Thanksgiving Food
90% of American homes serve this on Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving.
What is the fourth Thursday of November
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
What is pumpkin
The name of the ship the Pilgrims took on their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower
Whether mashed or roasted, white or sweet, these had no place at the first Thanksgiving
What are potatoes
For those who don’t like turkey, this is usually the substitute. About 77 million pounds of it is purchased for Thanksgiving.
What is ham
Watching this is now of the most famous holiday traditions in the United States. It is known for its giant inflatable balloons that float between the skyscrapers, high above the onlookers.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Native Americans first taught the Pilgrims how to grow this crop and has remained one of the most prevalent Thanksgiving symbols.
What is corn
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England
What is religious persecution
Concerned that the Christmas shopping season was cut short by a late Thanksgiving, this President decreed in 1939 that Thanksgiving would be celebrated a week earlier.
Who is President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest one of these ever baked weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long.
What is pumpkin pie It was made with 900 pounds of pumpkin, 62 gallons of evaporated milk, 155 dozen eggs, 300 pounds of sugar, 3.5 pounds of salt, 7 pounds of cinnamon and 2 pounds of pumpkin spice.
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables
What is a cornucopia
The year of the first Thanksgiving
a. 1776 b. 1965 c. 1621
What is 1621
This Midwest state raises the most turkeys
What is Minnesota
This popular Thanksgiving dish featuring condensed cream of mushroom soup as one of its six ingredients, was invented by a Campbell soup employee in 1955.
What is Green Bean Casserole
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot
After carving the turkey, this gets set aside to dry. Once the meal is over, two people make their wishes and break it. Whoever ends up with the bigger piece is said to have their wish come true and good luck for the upcoming year.
What is the wishbone
Only 4 or 5 of these were at the first Thanksgiving meal
What are women
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a wattle
This Thanksgiving food is extremely versatile. Supposedly, besides eating them, you can sculpt with them, and at some American festivals, you can wrestle in them.
What are Mashed Potatoes
This company's "Turkey Talk Line" answer about 100,000 turkey calls in November and December
Butterball
These people did wear the black conical hats, but they didn’t have buckles.
Who are pilgrims
(In fact, the Plymouth settlers were so poor, and so conservative of dress, that even their belts didn’t buckle! They kept their pants up with leather laces.)
This is how many days the first Thanksgiving lasted
What is 3 days
This Founding Father wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America
Who was Benjamin Franklin