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What did Cinderella use a pumpkin for?
A) A Dress
B) A Carriage
C) A Jack-O-Lantern
B) A Carriage
100
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in what town in Massachusetts?
A) Boston
B) Plymouth
C) Salem
B) Plymouth
100
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled?
A) The Mayflower
B) Santa Maria
C) The Black Pearl
A) The Mayflower
100
What is another name for "Native Americans"?
A) Eskimos
B) Indians
C) Hostiles
B) Indians
100
What is the famous (shopping) day that follows Thanksgiving every year?
A) Christmas Eve
B) Black Friday
C) Labor Day
B) Black Friday
100
Was there a turkey at the first Thanksgiving?
A) Yes
B) No
B) No
100
Is it the male turkey or the female turkey that gobbles?
A) Male
B) Female
A) Male Turkeys.
Do your best gobble impersonation.
200
Where do pumpkins grow?
A) On Trees
B) Under the Ground
C) On Vines
C) On Vines
200
How long did the first Thanksgiving feast last?
A) 1 Day
B) 3 Days
C) 5 Days
B) 3 Days
200
What was the main reason Pilgrims came to America?
A) Looking for Gold
B) Religious Freedom
C) Western Expansion
B) Religious Freedom
200
What tribe participated in the first Thanksgiving?
A) The Cherokee
B) The Sioux
C) The Wampanoag
C) The Wampanoag
200
What is the host of a Thanksgiving parade that occurs every Thanksgiving Day? It is the biggest in America every year.
A) Tiffany's
B) Macy's
C) Gimbel's
B) Macy's
200
What sauce is usually served with the Turkey on Thanksgiving?
A) Turkey Sauce
B) Cranberry Sauce
C) Dipping Sauce
B) Cranberry Sauce
200
What kind of pie do most American's eat on Thanksgiving?
A) Apple Pie
B) Pecan Pie
C) Pumpkin Pie
C) Pumpkin Pie
300
What are Pumpkins?
A) Meat
B) Dairy
C) Vegetable
C) Vegetable
300
How long did it take the Pilgrims to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to the "New World"?
A) 2 Weeks
B) 2 Months
C) 2 Years
B) Two Months
300
How many Pilgrims were on the ship?
A) 52
B) 102
C) 152
B) 102
300
How did Native Americans become known as Indians?
A) When explorers first made it to America, they thought they were in India.
B) When the meet the Pilgrims, that's what they wanted to be called.
C) The Pilgrims actually landed in India.
A) When explorers first made it to America, they thought they were in India.
300
What is the tradition where two people make a wish and pull on the sides of a "bone" to see who's wish comes true?
A) Funny Bone Tradition
B) Turkey Leg Award
C) Wishbone Tradition
C) Wishbone Tradition
300
What was the primary (main) meat served at the first Thanksgiving?
A) Turkey
B) Deer
C) Unicorn
B) Deer
300
Which president made Thanksgiving an annual holiday?
A) George Washington
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) John F. Kennedy
B) Abraham Lincoln
400
What is the part inside a pumpkin that looks stringy and is slimy called?
A) Slime
B) Pulp
C) Disgusting
B) Pulp
400
What Native American became a friend of the Pilgrims and lived with them at the Plymouth Colony?
A) Geronimo
B) Squanto
C) Tonto
B) Squanto
400
What happened to more than half of the Pilgrims that came to America?
A) They went back to England
B) They died
C) They moved to New York
B) They died
400
This was one of the most important crops to Native Americans. However, it was likely to not have been eaten on Thanksgiving (unless dry).
A) Pumpkins
B) Corn
C) Cranberries
B) Corn
400
What is the online shopping day that follows Thanksgiving?
A) Cyber Monday
B) Easter Monday
C) Monday
A) Cyber Monday
400
What percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
A) 30 Percent
B) 60 Percent
C) 90 Percent
C) 90 Percent
400
What U.S. state raises the most turkeys?
A) Arizona
B) Hawai'i
C) Minnesota
C) Minnesota
500
List the 6 steps in the pumpkin life cycle, in order.
A) Vine, Flower, Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin, Seed, Seedling
B) Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin, Seed, Seedling, Vine, Flower
C) Seed, Seedling, Vine, Flower, Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin
C) Seed, Seedling, Vine, Flower, Green Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin
500
In what year did the first Thanksgiving take place?
A) 1492
B) 1621
C) 1776
B) 1621
500
How many children were on the ship?
A) 12
B) 32
B) 52
B) 32
500
What kind of house did Wampanoag live in?
A) TeePee
B) Wigwam
C) Totem
B) Wigwam
500
What is a new 'meat' menu centerpiece served on Thanksgiving? (involving duck, turkey, and chicken)
A) Smeat
B) Turducken
C) Poultrygeist
B) Turducken
500
What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?
A) Tonsils
B) Wattle
C) Gross
B) Wattle
500
Thanksgiving in the USA is celebrated on a Thursday, what day of the week does Canada celebrate its Thanksgiving?
A) Monday
B) Wednesday
C) Thursday
A) Monday
