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 squash commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
This U.S. president began the tradition of pardoning a turkey.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
This food was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
A. What are mashed potatoes?
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 season is when Thanksgiving takes place.
What is Fall or Autumn?
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?
This is something that is regularly done around the Thanksgiving table.
What is going around the table and saying what you're grateful for?
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 to have religious freedom?
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?
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. This is a Turducken.
A boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless duck stuffed inside a boneless turkey.
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 reason the Pilgrims held the First Thanksgiving.
What is to celebrate the harvest?
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
This Native American taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn, and where and how to fish and hunt beaver.
Who is Squanto?
His actual name was Tisquantum. He and his Indigenous relatives would have been quite familiar with the tradition of “thanksgiving” because it was, and still is, an essential aspect of their regular spiritual practices, one that predates by many generations the American holiday of Thanksgiving.
After Being Kidnapped to Europe, he lived five years in Europe, including time at the home of a London merchant. He later escaped to make his way back to his home. On his return, he learn that his people decimated by plague and was accepted into the Patuxet village. When he encountered the Mayflower's ragged survivors, he was an orphan himself. But he was uniquely poised to help them survive, and willing to help them form a vital alliance with his Wampanoag leader, named Ousamequin.
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Concerned that the shortened Christmas shopping season might dampen the economic recovery, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a Presidential Proclamation moving Thanksgiving to the second to last Thursday of November. As a result of the proclamation, 32 states issued similar proclamations while 16 states refused to accept the change and proclaimed Thanksgiving to be the last Thursday in November. For two years two days were celebrated as Thanksgiving - the President and part of the nation celebrated it on the second to last Thursday in November, while the rest of the country celebrated it the following week.
To end the confusion, Congress decided to set a fixed-date for the holiday. On October 6, 1941, the House passed a joint resolution declaring the last Thursday in November to be the legal Thanksgiving Day. The Senate, however, amended the resolution establishing the holiday as the fourth Thursday, which would take into account those years when November has five Thursdays. The House agreed to the amendment, and President Roosevelt signed the resolution on December 26, 1941, thus establishing the fourth Thursday in November as the Federal Thanksgiving Day holiday.
This year was the first Thanksgiving NFL game of the Canton Bulldogs vs. the Akron Pros.
What is 1920?
This vegetable is orange in color and is typically mashed with marshmallows added to it.
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 ship is the one used to travel to America.
What is the Mayflower?
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.
These two NFL teams always play a football game on Thanksgiving. Name one.
What are the:
Detroit Lions
Dallas Cowboys
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
What are 4,500?
If turkey is not eaten on Thanksgiving, this other popular meat is usually served.
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?