Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
What is a pumpkin?
What colors do people use to decorate for Thanksgiving?
orange, red, yellow, green
The next major holiday that comes after Thanksgiving
What is Christmas?
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?
True or False: Eating turkey makes you sleepy
TRUE
A large bird native to North America that can feed a family
What is a turkey?
What is something you can do to help others during Thanksgiving?
Many people enjoy these for several meals after the original Thanksgiving feast
What are leftovers?
The date we will celebrate Thanksgiving this year
What is Thursday, November 25, 2021?
The green vegetables traditionally served in a casserole with cream of mushroom soup and french fried onions
What are green beans?
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?
What food did the Native Americans first teach the Pilgrims how to grow as a crop and it has remained one of the most prevalent Thanksgiving symbols?
Corn
What are you thankful/grateful for?
The most common reason plumbers are called on the day after Thanksgiving
What is a backed up sink?
(potato peels are often the culprit)
The year the first Thanksgiving Day football game was played
What is 1876?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner
What are cranberries?
The day, week, and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
What table centerpiece is traditional on Thanksgiving Day?
A cornucopia of harvest foods
How many pounds did the heaviest turkey weigh?
86 pounds.
The president who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The number of pumpkin pies consumed every Thanksgiving
What is ~50 million?
True or false: The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving is ham
True
What were the names of the 2021 turkeys pardoned by President Biden
Peanut Butter and Jelly!
The early settlers learned to survive from whom?
Native Americans who taught them to fish, hunt, and grow crops
Are turkeys carnivores? herbivores? omnivores?
Turkeys are omnivores and will eat various seeds, plants, insects and worms.
Taboo, Pictionary, Dominoes, Cards, Twister
The number of turkeys prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year
What is ~46 million?