Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
Every year the US president "pardons" a turkey. What does this mean?
It means that that particular turkey won’t get gobbled up on Thanksgiving day.
True or false, Turkeys mate for life?
What is FALSE, they are polygamous
(meaning they have multiple mates)
The English people who came to the United States in 1620 on the Mayflower
Who were Pilgrims?
Three foods that people eat on Thanksgiving
What are turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing/dressing, cranberries, cornbread or rolls, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, corn casserole, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and Jello salad?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert
What is Pumpkin Pie?
This bone from the turkey is often split in two, with the person getting the longer/bigger piece winning
What is the wishbone?
The dangling skin under a turkey's neck is called this
what is a Wattle?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
The calendar date that we will celebrate Thanksgiving this year
What is Thursday, November 25, 2021?
This is an alternate name for cranberries
What is bounce berries?
The day, week, and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
Turkey has more protein than beef or chicken, true or false?
True, turkey has higher protein per ounce.
What food was served at the first Thanksgiving?
A. What are pumpkin, turkey, corn?
Many people enjoy these for several meals after the original Thanksgiving feast.
What are leftovers?
Are sweet potatoes a potato, yam or neither?
What is neither
(They are in the morning glory botanical family)
Potatoes- nightshade family
Yams- lily family
The day after Thanksgiving is now known as what in the retail world?
What is Black Friday?
The average turkey can run this fast?
This Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
The Wampanoag
The Turkey Day Classic is the event played each year on thanksgiving. What type of even is it?
What is a football game?
This is the average amount of calories a person consumes during their thanksgiving meal.
What is 3,000 calories?
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?
This percentage of a turkey is dark meat
What is 30%?
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England
What is religious persecution?
What teams always play on thanksgiving
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
Approximately how many million pumpkin pies are consumed each Thanksgiving in the US?
(points given if guess is w/in 5 million of answer)
What is 50 million?
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)
If Americans eat about 22 million turkeys at Christmastime, how many turkeys do they eat on Thanksgiving?
(points given if guess is w/in 5 million of answer)
44 million (that's double!)
This president declared thanksgiving a national holiday
who is Abraham Lincoln
Not everyone on the Mayflower was traveling to "the New World" to settle. What was the purpose of the others?
To get furs and lumber to send back to England