Thanksgiving
Food
Food
This popular Thanksgiving food was most likely not on the menu at the first Thanksgiving.
1. Turkey
2. Duck
3. Cranberry
1. Turkey
This American President made Thanksgiving a national holiday nearly 200 years after the first Thanksgiving.
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Theodore Roosevelt
2. Abraham Lincoln
TRUE or FALSE
Thanksgiving, like New Years Day and Earth Day, is a holiday that is celebrated by every country in the world.
FALSE, there are only six countries that observe Thanksgiving.
The country the Pilgrims had left to come to North America to have religious freedom.
1. Europe
2. England
3. France
2. England
The total number of days the first Thanksgiving festival had lasted.
1. Two
2. Three
3. Five
2. Three
The first Thanksgiving in was largely dedicated to the first successful harvest of these crop.
1. Cotton
2. Wheat
3. Corn
3. Corn
This Native tribe had been settled near the Plymouth Rock colony and were the ones that befriended the Pilgrims leading to the first Thanksgiving.
1. Cherokee
2. Aztec
3. Wampanoag
3. Wampanoag
TRUE or FALSE
The original Thanksgiving had no forks, only knives and spoons.
TRUE
**I took this answer from another test site, you may want to confirm this later on**
This is the city where the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is held (other than this year due to Covid-19), that feature floats, balloon cartoon characters, and live performers.
1. Los Angeles, CA
2. New York City, NY
3. Chicago, IL
2. New York City, NY
The year the first Thanksgiving took place.
1. 1621
2. 1776
3. 1872
1. 1621
The average amount of calories a person consumes on Thanksgiving.
1. 3,000
2. 5,000
3. 10,000
1. 3,000
The King of England at the time when the Pilgrims left to sail to North America to seek religious freedom.
1. King Arthur
2. Lebron James
3. King James I
3. King James I
TRUE or FALSE
The pilgrims reason to find a new home was religious freedom. Hence, they are also known as the Puritans because they wanted to purify teachings and ceremonies of the Church.
TRUE
The ship the transported the Pilgrims from the England to America, and served as a mascot for the first government established by the Pilgrims in, "The ________ Compact".
1. Speedwell
2. Mayflower
3. Caribbean
2. Mayflower
What year did Thanksgiving become a national Holiday in the United States.
1. 1621
2. 1863
3. 1941
2. 1863
This pie is the most calorie filled dish when it comes to traditional Thanksgiving foods.
1. Apple Pie
2. Pumpkin Pie
3. Pecan Pie
3. Pecan Pie
This historic figure is famous for serving as a language interpreter, guide, and helping the Pilgrims and Wampanoa tribe form a friendship at the first Thanksgiving.
1. Tisquantum (Squanto)
2. Sacagawea
3. Pocahontas
1. Tisquantum (Squanto)
TRUE or FALSE
The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, comes directly from the American Thanksgiving culture and is a symbol of abundance and nourishment.
FALSE, although it does signify these things, it actually comes from the Greeks.
The place where the Pilgrims first landed in the new world.
1. Plymouth
2. California
3. Canada
1. Plymouth
Given credit for having convinced the United States government to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, it took Sara Josepha Hale over how many years of letter writing to United States Presidents before it was finally recognized as a national holiday?
1. 5
2. 10
3. 30 (3 decades)
3. 30 (3 decades)
This amino acid is found in turkey and is known to cause drowsiness leading to what we have dubbed "the food coma" or simply a nap after eating it.
1. Fructose
2. Tryptophan
3. Sleepomine
2. Tryptophan
This U.S. President had made an effort to move Thanksgiving up a week to help raise profits during the Great Recession. However, the motion gained widespread oppositions and led to the signing of a bill mandating that Thanksgiving fall on the fourth Thursday of November in 1941.
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Franklin Roosevelt
3. Richard Nixon
2. Franklin Roosevelt
TRUE or FALSE
Although we look on the bright-side of history and remember things and people we hold dear, there is also a very dark side of history including a 1937 celebration when the former governor of Massachusetts called for a day of thanks giving to colonial soldiers who had slaughtered many of the Natives of the land.
TRUE
Thanksgiving is celebrated in 6 countries around the world, with reasons for celebration varying from country to country. Which one of these is not a country that traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving?
1. Canada
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
4. Saint Lucia
5. Grenada
3. Mexico
**The other two countries that celebrate Thanksgiving are Liberia and the United States**
The tradition of playing football on Thanksgiving started in 1876 before evolving into the tradition we know today. Which two football teams played in that game?
1. Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins (NFL)
2. University of California Bears vs. Stanford Cardinals (College)
3. Yale Bulldogs vs. Princeton Tigers (College)
3. Yale Bulldogs vs. Princeton Tigers (College)