Thanksgiving Jeopardy

Thanksgiving Foods

100

What is the most popular food to eat on Thanksgiving?

Turkey

200

What is the most common way people prepare and eat potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner?

a. mashed b. baked c. scalloped

Mashed

300

Which type of pie is the most popular to eat on Thanksgiving?

a. apple pie

b. pecan pie

c. pumpkin pie

Pumpkin pie

400

Besides turkey, what meat is the most popular to eat on Thanksgiving?

Ham

500

What is the name of the small red berry that people sometimes eat with turkey on Thanksgiving?

Cranberry

Thanksgiving Traditions

100

What sport do many Americans like to watch on Thanksgiving Day?

a. football b. basketball c. baseball

Football

200

What is the name of the special parade on TV on Thanksgiving?

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

300

When do we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving?

The third Thursday in November

400

What is the part of the turkey that two people pull apart to see if their wish will be granted?

Wishbone

500

Many people go shopping the day after Thanksgiving. What is this day called?

a. shopping day

b. Black Friday

c. sale day

Black Friday

Thanksgiving Symbols

100

What orange vegetable is used to make a popular thanksgiving pie?

Pumpkin

200

What is the name of the settlers who came to North America in 1621?

The Pilgrims

300

Who are the indigenous people of North America who celebrated the harvest with the pilgrims?

Native Americans

400

What do many families do before they eat on Thanksgiving Day?

Share something they are thankful for

500

What does "Cornucopia" mean?

a. goat's horn b. a traditional corn dish c. horn of plenty

Horn of Plenty

Thanksgiving History

100

In 1989, which president started the annual turkey pardoning tradition?

George H.W. Bush

200

Where was the first Thanksgiving held?

a. Jamestown 

b. Pittsburgh 

c. Plymouth

Plymouth, Massachusetts

300

Which president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln

400

What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims traveled to America on?

a. the Mayflower b. the Titanic c. the Santa Maria

The Mayflower

500

What year did the first Thanksgiving take place?

a. 1600

b. 1621

c. 1700

1621

Thanksgiving Jokes

100

What key has legs and can't open a door?

A Turkey

200

Why did they let the turkey join the band?

Because he had his own drumsticks

300

Why didn't the turkey eat any Thanksgiving dinner?

He was already stuffed!

400

What do you call a running turkey?

Fast Food!

500

What is a turkey's favorite dessert?

Peach Gobbler!