Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
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True or False
The Pilgrims landed in New York.
False
The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
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The name of the ship the Pilgrims were on
What is the Mayflower
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This food was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
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This President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
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These 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?
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The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Who are Native Americans?
or
Wampanoag tribe?
This Native tribe joined the Pilgrim in the first Thanksgiving.
Massasoit
Wapanoag
Who are the Wampanoag?
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
What is Macys?
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
Detroit Lions with 81
Kansas City Chiefs with 60
What are the Detroit Lions with 81?
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The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
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A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
Turkey Waddle
Turkey Trot
What is a turkey trot?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who were the Pilgrims?
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This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
What is religious freedom?
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The annual Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with the arrival of this person.
Santa
Rudolph
Who is Santa Claus?
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This president was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
Who is John F Kennedy?
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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. This 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?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving. I will give you the points if you are within a million.
35 million
46 million
What is 46 million?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving.
1456
1621
What is 1621?
This native is known throughout history for his skill for speaking English, his political negotiations 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.
Wampanoag
Squanto
What is Squanto?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Which year did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first air on TV? I will give it to you if you are close by 5 years
What is 1948
Super Easy Trick Question
Name a starch that is sweet
What are sweet potatoes?
This day follows 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?
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This woman is credited for making Thanksgiving a national Holiday in the United States.
Betsy Ross
Sarah Hale
Who is Sarah Hale?
The Founding Father who suggested the wild turkey 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?
Take 400 points from another team if you can tell me what color hair Thomas had.
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)?
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
6543
4500
What are 4,500?
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham?
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The natives brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
What is Deer (Venison)?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
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The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
Wattle
Gobble
Dingy
What is a Wattle?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Phillidelphia Eagles
What are the Jacksonville Jaguars?
400 points you can tell me what state Jacksonville is located.