Turkey
History
Traditions
Facts
100

This is the sound a male turkey makes.

What is gobble gobble?

100

This is the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.

What is the Mayflower? Took them 2 months

100

This is the sport that is most watched on Thanksgiving Day

What is football?

100

This profession stays very busy the day after Thanksgiving. 

What is retailers and plumbers (will accept either)

200

Who was the first president to pardon a turkey?

John F. Kennedy

200

In which year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated? a)1421 or b)1621

What is 1621?


200

What day of the week is Thanksgiving?

What is Thursday?

200

The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.

What is 3

300

Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called. 

What are toms?

300

This tribe of Native Americans were present at the first Thanksgiving feast. a)Wampanoag b)Seminoles. 

What are the Wampanoag?

300

This type of potato is often served with Thanksgiving dinner. 

What is mashed potatoes (will accept sweet)

300

This 2013 Disney animated musical is the number 1 biggest Thanksgiving movie release of all time with $93 million. 

What is Frozen

400

In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, which part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom?

What is a wishbone?

400

For more than 250 years, as settlers sought to control newly settled American land, wars raged between Native Americans and Europeans. It ended with massive tribal land & life losses and forced indigenous people/survivors to relocate. What war was this?

What is the American Indian Wars (will accept Indian Wars & American Frontier Wars)

400

This tradition takes place in New York and can be seen on television every Thanksgiving morning.

What is Macy's Day Parade

400

What state raises the most turkeys?

What is Minnesota

500
What is the dangling skin under a turkey's neck called?

What is a wattle?

500

It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that this president proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

Abraham Lincoln

500

Turkey is the traditional meat to eat for Thanksgiving now, but it wasn't on the original menu for the first Thanksgiving. What meat was?

What is venison (will take duck/goose or fish)

500

Butterball is a brand of turkeys. Their hotline answers how many turkey related questions a year?

What is 100,000
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