Turkey Day Trivia
A baby turkey is called a
A. a chick
B. a nestling
C. a poult
C. a poult
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TURKEY
This ship brought the Puritans to the "New World".
the Mayflower
Turkeys can fly. True or False
True. Wild turkeys can fly.
This sport has been played on Thanksgiving Day since 1920.
Football
How many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States?
A. 100 million
B. 46 million
C. 80 million
B. 46 million
TUFIFNGS
STUFFING
The Puritans landed in this town in Massachusetts.
Plymouth
All turkeys gobble. True or False
False. Only males gobble.
The city where the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held every year.
New York City
How many pumpkin pies are consumed every Thanksgiving?
A. 50 million
B. 20 million
C. 200 million
A. 50 million
SMAHSDE OTPEAOTS
MASHED POTATOES
This tribe lived on the land the settlers arrived on.
Wampanoag and Abenkai
The Native American tribes indigenous to the "New World" taught the new settlers how to plant crops. True or False.
True
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
What Native American tribe was invited to the Thanksgiving meal?
A. Apache
B. Wampanoag
C. Cherokee
B. Wampanoag
UTBTURENT
BUTTERNUT
Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday.
True.
Other countries celebrate Thanksgiving. True or False.
True.
This food was not eaten on the first Thanksgiving.
Turkey!
How long was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?
A. Two Days
B. Four Days
C. Three Days
C. Three Days
BCARNREYR UCSAE
CRANBERRY SAUCE
This president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Barack Obama
C. George Washington
A. Abraham Lincoln
Each year, the President "pardons" a turkey. True or False.
True. The Presidential Pardoning of the Turkey was started by George H.W. Bush in 1989.
The day after Thanksgiving is called this for shoppers.
Black Friday