Thanksgiving History
The month Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S.
What is November?
The big bird many families eat on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
Many people watch this big parade on TV Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This giant balloon bird often appears in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is the Tom Turkey balloon?
People often travel to visit these people on Thanksgiving.
Who are family?
These travelers came to America on the Mayflower.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This sweet orange pie is a classic dessert.
What is pumpkin pie?
The day after Thanksgiving is known as this big shopping day.
What is Black Friday?
This sitcom features the famous “pivot!” scene and also several iconic Thanksgiving episodes.
What is Friends?
The holiday where people dress in costumes and get candy comes right before Thanksgiving.
What is Halloween?
The ship the Pilgrims sailed on.
What is the Mayflower?
This red, tangy sauce is served with turkey.
What is cranberry sauce?
Many families break this bone from the turkey and make a wish, hoping their half is the bigger piece.
What is the wishbone?
This animated TV family has featured multiple Thanksgiving episodes, including one where the dad tries to cook a perfect turkey while the kids get pulled into chaotic holiday adventures.
Who are the Belchers from Bob’s Burgers?
This is the name for the leftovers you eat the next day.
What are Thanksgiving leftovers? (Accept: leftover turkey sandwich)
The Native American tribe that joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
These sweet, fluffy vegetables are sometimes topped with marshmallows.
What are sweet potatoes/yams?
He declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This 1990s sitcom had a Thanksgiving episode where a character famously got a turkey stuck on their head.
What is Friends? (Acceptable: the specific character is Joey)
Many people decorate their homes with these colorful fall items.
What are pumpkins/leaves?
The year of the very first Thanksgiving feast (closest wins).
What is 1621?
This traditional Thanksgiving dish, made from dried corn that's been pounded into a coarse meal and simmered into a porridge-like side, was eaten at the first Thanksgiving and is still served in some New England regions today.
What is hasty pudding (or cornmeal pudding)?
This U.S. state is the nation’s top turkey producer, raising more turkeys annually than any other state.
What is Minnesota?
In this animated movie, two turkeys time-travel to stop Thanksgiving from ever happening.
What is Free Birds?
This dessert is often paired with whipped cream or ice cream.
What is pie?