History
The port that the Mayflower set sail from.
What is Plymouth England?
A gift from France to celebrate freedom.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This state was named after the indigenous population.
What is Massachusetts?
The most popular side dish for Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
Who are the Detroit Lions?
The Pilgrims all signed this agreement to be bound together as a group.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Britain gave us this gift which sits in the White House’s Oval Office.
What is the Resolute Desk?
The word Massachusetts means large hill or hills referring to this location outside of Boston
What are the Blue Hills?
Indigenous peoples of the Americas cultivated this plant alongside corn and beans. The cornstalks provided support for the climbing beansThe Spanish brought squash back to Europe in the late 16th century, where it became a popular crop.
What is squash?
The best running back in Detroit Lions history.
Who is Barry Sanders?
Before settling in Plymouth, the Pilgrims first landed on this Cape Cod beach.
What is First Encounter Beach?
In 1972, China gifted two of these to Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo.
What are Giant Pandas?
The name of the Native American tribe that joined the Pilgrims at Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
Cranberries, native to Massachusetts and a staple of Thanksgiving are harvested every year using this unique method.
What is floating?
American football originated from two sports.
What are soccer and rugby?
The First Thanksgiving was actually held in this community that predates Plymouth by 55 years in what was called Spanish Florida.
What is St. Augustine, Florida?
In 1912, the mayor of Tokyo donated thousands of these to Washington, D.C.
What are Cherry Blossom Trees?
This word comes from the Massachusett word askutasquash, meaning "eaten raw or uncooked".
What is squash?
This unique method of cooking a turkey can cut cooking time down to as short as 90 minutes or less.
what is spatchcocking?
This Thanksgiving substitute for a traditional turkey was made famous by NFL legend John Madden.
What is a Turducken?
The original voyage of the Pilgrims failed as this second ship was leaking badly.
What is the Speedwell?
The tradition of Thanksgiving was lobbied by Author Sarah Hale of New Hampshire who promoted the idea of a holiday signed into law by this President.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
His name was Ousamequin, famous for negotiating a peace treaty with the Pilgrims. But the English often mistook his title for his personal name.
Who is Massasoit?
The main course for the Pilgrims Thanksgiving that wa actually brought by the Native American tribe that attended .
What is venison? They brought five deer.
A football formation and a turkey bone.
What is a wishbone?