The First Thanksgiving
This is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to North America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
A male turkey is called this.
What is a gobbler or a tom?
This traditional Thanksgiving food is a type of berry and is often served as a jelly or sauce.
What is cranberry?
The modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated on this day of the week in November.
What is the fourth Thursday?
This sweet, orange root vegetable is often mashed or baked into a casserole with marshmallows on top.
What is a sweet potato or yam?
The Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast in this present-day state.
What is Massachusetts?
The Pilgrims may have eaten this kind of fowl instead of turkey at the first feast, according to some records.
What are ducks or geese?
Many people break this small, Y-shaped bone from the turkey and make a wish.
What is the wishbone?
This American writer, who also wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb," campaigned for decades to make Thanksgiving a national holiday
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This dish, made mostly of bread and spices, is baked inside the turkey or in a casserole dish.
What is stuffing or dressing?
The Wampanoag tribe's leader who attended the first Thanksgiving feast with 90 of his men.
Who is Massasoit?
This bright, fleshy growth that hangs from a turkey's neck is called this.
What is a snood or wattle?
This famous holiday parade is held in New York City every Thanksgiving morning and features giant balloons.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This president finally declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The main ingredient in the traditional pie that is often served for dessert at Thanksgiving.
What is pumpkin?
This Native American man acted as a translator and taught the Pilgrims how to grow crops like corn.
Who is Squanto?
This Founding Father once suggested the turkey should be the national bird of the U.S.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This president started the annual tradition of "pardoning" a turkey before the holiday.
Who is George H.W. Bush (in 1989)?
The year 1621 is when the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe shared their historic harvest feast.
What is 1621?
The name of the brown sauce that is traditionally poured over mashed potatoes and turkey.
What is gravy?
The first Thanksgiving celebration is believed to have lasted this many days.
What is three?
A large group of turkeys is referred to by this specific collective noun.
What is a rafter or a gang?
This popular football league always plays a few games on Thanksgiving Day.
What is the NFL (National Football League)
This American colony held a Thanksgiving celebration in 1619, two years before the Pilgrims' famous feast, though it's less recognized.
What is the Virginia Colony?
Though a Thanksgiving staple today, the Pilgrims did not have forks or this kind of common dessert at the first feast because they lacked sugar.
What is pie?