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100

The English colonists that celebrated the first Thanksgiving arrived in the "new world" on this ship.

What is the Mayflower?

100

This gunman was just acquitted of all charges in WI

Who is Kyle Rittenhouse?

100

This is the smallest state in New England based on square miles

What is Rhode Island?

100

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called this

What is the Bill of Rights?

100

This is the day following Thanksgiving, a prime shopping day for Christmas.

What is Black Friday?

200

The first Thanksgiving took place in this colony, in present-day Massachusetts

What is Plimouth?

200

This person was killed in GA by three white men while out for a jog.

Who was Ahmaud Arbery?

200

This sport is believed to have first been played in Springfield, MA. It's Hall of Fame is also in Springfield.

What is Basketball?

200

These are your five basic freedoms, that can be found in the first amendment.

What are Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, & Petition?

200

This Peanuts character has appeared as a giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade more times than any other character in history.

Who is Snoopy?

300

A "pardon" of a turkey takes place at this building every Thanksgiving

What is the White House?

300

This is the percentage of Federal Workers that have been vaccinated before the mandate went into effect.

What is over 90%?

300

Located in New Hampshire, this is the tallest peak in the Northeast

What is Mt. Washington?

300

These are the requirements to be President of the United States

What are; must be 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and a resident of the United states for at least 14 years?

300

These two NFL teams always play a game on Thanksgiving

Who are the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions?

400

This President declared the final Thursday in November a day of "thanksgiving"

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

The 1.2 trillion dollar bill that recently was signed into law by President Biden is meant to fix this in our country.

What is infrastructure?

400

This river forms the border between VT & NH

What is the Connecticut River?

400

These two plans of government were proposed at the Constitutional Convention and had different methods for state representation in Congress

What were the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?

400

This company is the big sponsor for the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.

What is Macy's?

500

This man was the governor of the colony that celebrated the first Thanksgiving

Who is William Bradford? 

500

This Chinese tennis player recently went missing for a few weeks after accusing a Chinese government official of sexual harassment. 

Who is Peng Shuai?

500

Located in New England this is the oldest University in the United States

What is Harvard?

500

This was the first government of the United States and it was replaced by the Constitution.

What were the Articles of Confederation?

500

Every Thanksgiving this company answers thousands of questions on their "hotline" about cooking turkeys.

What is Butterball?

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