Thanksgiving
Everyday life in the 50s & 60s
Classic TV & Movies
Outdoors & Travel
Science & Nature
100

The bird most commonly eaten at Thanksgiving dinner.

What is turkey?

100

He delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

100

In this 1960s comedy, Lucy and Ethel worked in a chocolate factory.

What is I Love Lucy?

100

This large canyon in Arizona is one of the Seven Natural Wonders

What is the Grand Canyon?

100

This planet is known as the Red Planet.

What is Mars?

200

Pumpkin pie is made using this seasonal orange squash.

What is pumpkin?

200

The price of a U.S. postage stamp in the 1960s was under this amount

What is 10 cents?

200

This “beautiful day in the neighborhood” belonged to which children’s TV host?

Who is Mister Rogers?

200

This U.S. state is known as the Sunshine State.

What is Florida?

200

This large mammal is the only one that cannot jump.

What is an elephant?

300

This sauce, often from a can, wiggles before you slice it.

What is cranberry sauce?

300

This drive-in restaurant chain made roller-skating carhops famous.

What is Sonic?

300

Julie Andrews starred as a magical nanny who arrived by umbrella in this 1964 Disney film.

What is Mary Poppins?

300

Paris is famously known as the “City of” this.

What is Light?

300

Water changes from a liquid to a gas during this process.

What is evaporation?

400

This large parade held in New York City every Thanksgiving is sponsored by a department store.

What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?

400

Before TV, families gathered around this appliance for nightly entertainment.

What is the radio?

400

In this iconic movie, Dorothy followed the Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard.

What is The Wizard of Oz?

400

This African country is famous for safaris in the Serengeti.

What is Tanzania?

400

This is the term for animals that eat only plants.

What are herbivores?

500

This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

A popular hairstyle of the 1950s named after a bird’s feature.

What is the ducktail?

500

This 1951 film starred Gene Kelly, who danced through the streets during a downpour.

What is Singin’ in the Rain?

500

Mount Everest sits on the border of Nepal and this country.

What is China?

500

The smallest unit of life, found in all living things, is called this.

What is a cell?

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