Thanksgiving History
This group celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims in 1621.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This bird is the traditional centerpiece of most American Thanksgiving meals.
What is turkey?
This large annual parade in New York City is watched by millions every Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This animated movie features a time-traveling turkey trying to stop Thanksgiving from ever existing.
What is “Free Birds”?
This is the loud sound male turkeys make.
What is a gobble?
This ship carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This dish, often topped with marshmallows, is made from a root vegetable.
What are sweet potatoes (or sweet potato casserole)
Many families watch this sport on TV after Thanksgiving dinner.
What is football?
In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, this character makes toast, popcorn, and jelly beans for dinner.
Who is Snoopy?
A turkey’s beard is made of these hair-like structures.
What are bristles (modified feathers)?
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday during this war.
What is the Civil War?
This tart red fruit must be boiled until it “pops” to make a classic Thanksgiving sauce.
What are cranberries?
Some people break this part of the turkey for good luck.
What is the wishbone?
In one classic sitcom, a character famously gets a turkey stuck on their head.
What is Friends? (Monica)
This U.S. state raises the most turkeys each year.
What is Minnesota?
The Pilgrims’ first colony was located in this modern-day U.S. state.
What is Massachusetts?
This savory dish, made from the liquid left after roasting meat, is thickened to pour over mashed potatoes and turkey.
What is gravy?
The U.S. President performs this ceremony to spare a turkey from becoming dinner.
What is a turkey pardon?
This long-running cartoon features a Thanksgiving episode where the family pardons a turkey named “Tom Turkey.”
What is The Simpsons?
Wild turkeys can run up to this many miles per hour.
What is 20–25 mph?