Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving
What is American football?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
What is pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
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 next major holiday that follows Thanksgiving
What is Christmas?
The traditional 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?
The day of the week and date that we will celebrate Thanksgiving this year
What is Thursday, November 25?
Not a favorite Thanksgiving food:
A. pie B. mashed potatoes
C. sauerkraut
C. What is sauerkraut?
The way people typically prepare potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner
What are mashed potatoes?
When we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving every year
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving
Who are Native Americans? Wampanoag tribe
What president pardon the turkey by saying, "Let's keep him going." This happened Nov 19, 1963. He is very well known by his 3 letter Initial
John F Kennedy
Many people enjoy these for several meals after the original Thanksgiving feast.
What are leftovers?
The weekend after Thanksgiving people often buy this to welcome the next holiday
What is a Christmas Tree
The green vegetables traditionally served in a casserole with cream of mushroom soup and french fried onions
What are green beans?
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?
The month the first Thanksgiving most likely took place
What is September?
A writer of the Constitution who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The US President who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday. He was the tallest president of the US at 6ft 4in.
Who is Abraham Lincoln? In 1863, he encouraged Americans to recognize the last Thursday of November as "a day of Thanksgiving." In 1870 Congress followed suit by passing legislation making it a national holiday.
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner
What are cranberries?
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?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables
What is a cornucopia?
The year of the first Thanksgiving:
a. 1776
b. 1621
b. What is 1621?
The red, loose skin under a turkey's head
What is a wattle?
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving Day parade. It is held in New York City every year.
What is Macy's.
Annual cost for parade float supplies, float decorations, property taxes and staff salaries typically total $2.7-4.5 million.
The number of pumpkin pies that are consumed on Thanksgiving
What is 50 million?
When the first Thanksgiving Day football game was played?
When was 1876
The first crop the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow
What is corn?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
A) 1 B) 3 C)7
What is 3-days long?
A food that was not at the first Thanksgiving that is usually at Thanksgivings today.
A. What are mashed potatoes?
The most popular alternative to turkey.
What is ham