet potatoes?
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?
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held in which month?
What is October?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Name 1 of 3 active NFL teams that have played on Thanksgiving and never won.
What are the:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1)?
Cleveland Browns (0-3)?
Cincinnati Bengals (0-1)?
How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner (within 500 calories)?
What are 4,500?
The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?
What is Ham?
What meat did the native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?
What is Deer (Venison)?
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
What is 3?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
What are the Jacksonville Jaguars?