Turkey
This is the sound a male turkey makes.
What is gobble gobble?
This was the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.
What is the Mayflower?
This is the sport that is most watched on Thanksgiving Day
What is football?
How long did it take the Pilgrims to cross the ocean to come to America?
What is 66 days
When is Thanksgiving this year? (what date)
What is November 23, 2023?
Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called.
What are toms?
The first feast was celebrated in this year.
What is 1621?
What day of the week does Thanksgiving always fall on?
What is Thursday?
How many pilgrims made the voyage to America on the Mayflower?
What is 102
The Wampanoag placed these in the soil with the seeds as fertilizer for growing crops
What are fish?
In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, which part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom?
What is a wishbone?
This tribe of Native Americans showed up to the first Thanksgiving feast after hearing the celebrations and shooting from afar.
What are the Wampanoag?
This is what people traditionally start doing the day after Thanksgiving
What is Christmas shopping
This is usually what Americans eat for the main dish for Thanksgiving dinner.
What is turkey?
This Pilgrim sent a letter describing the harvest feast back to his relatives in England. It is the only surviving document we have to learn about the first feast.
Who was Edward Winslow?
What is the dangling skin under a turkey's neck called?
What is a wattle?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
When people think of Thanksgiving, these are the 2 groups of people we traditionally think about.
Who are Pilgrims and Indians
This type of potato is often served with Thanksgiving dinner
What is sweet potato?
This is the type of document that historians use as evidence of past events - a _______________ source.
What is primary
Unlike wild turkeys, domesticated turkeys are what color?
What is white?
This woman petitioned President Abraham Lincoln to recognize a national Thanksgiving holiday.
Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?
This tradition takes place in New York City and can be seen on television every Thanksgiving morning
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This type of pie is the most popular at Thanksgiving
What is pumpkin pie?
The NFL team that plays a football game EVERY Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Detroit Lions?