Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
The Pilgrims landed in this state, also famous for the private university, MIT
What is Massachusetts?
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 the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
This now traditional food, usually served topped with butter or gravy, was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
This President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
These 4 traditional Thanksgiving colors also align with 4 traditional Thanksgiving foods.
What are orange (pumpkin), yellow (corn), brown (turkey), and red (cranberries).
Green Bean casserole was invented by this company, famous for soup.
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 name the Pilgrims gave to their colony.
What is Plymouth or Plymouth Rock?
This Native American tribe joined the Pilgrims in the first Thanksgiving.
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.
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 native people brought this meat to share with the pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving.
What is venison (deer)?
This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
The annual Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with the arrival of this person.
Who is Santa Claus?
This president was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
Who is John F Kennedy?
During the 1997 Thanksgiving match-up between the Bears and Lions, Steve Madden introduced the world to this unusual dish, a boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless duck, stuffed inside a boneless turkey.
What is a turducken?
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.
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.
What is 1621?
This man is known throughout history for his skill for speaking English, his political negations between the Pilgrims and the native people, and his guidance to the Pilgrims about finding and growing food.
Who is Squanto?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The first Thanksgiving NFL game was played this year, between the Canton Bulldogs and 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?
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?
This woman is credited for making Thanksgiving a national Holiday in the United States.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This Founding Father wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This 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)?
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
What are 4,500?
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham?
The pilgrims were taught to grow this combination of three vegetables, also known as the three sisters, by the local tribe.
What are squash, corn, and beans?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
What are the Jacksonville Jaguars?