Thanksgiving Trivia
Earth Science
Movies
Politics
States and Capitals
100

The year of the very first Thanksgiving celebration.

What is 1621?

100

The three types of rock include sedimentary, metamorphic, and _____.

What is igneous?

100

The slippers were this color in the original Wizard of Oz.

What is silver?

100

The Ku Klux Klan was created by this political party.

What is the Democratic Party?

100

The capital of New Mexico.

What is Santa Fe?

200

The Thanksgiving celebration lasted this many days.

What are 3 days?

200

The lowest level of the atmosphere.

What is the troposphere?

200

In Star Wars, this is the Emperors last name.

What is Palpatine?

200

In the 1700's, there were the Democratic-Republicans, the Whigs, and these people who believe in a system of government where several states unite under a central authority.

Who were the Federalists?

200

Salem is the capital of this state.

What is Oregon?

300

This president made Thanksgiving an official holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

Nitrogen makes up approximately this percent of the atmosphere (within 5%).

What is 78%?

300

The term "Blockbuster" was used for the first time to describe this film.

What is "Jaws"?

300

Only two US presidents have faced impeachment, including Bill Clinton and this man who released Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war.

Who is Andrew Johnson?

300

The capital of Delaware.

What is Dover?

400

This state raises the most turkeys annually.

What is Minnesota?

400

This is the layer of earth below the crust.

What is the mantle?

400

Clint Eastwood's first movie.

What is "Francis in the Navy"?

400

This president's political slogan was, "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage".

Who is Herbert Hoover?

400

The capital of Pennsylvania.

What is Harrisburg?

500

The idea of the horn of plenty, also known as the cornucopia, was produced by this culture.

What is the Greek culture?

500

These naturally occurring items come in three groups: idiochromatic, allochromatic, and pseudochromatic.  

What are minerals?

500

This was the longest movie ever made, lasting 85 hours and premiering only once at The School of The Art Institute in Chicago.

What is "The Cure for Insomnia"?

500

As the Prime Minister of the UK, this person once said, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money".

Who was Margaret Thatcher?

500

Using the official state's abbreviation, this state has the capital city Hartford.

What is CT (Connecticut)

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