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The reason why Canada celebrates Thanksgiving earlier than America.
Because it gets colder in Canada earlier and therefore, our harvest season is earlier. Most Canadians embraced the change of date to October since that period better coincides with the actual completion of harvest in much of the country, and so that it doesn't coincide with Remembrance Day.
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A sauce made by mixing the fat and juices exuded by meat during cooking with stock and other ingredients.
What is gravy?
100
This is what families do on Thanksgiving Day.
What is reuniting, having a feast together, and giving thanks?
100
True or False: Parliament officially declares Thanksgiving as “a day of general thanksgiving to almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed.”
True! While this mandate for Thanksgiving may not be observed by all Canadians in its entirety, the ideas of being thankful, spending time with family and sharing a delicious meal still remain.
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Between the male and the female turkeys, this kind is the only one that gobbles.
What are male turkeys? There's a reason that male turkeys are called "gobblers" — they're the only ones that make that noise! Each gobbler has a unique call that he uses to attract females during breeding season. Female turkeys also make distinct noises, but they sound more like chirps and clucks.
200
This is the name of the day after the American Thanksgiving, which is also celebrated by Canadians.
What is Black Friday?
200
Traditionally, this sauce is the most popular fruit-related item served on Thanksgiving.
What is a cranberry?
200
This turkey bone that is broken in half for good luck.
What is a wishbone?
200
Forty-eight years after Martin Frobisher celebrated the first Canadian Thanksgiving, on November 14, 1606, inhabitants of New France under this French explorer held huge feasts of thanksgiving between local Mi’kmaq and the French.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
200
Also known as the horn of plenty, represents abundance and nourishment. It is particularly associated with the Thanksgiving holiday in North America.
What is a cornucopia?
300
The American Thanksgiving is to give thanks for the harvest, but according to the English story of explorer Martin Frobisher in 1578, what is the real reason of Canadian Thanksgiving?
It is in thanks for surviving the long journey from England through the perils of storms and icebergs. On his final voyage to the far north, Frobisher held a formal ceremony in Frobisher Bay in Baffin Island (present-day Nunavut) to give thanks to God, and in a service ministered by the preacher Robert Wolfall they celebrated Communion.
300
An edible substance or mixture, often a starch, is used to fill a cavity in another food item while cooking.
What is stuffing?
300
The day that Canadian Thanksgiving falls on every year.
What is the second Monday of October?
300
True or False: Champlain’s Thanksgiving feasts in the early days were more than an annual affair.
True! To prevent the scurvy epidemic that had decimated the settlement at Île Sainte-Croix in past winters, the Ordre de Bon Temps (Order of Good Cheer) was founded, offering festive meals that involved serving cranberries every few weeks. Medical treatises recommended better nutrition (more food) and entertainment to combat scurvy.
300
If female turkeys are called hens, this is what you call a male turkey.
What is a "tom turkey" or "gobbler"?
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The province that first adapted the traditional American way of celebrating Thanksgiving in the 1750s.
What is Nova Scotia? The prototypical Thanksgiving feast featuring the uniquely North American turkey, squash, and pumpkin was introduced to Nova Scotia in the 1750s. The citizens of Halifax commemorated the end of the Seven Years’ War in 1763 with a day of Thanksgiving, and Loyalists subsequently brought the celebration to other parts of the country.
400
The typical Thanksgiving dinner consists of roasted turkey, with stuffing, gravy, _________, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.
What is mashed potatoes?
400
Two of the most common pies that are baked and served during Thanksgiving.
What are pumpkin and apple pies?
400
The weight of the world's largest/ heaviest turkey.
In 1989, a stag turkey named Tyson weighed 86lb (39.09 kg). Earning it the Guinness World Record for the greatest dressed weight recorded for a turkey. Tyson won London, U.K.’s, annual “heaviest turkey” competition on Dec. 12, 1989, and was later auctioned for charity.
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Turkey that is stuffed with a duck that is stuffed with a chicken.
What is a "turducken"?
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Unlike the United States, Canadians don't celebrate Thanksgiving as elaborately as the Americans. In what part of Canada is it optional to celebrate and work during Thanksgiving?
The Maritimes and Quebec.
500
Name at least 1 of 3 food items the first Canadian Thanksgiving dinner consisted of.
Salted beef, biscuits, and mushy peas.
500
The province that raises Canada's turkeys?
What is Manitoba?
500
What year did Thanksgiving become an official holiday in Canada? (Closest decade)
What is 1957? Since then, the day has served as a way to give thanks for good fortunes in the past year.
500
This is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck.
What is the wattle?