Thanksgiving Traditions
What sport do Americans like to play and watch on Thanksgiving day?
football
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
pumpkin
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
the Mayflower
The president that made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
Wattle
The original special parade in US on Thanksgiving
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
What did the Pilgrims and the Native Americans celebrate for the first time on Thanksgiving day?
the harvest
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620
the Pilgrims
Which U.S. president was the first to officially pardon a turkey making it an annual event?
George H.W. Bush. In 1989 he "presented a Presidential pardon" to a "fine tom turkey"
What were "the three sisters"?
corn, squash and beans
The oldest documented turkey trot still takes place every year in which city?
Buffalo, New York
The Monday after Thanksgiving has what nickname?
What is Cyber Monday
What's the name of the area the Pilgrims reached when they arrived in the USA?
Massachusetts
The name of the US President who declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
James Madison
What is the name of the dish also called three-bird-roast?
Turducken
Which two NFL teams have played a game on Thanksgiving Day since 1966?
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
The Pilgrim Monument is located in which city and state?
Provincetown, Massachusetts
The year of the first Thanksgiving in the United States
1621
What's the name of the colony the Pilgrims started in the US?
Plymouth Colony
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
3 days
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held when?
The second Monday in October
Black Friday isn't the only US holiday on the day after Thanksgiving. What's the other?
Native American Heritage Day
How long was the Mayflower’s voyage from England to America?
66 days
Which Founding Father proclaimed, “No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day”?
Alexander Hamilton
The speed that turkeys can run when scared.
20MPH