Turkey
History
Traditions
Food
Fall and other Holidays
100

This is the sound a male turkey makes.

What is gobble gobble?

100

This is the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.

What is the Mayflower?

100

This is the sport that is most watched on Thanksgiving Day

What is football?

100

This is usually what Americans eat for the main dish for Thanksgiving dinner

What is turkey?

100

These 3 colors are often associated with fall because of common leaf colors during this time of year.

What are red, yellow, and orange? 

200

This is the correct name for a group of turkeys.

What is a flock?

200

This U.S. president officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?


200

This is the day we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. 

When is Thursday?

200

This type of pie is made with a common fall vegetable and most popular at Thanksgiving. 

What is pumpkin pie?

200

Just a few weeks before Thanksgiving, this other popular holiday is celebrated in the fall. 

What is Halloween?

300

This important person pardons or saves a turkey every year on Thanksgiving.

Who is the President?

300

The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.

What is 3?

300

This foot race is held every year on Thanksgiving around the country. 

What is the Turkey Trot? 

300

This type of orange potato is often served with Thanksgiving dinner.

What is sweet potato?

300

This objects job is to scare birds away from crops in a farmers field.

What is a scarecrow? 

400

This is the name for the dangling skin under a turkey's neck.

What is a wattle?


400

This national monument in Plymouth, Massachusetts was dedicated to the Pilgrims and the Mayflower.

What is Plymouth Rock?

400

This tradition takes place in New York and can be seen on television every Thanksgiving morning

What is the Macy's Parade

400

This thanksgiving side dish is made with dried bread cubes, vegetables, and herbs.

What is stuffing/dressing?

400

This is what people traditionally start doing the day after Thanksgiving

What is Christmas shopping

500

Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called.

What are toms?

500

This tribe of Native Americans were invited to the first Thanksgiving feast.

What are the Wampanoag?

500

This horn shaped object is often used as a Thanksgiving decoration to symbolize abundance and nourishment. 

What is the horn of plenty or cornucopia?

500

In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, which part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom?

What is a wishbone?

500

This popular Holiday is the day after Thanksgiving and is a day many people start their holiday shopping.

What is Black Friday?

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