Traditions
A family gathering in which everyone shares a traditional feast.
What is Thanksgiving dinner ?
80% of the U.S.'s pumpkin crop is available during this month.
What is October?
The First Thanksgiving was held here.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
A common poultry marinated and then roasted with spices.
What is turkey?
This term is used to describe a group of turkeys.
What is a flock?
A form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron.
What is football?
Pumpkins are grown on every continent except this one.
What is Antarctica?
The First Thanksgiving celebration lasted this many days.
What is 3?
A jellied fruit sauce usually paired with turkey.
What is cranberry sauce?
This man's name is also the term for a male turkey; also known as a gobbler.
What is Tom?
This parade annually marches in New York City on Thanksgiving Day.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Pumpkins are a type of squash and have a hard skin, or shell, and grow on vines which categorizes them into this family.
What is the gourd family?
The first official Thanksgiving took place in this year.
What is 1621?
A vegetable is boiled and then crushed into a soft mass, typically with the addition of milk and butter creating this common side dish.
What are mashed potatoes?
This is the name of the skin that hangs from the turkey's neck.
What is the wattle?
This two hour long special airs every Thanksgiving, with all kinds of canine breeds competing for the title of Best in Show.
What is The National Dog Show?
This state harvests the largest share of pumpkin acreage among all States and an even larger share of processing acres.
What is Illinois?
Colonists and these Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
Who were the Wampanoag?
This dish is usually made by combining sweet yams, brown sugar, and other toppings.
What is sweet potato casserole?
A part of the turkey’s stomach; contains tiny stones to aid in digestion.
What is the gizzard?
This phrase defined as feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative, is what this holiday is all about.
What is giving thanks?
Pumpkins are this percent water.
What is 90?
This type of food was most likely served at the First Thanksgiving but is not commonly eaten on Thanksgiving now.
What is seafood?
This is an edible mixture, normally consisting primarily of small cut-up pieces of bread or a similar starch and served as a side dish or used to fill a cavity in another food item while cooking.
What is stuffing?
This Founding Father wanted to make the turkey the national bird of the United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?