Thanksgiving Foods
What is the most popular main course on Thanksgiving?
Turkey
This day follows Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping.
What is Black Friday?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to the New World.
Mayflower
This common "starchy" food was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
Mashed potatoes
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
George Washington
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family.
Wild turkey
What is the red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?
Cranberries
What is the most popular meat alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?
Ham
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Native Americans
This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
Religious persecution
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
Macys
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
George H.W. Bush
These are the 4 Thanksgiving colors.
Orange is a pumpkin, Yellow is the corn, Brown is the turkey with stuffing to adorn and Red are the cranberries
What is the most popular Thanksgiving dessert?
Pumpkin Pie
What is the day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving?
Fourth Thursday of November
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Pilgrims
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
Three
The annual Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with the arrival of this person.
Santa Claus
This president was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
John F Kennedy
What city/state did the Pilgrims land?
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company?
Campbells Soup
What is the race many people run on Thanksgiving morning?
Turkey trot
The cone-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
Cornucopia
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving.
1621
This native is known throughout history for his skill for speaking English, his political negations between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, and his guidance to teach the Pilgrims how to teach them how to grow corn, and where and how to fish and hunt beaver.
Squanto
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is a Turducken.
A boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless duck stuffed inside a boneless turkey.
What is the average calories a person consumes at Thanksgiving dinner?
4,500
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
The natives brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
Deer (Venison)
This woman is credited for making Thanksgiving a national Holiday in the United States.
Sarah Josepha Hale
The Founding Father (from Philadelphia) who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Benjamin Franklin
Which President REFUSED to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Thomas Jefferson
This Native tribe joined the Pilgrim in the first Thanksgiving.
Wampanoag