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100

What is the sound a male turkey makes? 

Gobble gobble 

100

Canadians eat approximately 2.5 million of these on thanksgiving day 

Turkey 

100

This country celebrates the moon festival known to us as thanksgiving

What is China. They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (also called the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival), which focuses heavily on gathering families together, giving thanks for the autumn harvest, and sharing mooncakes under the full moon.  

100

What Province holds the claim to the earliest thanksgiving tradition?

What is Nova Scotia? On a local community level, Nova Scotia holds a claim to the earliest agricultural and colonial Thanksgiving traditions. In 1762, the community of Halifax became the first documented maritime settlement to declare a public holiday specifically to give thanks for a "bountiful harvest", heavily influenced by New England planters who migrated to the region

100

Indigenous peoples used this popular Thanksgiving item to dye clothes and heal wounds

Cranberries 

200

Female turkeys are called hens what are male turkeys called ? 

Toms

200

What are the two most popular pies baked at thanksgiving? 

Pumpkin Pie and Apple Pie

200

Turkey comes from the Hebrew word “tukki it means what ? 

Big bird

200

What is considered the cranberry capital of Canada ? 

Bala, Ontario 

200

What is the premier Canadian Thanksgiving sports tradition? 

What is CFL Thanksgiving Classic, a highly anticipated annual football doubleheader played on Thanksgiving Monday. 

300

People from this province of Canada are the largest consumers of turkeys.

Ontario consumes the most turkey overall.  

300

What is the Canadian favourite thanksgiving side dish?

Stuffing (or dressing) and Mashed Potatoes

300

What month is thanksgiving celebrated in the United States? 

November where Canada celebrates in October 

300

What is considered to be the most popular Thanksgiving parade in Canada? 

Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest 

300

What type of test is conducted on a cranberry to determine if it's ripe?

A Bounce Test. If a cranberry is bruised, overripe, or rotting, it loses its internal structure and will simply thud or splat instead of bouncing. 

400

What is the name of the skin that hangs from a Turkeys neck ? 

Wattle

400

Approximately 94% of Canadian thanksgiving meals include this tangy item …

Cranberry sauce 

400

During chuseok, the Korean thanksgiving harvest festival, they eat this traditional stuffed food. 

Rice cakes 

400

What year did Canada officially pronounce the second Monday in October as Thanksgiving? 

1957

400

These inedible crops are popular at thanksgiving and one of Canada oldest crops 

Gourds 

500

What province in Canada spends the most money on turkey per household? 

Newfoundland and Labrador

500

What is the approximate percentage of Canadian Thanksgiving meals that include turkey? 

Roughly 67% to 75% of Canadians who celebrate Thanksgiving include turkey in their holiday meal.


500

Other than Canada and the United States, Name at least five other countries that celebrate thanksgiving. 

What is UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Saint Lucia, Liberia, Grenada, Norfolk Island?

500

Name three provinces where the Canadian Thanksgiving is not a statutory holiday

Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Thanksgiving is not a mandatory statutory holiday in these three provinces.


500

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest turkey weighed in at this many pounds 

86 Pound