Holiday History
This holiday falls on the last Thursday of the month of November.
What is Thanksgiving?
The season when food crops are harvested.
What is autumn?
The main course for the Thanksgiving meal and symbol of this holiday.
What is turkey?
This city hosts the famed Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
What is New York City?
The sound a turkey makes.
What is "Gobble, Gobble"?
People associated with Thanksgiving that left their country to settle in America.
Who are the Pilgrims?
Another important holiday celebrating service members in the month of November.
What is Veterans' Day?
This staple Thanksgiving side dish is often served with gravy.
What are mashed potatoes?
Local running races called Turkey Trots that are held in many communities are usually of this distance.
What are 5K or 10K races?
This date has been the busiest air travel day in the United States for many years in a row.
What is the Sunday after Thanksgiving?
People already living in the New World when the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth.
Who are the Native Americans?
The nickname for the most important shopping day of the year for most retail stores.
What is Black Friday?
Sauce made from a reddish-purple fruit that rhymes with strawberry.
What is cranberry sauce?
Two persons hold an end and pull. It is believed the person who ends up with the larger piece will have good luck.
What is breaking the wishbone?
This American football team has played a game every Thanksgiving since 1934, the only exceptions being the years they didn’t play due to World War II.
What are the Detroit Lions?
The ocean which the Pilgrims crossed in order to arrive in America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This event takes place on the first Tuesday of November every four years in the United States.
What is a presidential election?
Two of the most popular pies served for dessert on Thanksgiving.
What are pumpkin pie and apple pie?
The sport many Americans watch after they have finished eating their Thanksgiving meal.
What is American Football?
The state that raises more turkeys than anywhere else in the United States.
What is Minnesota?
The place where the Pilgrims left because they wanted religious freedom.
What is England?
The U.S. president that declared Thanksgiving an official national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Most family recipes for this baked side dish include: chopped vegetables, spices, and bread.
What is stuffing?
The host of the Thanksgiving meal expects this average number of guests to attend.
What is eleven?
This cartoon is considered the best Thanksgiving movie of all time.
What is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?