Thanksgiving Food
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company.
What is Campbell Soup?
The sport Americans like to play and watch on Thanksgiving day.
What is football?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving
Who are Native Americans?
or
Wampanoag tribe?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
What is Macys?
A tradition where people would break this specific part of a turkey, which was meant to promote patience and spending time with family.
What is the Wishbone?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
How long was the Mayflower’s trip from England to America?
Two months
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
What are 4,500?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
The vegetable used as a symbol of Thanksgiving?
pumpkin
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
What are the Detroit Lions with 81?
This food was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham?
The natives brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
What is deer/vension?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade in the U.S. is actually held in this city, not NYC.
What is Philadelphia
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family. Don't let the name fool you, they are not in the nightshade family with the other potatoes.
What are sweet potatoes?
This is the decade Black Friday shopping began, following Thanksgiving
What is the 1950's
Where did the Pilgrims land?
The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What did the Pilgrims and the Native Americans celebrate for the first time on Thanksgiving day?
the harvest