Wild Laws
Finish the phrase: An eye for an eye, a ____ for a ____.
Tooth for a tooth
What does the president do to one turkey each Thanksgiving?
Pardons it
What thing was Hammurabi the first ruler to do?
Write down his laws
What beverage did angry American sons of liberty throw into the Boston Harbor to protest British taxes?
Tea
Who was Kamala Harris's vice presidential running mate in 2024?
Tim Walz
What is the punishment for smacking your dad in the face in ancient Babylon
Your hand is hewn off (ouch!)
What Takoma Park Middle School Thanksgiving tradition was first celebrated in 1896?
The Turkey Trot
What are the names of the two major rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Greece
Cherry Blossoms
What is the name of the rules for our school district?
The MCPS Code of Conduct
What professional football team has played almost every Thanksgiving since 1934?
Detroit Lions
What is the term for controlling the water and bringing it to your crops?
Irrigation
Which country did coffee originally come from?
Ethiopia
Which famous rapper is Beyonce married to?
Jay-Z
In which state is it illegal to push a live moose out of an airplane?
Alaska
What other country celebrates Thanksgiving, but on a different day?
Canada
What is the term for an ancient Mesopotamian temple?
Ziggurat
Which famous french general and emperor was attacked and overwhelmed by a horde of bunnies he had planned to hunt with his men?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What rare endangered species did the Washington Zoo just get more of from China?
Panda
In which state is it illegal to have a sleeping donkey in your bathtub after 7 pm?
Arizona
What Thanksgiving vegetable was grown in space in 1995 as part of a collaboration between NASA and the University of Wisconsin?
The potato
What number did the Sumerians (AKA Mesopotamians) base their time, calendar, and geometry around which still affects us today? (Hint, it is not 10 or 100)
6 or 60
Which mythical creature is the national animal of Scotland?
Monkeys