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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
What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims to grow?
Corn
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
How many days did the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag share a feast together for?
3
200
What is the name of the place that the Pilgrims settled?
Plymouth
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
D)1617
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
When did the Pilgrims wear black clothing?
To church
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
What does it mean to be grateful?
thankful
400
What do you call the horn shaped container of fruits, flowers, or nuts often seen on dinner tables at Thanksgiving.
cornucopia
400
What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
The Wampanoag
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
Which of these U.S. Presidents made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863.
President George Bush,
President Abraham Lincoln
President Calvin Coolidge
President Abraham Lincoln
500
Name a food the Pilgrims and Wampanoag likely ate at the feast.
Deer, lobster, wild turkey, fish, vegetables
500
What is the part of the turkey that hangs down under it's chin called?
wattle
500
How many turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year?
Around 46 million