Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
True or False
The Pilgrims landed in New York?
False
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
What food was not served at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Mashed potatoes
B. Pumpkin
C. Seafood
A. What are mashed potatoes?
Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
A. John Adams
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. George Washington
Who is George Washington?
What are the Thanksgiving colors?
What are the Thanksgiving Colors: Orange is a pumpkin, Yellow is the corn, Brown is the turkey with stuffing to adorn and Red are the cranberries?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family.
What is a wild turkey?
How many women were at the first Thanksgiving meal?
What is 5?
How many guests did the average household expect to serve during Thanksgiving in 2023?
What are 11 guests?
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
A. George H.W. Bush
B. Barak Obama
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
A. Detroit Lions
B. Minnesota Vikings
C. Green Bay Packers
What are the Detroit Lions with 81?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are Cranberries?
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping?
What is Black Friday?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who are pilgrims?
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
How does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade conclude?
With the arrival of Santa Claus?
Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
A. Grover Cleveland
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. John F. Kennedy
Who is John F. Kennedy?
During the 1997 Thanksgiving matchup between the Bears and Lions, Madden introduced the world to the turducken, explaining it on the broadcast as he and Pat Summerall stood in the booth in front of both that and the six-legged turkey. What is a Turducken?
A boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless ducks stuffed inside a boneless turkey.
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company.
What is Campbell Soup?
The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?
What is Ham?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
The year of the first Thanksgiving
a. 1776
b. 1965
c. 1621
c. What is 1621?
What was the name of the Native American who already spoke English and was especially helpful to the Pilgrims?
What is Squanto?
Which President declared two Thanksgivings in one year?
A. James Madison
B. James Monroe
C. James Buchanan
Who is James Madison?
What year was the first Thanksgiving NFL game of the Canton Bulldogs vs. the Akron Pros?
A. 1923
B. 1920
C. 1934
What is 1920?
How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner (between 3,000-5000)?
What are 4,500?
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
46,000?
4.6 million?
46 million?
460 million
What is 46 million?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Who is Wampanoag tribe?
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held in which month?
What is October?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. George Washington
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Quincy Adams
C. John Tyler
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving Dinner?
A. Knife
B. Fork
C. Spoon
What is the Fork?
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 are sweet potatoes?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
What meat did the native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?
What is Deer (Venison)?
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
What are 3 days?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
A. Harry Truman
B. Andrew Jackson
C. Abraham Lincoln
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A. chick
B. nestling
C. poult
What is a poult?