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Potpourri
100
What kind of potatoes do people usually make for Thanksgiving dinner?
Mashed potatoes or Sweet potatoes
100
What do people like to do on the Friday after Thanksgiving? It is called Black Friday.
Christmas shop
100
This animal is the main food that is ate on Thanksgiving.
Turkeys
100
When does the United States celebrate Thanksgiving? (day/month)
4th Thursday of November
100
Name the popular green vegetable often made into a casserole on Thanksgiving?
Green Beans
100
How many school days do we have off for Thanksgiving Holiday?
5
200
What is the most popular dessert at Thanksgiving dinner?
Pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert.
200
What is a popular sport that people play or watch on Thanksgiving?
football
200
What was the name of the ship/boat that traveled from England to America?
Mayflower
200
What kind of soup did we read about and eat in first grade at Thanksgiving?
Stone Soup
200
Where did the Pilgrims make landfall?
Plymouth Rock, MA
200
What part of your body can you use to help draw a turkey?
Your hand
300
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest turkey weighed how much? 60, 70, 80, 90
80 pounds
300
Where is the famous Thanksgiving Day parade located?
New York City
300
Who were the English people who came to the United States in 1620?
The Pilgrims
300
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
A) 1681
B)1642
C)1621
C) 1621
300
What part of the turkey is pulled by two people and the person that has the bigger piece will have good luck or their wish granted?
Wishbone
300
How many miles long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?
2 miles
2 1/2 miles
3 miles
2 1/2 miles
400
What do you call the "sauce" that is popular to put on your mashed potatoes?
gravy
400
What are two things you can see if you watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?
Balloons, bands, floats
400
This group of people helped the Pilgrims survive the first winter in America.
Native Americans
400
Which of these U.S. Presidents made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863?
President George Bush,
President Abraham Lincoln
President Calvin Coolidge
Abraham Lincoln
400
What is the part of the turkey that hangs down under it's chin called?
wattle
400
This holiday figure is at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
Santa Claus
500
What is the name of the red fruit that is often served at Thanksgiving dinner? (used as a sauce to put on top of turkey)
Cranberries.
500
What is the name of this Holiday thanksgiving movie?
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
500
What does it mean to be grateful?
Thankful
500
Which Founding Father wanted the Turkey to be our national bird rather than the Bald Eagle?
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
500
What do you call the horn shaped container of fruits, flowers, or nuts often seen on dinner tables at Thanksgiving.
cornucopia
500
President George H.W. Bush started the tradition of pardoning turkeys on Thanksgiving.
Saving a turkey from being dinner.