Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
True or False
The Pilgrims landed in New York.
False
The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
This U.S. state is the largest producer of cranberries, harvesting over half of the nation’s supply.
What is Wisconsin?
This President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking that the President of the United States recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. A few days later, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin" - the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the new Constitution.
These are the Thanksgiving colors.
What are the Thanksgiving Colors: Orange is a pumpkin, Yellow is the corn, Brown is the turkey with stuffing to adorn and Red are the cranberries?
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company.
What is Campbell Soup?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Who are Native Americans?
or
Wampanoag tribe?
This Native tribe joined the Pilgrim in the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
What is Macys?
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
What are the Detroit Lions with 81?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who were Pilgrims?
This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
The annual Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with the arrival of this person.
Who is Santa Claus?
This president was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
Who is John F Kennedy?
This city has hosted America’s oldest Thanksgiving parade since 1924, featuring floats and a turkey-shaped balloon.
What is Philadelphia?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
What two NFL traditionally host games on Thanksgiving?
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
This native is known throughout history for his skill for speaking English, his political negations between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, and his guidance to teach the Pilgrims how to teach them how to grow corn, and where and how to fish and hunt beaver.
What is Squanto?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This year was the first Thanksgiving NFL game of the Canton Bulldogs vs. the Akron Pros.
What is 1920?
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family. Don't let the name fool you, they are not in the nightshade family with the other potatoes.
What are sweet potatoes?
This day follows Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping.
What is Black Friday?
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family.
What is a wild turkey?
This woman is credited for making Thanksgiving a national Holiday in the United States.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
He declined to make a proclamation in 1801. For Jefferson, supporting the holiday meant supporting state-sponsored religion since Thanksgiving is rooted in Puritan religious traditions.
This famous Thanksgiving song, commonly associated with Christmas, was originally written for a Thanksgiving Sunday school program.
What is Jingle Bells
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
What are 4,500?
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham?
The natives brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
What is Deer (Venison)?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
What are the Jacksonville Jaguars?