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?
This is the month of the first Thanksgiving. Hint it wasn't in November...think harvest.
What is October?
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?
The sound that a male turkey makes.
What is "gobble-gobble"
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?
The tradition of football on Thanksgiving was started by which two Ivy League schools in 1876?
Yale and Princeton or Norte Dame and Miami
Who is Yale and Princeton
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 is how you can tell the difference between a male and female turkey.
What is by the sounds they make or by their scat/dropping?
One of the most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
The English people came over on the Mayflower 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.
Hint: it happened in 1947
Who is Harry Truman?
During the 1997 Thanksgiving matchup between the Bears and Lions, Madden introduced the world to the turducken, explaining it on the broadcast as he and Pat Summerall stood in the booth in front of both that and the six-legged turkey known as?
What is a Turducken?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
The horned 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?
When having a turkey emergency, you call this "Turkey Talk Hotline" to speak with a representative from this turkey company?
Fun Fact: they receive over 100,000 calls each year during Thanksgiving for the past 40 years.
What is Butterball?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Number of feathers on a turkey?
What is 5,000?
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family. Some people like to put marshmallows and brown sugar on these.
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 song "One Horse Open Sleigh" was originally a Thanksgiving song before it was renamed in 1859 and became a Christmas holiday song.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
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?
The average lifespan of a turkey?
What is 10 years?
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 "Presidental Pardon Turkey" go to this place after they are pardon to live out the rest of their lives.
Where is Disney, local farms, or Universities?