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Black Friday
100
What is the most important part of the Thanksgiving meal?
What is the turkey!
100
What is a baby turkey called? A: chick B: nestling C: poult
What is C: Poult
100
When is Thanksgiving every year?
What is the last Thursday in November.
100
Would you want to celebrate Thanksgiving? Why or why not?
Answers vary.
100
Around what year did Black Friday originate? A. 1983 B. 2000 C. 1973 D. 1961 E. 1954
What is D. 1961
200
Name 3 other typical foods involved in a traditional AMERICAN Thanksgiving meal.
What are: -Cranberry sauce -Stuffing -Mashed potatoes -Green Bean Casserole -Pumpkin pie -Sweet potatoes -Gravy -Bread Rolls
200
What is the name of the famous parade on Thanksgiving Day and where is it?
What is the Macy's Day Parade in New York.
200
What is the story (myth) told about the "first Thanksgiving"?
What is the Native Americans helped Pilgrims when they arrived to what is now the United States. To express their thanks, the Pilgrims invited the Native Americans to a meal together as friends.
200
Why might Thanksgiving be a problem for Native Americans?
Answers vary.
200
What is the other day, similar to Black Friday and also after Thanksgiving? What types of sales are there on this day?
What is Cyber Monday and online shopping.
300
What is stuffing made out of?
What is bread crumbs and vegetables.
300
What does the President do each year for Thanksgiving?
What is he pardons a turkey. That turkey will not be killed to be eaten.
300
This is what the Indians taught the Pilgrims to do.
What is grow and harvest food.
300
What do you think about Black Friday and consumerism (the culture of buying things) in general?
Answers vary
300
Black Friday consists of nearly ___ million shoppers, spending roughly ___ million on this day. A. 200, 40 B. 40, 200 C. 300, 200 D. 500, 250 E. 450, 8 F. 80, 3
What is A. 200, 40.
400
This tradition has to wait at least one day after Thanksgiving until this item becomes dry and crisp.
What is making a wish with the wishbone.
400
The best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is:
What is the thigh.
400
The average turkey weighs about how many pounds?
What is 15 pounds.
400
How could we make Thanksgiving a more respectful and enjoyable holiday for everyone?
Answers vary
400
Black Friday originated in __________. A. Philadelphia B. Cincinnati C. Cleveland D. Pittsburgh E. Tyler, Texas
What is A. Philadelphia.
500
How many turkeys die each year on Thanksgiving?
What is around 50 million turkeys (between 40-60 will be accepted).
500
How many grams of fat might you consume during the big meal?
What is Americans typically consume up to 229 grams of fat. (Will take answers 180-300 g). Hate to break it to you, but that's about 3 to 4 times the amount of fat you should eat in a day.
500
The Pilgrims celebrated the 1st Thanksgiving at this place.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts.
500
Propose a new holiday to take the place of Thanksgiving/Black Friday. What would it be called? What would it celebrate? How would people celebrate?
Answers vary.
500
"Black Friday" used to refer to ____ ____ ____ in the 1800s in the U.S.
What is stock market crashes. In the US, the first time the term was used was on 24 September 1869, when two speculators tried to corner the gold market on the New York Stock Exchange. When the government stepped in to correct the distortion by flooding the market with gold, prices plummeted and many investors lost sizable fortunes.
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