FOOD
HISTORY
FUN FACTS
MISCELLANEA
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88% of Americans eat this with their Thanksgiving meal

TURKEY

100

How many days did the first Thanksgiving last? 

5 days – 2 days – 3 days

3 DAYS

100

What is the reason to celebrate Thanksgiving?

 Religious festivity / eat turkey / Thank God


THANK GOD

100

How is it called the day following Thanksgiving Day? 

 Black Friday

200

This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica

CORN

200

Where did the European Puritans sail from? 

Where did they land?

Plymouth (England) - Plymouth, Massachussetts

200

When is Thanksgiving celebrated every year? 


On the fourth Thursday of November

200

How is the night before Thanksgiving called?  

Blackout Wednesday / Unconscious Wednesday / Heavy Wednesday.

Blackout Wednesday

300

In the first Thanksgiving day, which of these foods wasn’t served? 

Corn , pumpkin pie, venison (deer)

PUMPKIN PIE

300

What was the name of the ship on which they came to America? 

Mayflower / Unknown / Cutty Sark

MAYFLOWER

300

Besides the USA, what other country celebrates Thanksgiving? 

Canada / Great Britain / Mexico

CANADA

300

How is the Monday after Thanksgiving called? 

CYBER MONDAY 

It was created by retailers to encourage people to shop online

400

What state consumes the most turkeys?

CALIFORNIA

400

In which year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated? 1421  / 1521  / 1621

1621

400

Which president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863? 

Abraham Lincoln / Theodore Roosevelt / George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

400

Which day is traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the USA? 

Black Friday

500

How do you call this food that is usually cooked inside the turkey?

STUFFING

500

What was the name of the tribu that helped the first settlers? 

Apache / Wampanoag / Iroquois

Wampanoag

500

Which USA president began the tradition of pardoning a turkey? 

Obama / George Bush/ Abraham Lincoln

GEORGE BUSH

500

What is the Super Saturday? 

It is the last Saturday before Christmas and often brings in the most sales for businesses.