Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving. It can be roasted, smoked, or even deep fried.
What is turkey?
Which U.S. state produces the most turkeys?
A. Minnesota
B. Florida
C. Washington
What is Minnesota.
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of fall and in the most popular dessert at the Thanksgiving table.
What is pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
Combine these sentences using conjunction words.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
He did this during the Civil War.
He wanted to unite the country.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday during the Civil War because he wanted to unite the country.
What food was not served at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Mashed potatoes
B. Pumpkin
C. Seafood
What is A. Mashed potatoes?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
This traditional Thanksgiving side dish was invented by Campbells to show American households how to turn green beans and cream of mushroom soup into comfort food.
What is green bean casserole?
Fix this sentence:
The pilgrims and native americans shared a meel in 1621 they eight turkey corn and pumpkin pie
The Pilgrims and Native Americans shared a meal in 1621, where they ate turkey, corn, and pumpkin pie.
Which sport is traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day?
What is football?
True or false: Turkey was the main dish at the feast that inspired Thanksgiving.
Combine these sentences:
Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the date of Thanksgiving.
He moved it to the fourth Thursday in November.
He hoped to boost holiday shopping. .
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who changed the date of Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday in November, did so to boost holiday shopping.
Both the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude with this event which hints at one of the next major holidays to celebrate.
What is the arrival of Santa Claus?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert sometimes topped with Cool Whip.
What is pumpkin pie?
Most people eat a mountain of this kind of spud on Thanksgiving, topped with a river of gravy.
What are mashed potatoes?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US.
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The indigenous people living here before Columbus who were exploited by the story of the "first Thanksgiving."
Who are Native Americans?
or
Wampanoag tribe
Combine these sentences:
Native Americans helped the Pilgrims.
They taught them how to grow crops.
They shared survival skills.
Native American helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to throw crops and sharing survival skills.
Edit and combines these sentences:
george washington issued the first thanksgiving proclamation.
It happened in 1789.
He wanted americans to give thanks for the new constitution.
George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789 to encourage Americans to give thanks for the new Constitution.
Bonus!
What is one thing you are thankful for this year?
Answers will vary.
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620 are often represented with a black hat featuring a gold buckle.
Who were the Pilgrims?
Combine these sentences using a conjunction or combining word.
The meal included turkey.
It included stuffing.
It included cranberry sauce.
The meal included turkey, stuffing, as well as cranberry sauce.
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday?
A native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family and almost became the US's national bird.
What is a wild turkey?
Fix this sentence:
The history of thanksgiving is not as nice as we were taught in elementary skool the pilgrims and native americans didnt get along that well
The history of Thanksgiving is not as nice as we were taught in elementary school. The Pilgrims and Native Americans didn't get along that well.
This President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Barack Obama
C. Mr. Krabs
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
A. Joe Biden
B. Ben Franklin
C. George W Bush
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This state raises the most turkeys (approximately 49 million annually!)
What is Minnesota?
This sweet side dish is made of a red fruit and many people argue over which version is better, homemade or from a can.
What is cranberry sauce?
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
A. 4,600
B. 46,000
C. 4.6 million
D. 46 million
What is D. 46 million?
Combine these sentences:
Black Friday follows Thanksgiving.
Many people shop for deals.
Some people avoid the crowds.
Black Friday follows Thanksgiving and some people shop for deal while some people avoid the crowds.
The year of the first Thanksgiving
A. 1621
B. 1776
C. 1965
What is A. 1621?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
A. James Madison
B. Andrew Jackson
C. Barack Obama
Who is James Madison?
Thanksgiving Day is also an annual Canadian holiday, held in this month.
What is October?
This President proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
A. Michael Jackson
B. Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Abe Lincoln
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The world's largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed how many pounds?
A. 20 pounds
B. 200 pounds
C. 2000 pounds
What is C. 2000 pounds?
The second most-popular entree besides turkey is this, a close relative of bacon.
What is ham?
This event early in the day is the second-oldest of its kind and features many performances as well as giant balloons of iconic characters.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
What is 3 days?
This president tried to move Thanksgiving to help boost the economy but later signed a bill making the celebration at the end of November officially.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Michael Jordan
C. Franklin Roosevelt
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
The name for the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
What is a wattle?
Final jeopardy:
How many school days are there from the day we come back from break to Christmas vacation?
What is 17 days?