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Thanksgiving Riddles
100

The name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America

 What is the Mayflower?

100

88% of Americans eat this with their Thanksgiving meal.

What is Turkey?

100

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

What is a wishbone?

100

The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving.

What is football?

100

This is the place where Turkeys go to dance

What is "The Butter Ball"?

200

The first crop the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow.

What is corn?

200

This state grows the most potatoes each year.

What is Idaho?

200

It's called the "Gopher" state, but maybe "Gobbler" state would be more appropriate because this state produces the most turkey each year.

What is Minnesota? (46.5 million)

200

The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping.

What is Black Friday?

200

The place where Pilgrims stood after they landed.

What is "on their feet"?

300

This is how long the first Thanksgiving lasted

What is three days?

300

This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica.

What is corn?

300

This Founding Father wanted the wild turkey to be the National Bird of the United States of America.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

300

The Thanksgiving Day event in New York City where there are large balloons, marching bands, singers, and dancers.

What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

300

The favorite sport or pumpkins and gourds.

What is Squash?

400

What type of meat did the Wampanoag Native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?

What is venison?

400

This is where cranberries grow? 

Multiple Choice: a) in a tree b) on a bush c) in a bog

What is c) in a bog?

400

The name for a male turkey.

What is Tom?

400

A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.

What is a turkey trot?

400

Something you call an unhappy cranberry.

What is "blue-berries"?

500

This President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday during The Civil War in 1863.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

This is a food that we eat at Thanksgiving today but wasn't served at the first Thanksgiving

Multiple Choice: a) Pumpkin Pie b) Yams c) Cranberry Sauce

What is a) Pumpkin Pie?

(there were no ovens!)

500

This is the name of the first president to "pardon" a turkey.

Who is John F Kennedy?

500

The most common reason plumbers are called on Thanksgiving or the day before.

What is a backed up sink?

(potato peels are often the culprit)

500

A type of key that has legs and can't open a door.

What is a "tur-key"?

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