THANKSGIVING
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PILGRIMS & NATIVE AMERICANS
LEFTOVERS & FOOTBALL
100
The day after Thanksgiving, “Black Friday,” is the biggest day of the year for this.
What is shopping?
100
The main course at most Thanksgiving dinners.
What is turkey?
100
The famous ship on which the first Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to North America. �
What is the Mayflower?
100
The phase of mitosis during which the chromosomes line up along the cell’s equator. �
What is metaphase?
200
Of 1805, 1863, or 1888, the year that President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving an annual holiday.
What is 1863?
200
The red, acidic fruit of a creeping evergreen plant (grown in Oregon!) that is most popular at this time of year.
What is a cranberry?
200
Of the Algonquin, Iroquois, or Seminole, the Native American people the Pilgrims first encountered. �
What is Algonquin?
200
The diffusion of water across a membrane. �
What is osmosis?
300
The first national Thanksgiving day in the US was proclaimed by this president in 1789. �
Who is George Washington?
300
A fruit of organisms in the plant kingdom, the gourd family, and the genus Cucurbita that are a popular flavor of Thanksgiving Day pies. �
What is a pumpkin?
300
The main reason the Pilgrims left their homelands was because they wanted this. �
What is religious freedom?
300
The two NFL teams that ?always host football games ?on Thanksgiving Day. �
Who are the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions?
400
Canada celebrates their Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. The US celebrates it on this day each November.
What is the fourth Thursday?
400
The tuberous root of a vine that is often mistaken for, but is not even distantly related to, a sweet potato. �
What is a yam?
400
The country the Pilgrims left behind when they sailed for North America. �
What is England?
400
The phase of mitosis in which the nucleus reforms. �
What is telophase?
500
The town in which Thanksgiving originated, in 1621, with three days of prayer and feasting celebrated by colonists.
What is Plymouth?
500
The continent whose forested areas are the native habitat for wild turkeys. �
What is North America?
500
Within 50 years, the year the Pilgrims landed in North America. �
What is 1620?
500
On Thanksgiving Day, 1980, this Hall of Fame running back led the Chicago Bears to an overtime victory. �
Who was Walter Payton?
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