South Shore Thanksgiving History
The year this Thanksgiving party started
2004
This 2015 Salman Khan blockbuster featured a little girl from Pakistan who couldn’t speak.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
This famous bridge over the Hooghly River is one of Kolkata’s most iconic landmarks and is also called Rabindra Setu.
Howrah Bridge
The restaurant Tushi got fired from working at
McDonalds
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was celebrated by the Pilgrims and this Native American tribe who helped them survive the winter.
Wampanoag
Which concept/phenomenon was heavily debated in a Thanksgiving scattergories game?
Wind
What is Abhishek Bachchan's character name in Dhoom
Jai Dixit
In 1911, the British shifted the capital from Kolkata to Delhi. One of the reasons was Kolkata’s vulnerability to this type of natural disaster.
Flooding/Cyclones
Which South Shore children spent their entire swim lesson sitting on a bench?
Tushi and Tukai
This English colony, established in 1620, was where the Pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving feast.
Plymouth Colony
The reason Tinni ended up in the emergency room the day after Thanksgiving in 2013
tushi and preetish stole her ipad so tinni got mad and kicked the door
Rajkumar Hirani’s 2009 hit starred Aamir Khan as a college student and became one of India’s highest-grossing films
3 Idiots
This 19th-century Bengali social reformer and writer, known for his work on women’s education, lived in Kolkata and founded the Brahmo Samaj in the city.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
What song inspired Shankha mesho to write his first play in Boston?
Bijaner Chaayer Cabin
In 1863, during the Civil War, this U.S. president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November.
Abraham Lincoln
The year Akash's mom first came to this Thanksgiving!
2016 (only Akash's mom can confirm though oops)
In Om Shanti Om, the villain Mukesh Mehra rebrands himself in the second half of the film using this new name.
Mike
This 19th-century Bengali poet and playwright, closely associated with Kolkata, is credited with introducing the modern Bengali theatre movement.
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Which part of the Brahmachari deck was constructed for Prasoon?
The gate (but it doesnt exist anymore because now Prasoon won't fall off the deck yay)
The 1621 “First Thanksgiving” lasted three days and included foods unfamiliar to most modern Thanksgiving meals. Historians believe this meat was likely served at the feast.
Venison (deer)
Which South Shore child said that the way to kill a turkey is with a mop
Krishanu
In Sholay, When Veeru gets drunk and climbs the water tank, he calls out to one specific person besides Basanti — asking them to “explain” his situation. rip dharmendra
Mausi
Dakshineswar Kali Temple, located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, was founded in 1855 by this wealthy Bengali zamindar, who also helped design its nine-spired (nava-ratna) structure.
Rani Rashmoni
Who in this room thought a stop sign on the road was telling him to stop walking at the ripe age of 23 years old?
Abhijit...
In the early 19th century, Thanksgiving celebrations in New England were sometimes used to reinforce this political ideology, emphasizing moral reform, civic virtue, and social order in the young republic.
Puritan-inspired republicanism / civic moral reform