Thanksgiving History
Presidential Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Foods
Thanksgiving Traditions
Minich & Ayyappan Family Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving Fun Facts
200
These people, who sailed on the Mayflower, celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
200
This President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
200
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
200
A special parade in US for Thanksgiving
What is Macy's parade?
200
This is a fun game Grant hosts on Thanksgiving and other fun events.
What is Jeopardy?
200
NO Thanksgiving football games were played during 1941 to 1944 because of this event
What is WWII?
400
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
400
This type of apple is used traditionally in apple pie.
What is granny smith?
400
This sport is what Americans like to play and watch on Thanksgiving day.
What is football?
400
This is a baking tradition the kids do every year.
What is Pie Baking?
400
Name the city home to the oldest Thanksgiving parade
What is Philadelphia? (4 years before Macy's parade started)
600
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with this Native American tribe.
Who are the Wampanoag?
600
This was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
Who is John F Kennedy?
600
This food was included at the first Thanksgiving BUT is rarely a part of a modern Thanksgiving meal.
What is seafood?
600
The busiest shopping day after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
600
This is the main course of our Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey?
600
This was the first crop served at Thanksgiving.
800
The Pilgrims traveled to America on this famous ship.
What is the Mayflower?
800
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
800
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family. Don't let the name fool you, they are not in the nightshade family with the other potatoes.
What is sweet potatoes?
800
These two NFL teams have played a game on Thanksgiving Day since 1966.
What is the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
800
These are 2 types of pies the kids make every year.
What is Pumpkin and Apple Pie?
800
True or False: The author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" helped Thanksgiving become a holiday
What is true?
Sarah Josepha Hale, who also wrote the famous children's poem, lobbied state and federal officials for years to make Thanksgiving an official holiday. She argued that the day could help bring unity to the divided country amid the Civil War.
1000
This woman, known for writing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
1000
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
1000
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is 4,500?
1000
This Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?
1000
These are the 2 places that the Minich's go for Thanksgiving that alternate every year.
Where are the Coxon's House and the Ayyappan's?
1000
This is the number passengers that were on the Mayflower.
What is 102?