Food
History
Traditions
Jokes
Mash-Up
100
Over 46 million of these are traditionally eaten every year on Thanksgiving
What is Turkey?
100
This Native American tribe is said to have partaken in the harvest feast along with the Pilgrims in 1621
Who are the Wampanoag?
100
These countries celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the United States and Canada?
100
Why did the turkey start a band?
He had drumsticks
100
This fruit which we eat liquified at Thanksgiving today, was enjoyed whole by the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving.
What are cranberries?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
Name TWO traditional Thanksgiving foods we eat today that were not on the original 1621 menu
200
The first Thanksgiving feast supposedly went on for this many days.
What is 3
200
This sport is a holiday tradition on Thanksgiving for most Americans.
What is American Football🏈?
200
Why was the turkey arrested?
He was suspected of fowl play
300
This dessert is the favorite pie for Americans to have at Thanksgiving
What is Apple Pie
300
This Native American from the Patuxet tribe of the Wampanoags taught the ragged Mayflower pilgrims how to grow crops and provide food for themselves
Who is Squanto (Tisquantum) ?
300
This race which can vary in distance happens every Thanksgiving
What is the Turkey trot
300
What kind of music did the Pilgrims listen to?
Plymouth Rock
300
What did the turkey say when he met the President?
Pardon Me
400
The Native Americans brought 5 of this animal to the first Thanksgiving feast
What is deer?
400
This President officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday (and for bonus points, after what war?)
Who is Abraham Lincoln? (What is the Civil War?)
400
This parade happens every Thanksgiving Day
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
400
What should you wear to Thanksgiving dinner?
A Har-vest
400
This controversial fusion Thanksgiving dish is made by stuffing a chicken into a duck which is then stuffed inside a turkey
What is Turducken?
500
What is at least ONE food that the pilgrims consumed during Thanksgiving that we traditionally do not?
Cornmeal mush/porridge, seafood, berries, plums and grapes
500
This Pilgrim Governor helped organize the celebratory feast and invited some Native American allies.
Who is William Bradford?
500
This y-shaped bone of the turkey is pulled apart by 2 people in order to make a wish
What is the wishbone?
500
Why did the turkey cross the road?
to prove he wasn't chicken
500
DAILY DOUBLE
This President decreed that Thanksgiving be held on the 4th Thursday of November in order to extend the holiday shopping season