Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is turkey?
True or False
The Pilgrims landed in New York?
False
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
How many ships did the Pilgrims board to start their journey to the new world?
A. one
B. two
C. three
What is B. two (Mayflower and Speedwell).
What food was not served at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Mashed potatoes
B. Pumpkin
C. Seafood
A. What are mashed potatoes?
What year was Black Friday first mentioned?
A. 1901
B. 1869
C. 2000
Who is B. 1869?
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?
How people were aboard the Mayflower when it left England?
A. 74
B. 120
C. 102
What is C. 102.
What is Macys?
What is a department store?
What is the shopping day after Black Friday called?
What is Small Business Saturday.
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?
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
How does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade conclude?
With the arrival of Santa Claus?
What is the shopping day two days after Black Friday called?
What is Cyber Monday.
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
46,000?
4.6 million?
46 million?
460 million
What is 46 million?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
The year of the first Thanksgiving
a. 1609
b. 1776
c. 1621
c. What is 1621?
What was the name of the Native American tribe that shared the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrms?
What is the Wampanoag?
In what year did Black Friday become the biggest shopping day of the year?
A. 1991
B. 2001
C. 2011
What is B. 2001.
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?
The day after 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?
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held in which month?
What is October?
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
Who was George H.W. Bush?
Seven people have died, and 98 people have been injured shopping since 2006. What is the most common cause of these deaths?
What is stampeding crowds.
How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner (within 500 calories)?
What are 4,500?
The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?
What is Ham?
What meat did the native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?
What is Deer (Venison)?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Why is Black Friday called Black Friday?
Because it is the time when retail stores get out of the red and into the black.