History
Turkey Facts
Pilgrims
The Indians
Traditions
100
The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on to North America.
What is the Mayflower?
100
The man who wanted the turkey to be our national bird: Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin George Washington
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
The governor of the Pilgrims: Squanto William Bradford Pocahontas Myles Standish
Who was William Bradford?
100
How to use fish to fertilize corn and get sap from maple trees.
What is what the Indians taught the Pilgrims?
100
The city where Macy's parade was first held.
What is New York City?
200
One of these is the year the first Thanksgiving was celebrated: 1492 1620 1778 1861
What is 1621?
200
Average weight of the Thanksgiving turkey purchased in the US. 10 pounds 15 pounds 18 pounds 22 pounds
What is 15 pounds?
200
The religion of the Pilgrims. Catholic Baptists Puritan Separatists Church of England
Who are the Puritan Separatists?
200
The meat brought by the Indians to the first Thanksgiving.
What is venison (deer meat)?
200
The year when Macy's parade was first held. 1900 1924 1957 1976
What is 1924?
300
The President who made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
The weight of the heaviest turkey every raised. 28 pounds 35 pounds 86 pounds 102 pounds
What is 86 pounds?
300
About the percent of Pilgrims on the Mayflower that survived until the first Thanksgiving.
What is 50%?
300
The name of the the Wampanoat Indian chief. Squanto Geronimo Massasoit Sacajawea
What is Massasoit?
300
The first large helium-filled balloon in the Macy's parade. Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Felix the Cat Underdog
Who is Felix the Cat?
400
One of these Indian tribes celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims: The Apache Indians The Wampanoag Indians The Sioux Indians
Who are the Wampanoag Indians?
400
True or False: Only female turkeys gobble.
What is false?
400
True or False: The adults Pilgrims ate before the children.
What is true?
400
Number of Indians present at the first Thanksgiving. 30 + the chief 50 + the chief 75 + the chief 90 + the chief
What is 90 + the chief?
400
The first year NFL played football on Thanksgiving Day. 1920 1930 1950 1970
What is 1920?
500
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is three?
500
Number of turkeys sold for Thanksgiving in the US. 500,000 thousand 23,000,000 150,000,000 280,000,000
What is 280,000,000?
500
The country the Pilgrims sailed from.
What is England?
500
The attitude of the Wampanoag during present day Thanksgivings.
What is mourning?
500
The year the Cowboys began playing on Thanksgiving Day. 1936 1956 1966 1986
What is 1966?
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