Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
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?
This is the reason the Pilgrims chose to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
This food was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
This President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
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.
"What key has legs and can't open a door?"
A Turkey!
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are Cranberries?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
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?
"What kind of weather does a turkey like?"
Fowl Weather!
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company.
What is Campbell Soup?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
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?
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?
"Why did they let the turkey join the band?"
Because he had his own drumsticks!
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family. Don't let the name fool you, they are not in the nightshade family.
What are Sweet Potatoes?
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham?
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?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
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.
"What do you call a running turkey?"
Fast Food!
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
What are 4,500?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Who are Native Americans?
or
Wampanoag tribe?
This woman is credited for making Thanksgiving a national Holiday in the United States.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
In September of 1863, she put her Thanksgiving message into an editorial and wrote to President Abraham Lincoln, urging him to make Thanksgiving Day a fixed national festival.
The natives brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
What is Deer (Venison)?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
"What happened to the turkey that got in a fight?"
He got the stuffing knocked out of him!