THANKSGIVING FOOD
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR COURSE ON THANKSGIVING?
TURKEY
TRUE OR FALSE: THE PILGRIMS LANDED IN NEW YORK.
FALSE.
WHAT POPULAR FRUIT (WHICH MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE IS A VEGETABLE) IS COMMONLY USED AS A SYMBOL FOR THANKSGIVING?
PUMPKIN
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SHIP THAT THE PILGRIMS BOARDED TO START THEIR JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD?
THE MAYFLOWER
WHAT FOOD WAS NOT SERVED AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING?
A. MASHED POTATOES
B. PUMPKIN
C. SEAFOOD
A. MASHED POTATOES
WHICH PRESIDENT FIRST ORDERED A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING?
A. JOHN ADAMS
B. THOMAS JEFFERSON
C. GEORGE WASHINGTON
C. GEORGE WASHINGTON (ABRAHAM LINCOLN DECLARED IT A NATIONAL, ANNUAL HOLIDAY)
WHICH SOUP COMPANY INVENTED GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE?
CAMPBELL'S SOUP
WHAT DAY/MONTH DO WE CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING?
THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER
WHAT DO WE CALL THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN NORTH AMERICA PRIOR TO THE PILGRIMS?
NATIVE AMERICANS (WAMPANOAG TRIBE ATTENDED THE FIRST THANKSGIVING)
HOW MANY WOMEN WERE PRESENT AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 25
A. 5
WHAT IS MACY'S?
A DEPARTMENT STORE
WHICH PRESIDENT MADE TURKEY PARDONING AN ANNUAL EVENT?
A. GEORGE H.W. BUSH
B. BARACK OBAMA
C. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A. GEORGE H.W. BUSH
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR DESSERT ON THANKSGIVING?
PUMPKIN PIE
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RACE PEOPLE RUN ON THANKSGIVING MORNING?
THE TURKEY TROT
WHAT DO WE CALL THE ENGLISH SEPARATISTS THAT CAME TO THE USA IN 1620?
PILGRIMS
WHY DID THE PILGRIMS LEAVE ENGLAND?
FREEDOM OF RELIGION/ RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
WHICH FAMOUS FIGURE SHOWS UP AT THE END OF THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE?
SANTA CLAUSE
WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO "PARDON" A TURKEY?
A. GROVER CLEVELAND
B. WOODROW WILSON
C. JOHN F. KENNEDY
C. JOHN F. KENNEDY
WHICH RED FRUIT IS OFTEN SERVED ON THANKSGIVING AND IS TURNED INTO A POPULAR THANKSGIVING SIDE DISH?
CRANBERRIES
HOW MANY TURKEYS ARE CONSUMED ON THANKSGIVING EVERY YEAR?
A. 46,000
B. 4.6 MILLION
C. 4.6 BILLION
B. 46 MILLION
WHAT DO WE CALL THE CONICAL-SHAPED BASKET THAT IS GENERLALY FILLED WITH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND USED AS A CENTERPIECE DURING THANKSGIVING?
CORNUCOPIA
WHAT YEAR DID THE FIRST THANKSGIVING TAKE PLACE?
A. 1611
B. 1621
C. 1631
B. 1621
TRUE OR FALSE: SQUANTO WAS A NATIVE AMERICAN WHO ALREADY SPOKE ENGLISH AND HELPED TRANSLATE BETWEEN THE PILGRIMS AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.
TRUE.
WHICH PRESIDENT DECLARED TWO THANKSGIVINGS IN ONE YEAR?
A. JAMES MADISON
B. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
C. ANDREW JACKSON
A. JAMES MADISON
WHAT "POTATO" IS NOT ACTUALLY A POTATO AT ALL, BUT IS A "ROOT VEGETABLE"?
SWEET POTATO
WHAT DO WE CALL THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING IN WHICH STORES HOLD HUGE SALES WITH SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTS?
BLACK FRIDAY
WHAT LARGE BIRD IS NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA AND IS LARGE ENOUGH TO FEED AN ENTIRE FAMILY?
WILD TURKEY
THE CANADIAN VERSION OF THANKSGIVING OCCURS IN WHICH MONTH?
A. NOVEMBER
B. SEPTEMBER
C. OCTOBER
C. OCTOBER
WHAT CHRISTMAS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THANKSGIVING?
A. WHITE CHRISTMAS
B. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
C. JINGLE BELLS
C. JINGLE BELLS
WHICH PRESIDENT REFUSED TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY?
A. JOHN TYLER
B.THOMAS JEFFERSON
C. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
B. THOMAS JEFFERSON
WHAT IS THE SECOND MOST POPULAR THANKSGIVING PIE?
APPLE PIE
WHAT PROTEIN/MEAT IS A POPULAR ALTERNATIVE TO TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING?
HAM
WHAT BONE IS BELIEVED TO BE A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK WHEN BREAKING IT IN HALF BY TWO PEOPLE ON THANKSGIVING?
WISHBONE (THE PERSON WHO BREAKS OFF THE LARGER PIECE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A WISH GRANTED)
TRUE OR FALSE: THE PILGRIMS LANDED IN PLYMOUTH.
FALSE (THEY LANDED IN PROVINCETOWN)
WHAT TWO NAMES ARE GIVEN TO THE LOOSE, RED SKIN ON A TURKEY'S BEAK AND UNDER ITS CHIN?
WATTLE (CHIN) AND SNOOD (BEAK)
WHICH CLASSIC NURSERY RHYME DID SARAH JOSEPHA HALE AUTHOR? (SHE SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED FOR 17 YEARS TO GET THANKSGIVING ESTABLISHED AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND EVENTUALLY HELPED ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO DO SO).
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"