Thanksgiving Foods
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Presidential Thanksgiving
100
What is the most popular main course on Thanksgiving?
turkey
100
How many calls does the company Butterball receive each year in regard to questions about turkeys?
Over 100,000
100
Give the orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
pumpkin
100
What is the name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts?
the Mayflower
100
Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
George Washington
200
Which U.S. state produces the most sweet potatoes?
a) North Carolina
b) South Carolina
c) Georgia
North Carolina
200
What is the busiest day for plumbers?
Day after Thanksgiving
200
What is this called?
Cornucopia
200
What town canceled Thanksgiving because they couldn't make pumpkin pies?
Colchester, Connecticut
A frigid bout of cold weather in the middle of October led to the Connecticut River freezing, so settlers couldn’t get their usual liquid sugar shipped on time from across the pond. Thus, the townspeople decided to postpone the holiday for a week in 1705.
200
Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
John F Kennedy
300
Which utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner (Knife, Fork or Spoon)?
a fork
300
Give the day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
Black Friday
300
What does the cornucopia represent (in regard to Thanksgiving)?
Appreciation for abundance, and a bountiful harvest
300
How many women were at the first Thanksgiving meal?
5
300
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
George H.W. Bush
400
Which food is included at the first Thanksgiving is rarely part of a modern Thanksgiving meal?
seafood
400
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held in which month?
October
400
This was served at the first Thanksgiving?
The Wampanoag people taught the Pilgrims in Plymouth how to plant and cultivate corn to survive the winter.
400
What product owes its existence to Thanksgiving?
T.V. Dinner
Recliner
Hula Hoop
Butter
A. T.V. Dinner
In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! So they came up with a brilliant plan: to slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side. And so the first TV dinner was born!
400
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Thomas Jefferson
500
How much is spent on canned cranberry sauce?
$42 million
500
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
46,000
4.6 million
46 million
460 million
46 million
500
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to North America. Cranberry harvesting season is between mid-September and early November.
Since cranberries were so important and widely available it is believed that they were present at the first Thanksgiving.
500
Give the year of the first Thanksgiving
1776
1965
1621
c. 1621
500
Which president received a raccoon as a Thanksgiving gift?
President Calvin Coolidge received a live raccoon for Thanksgiving in 1926. It was intended to be dinner, but the president's family ended up keeping the raccoon as a pet. They named it Rebecca.