Turkey
History
Traditions
Pilgrims / Meal
Colonial America
100

This is the sound a male turkey makes.

What is gobble gobble?

100

This is the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.

What is the Mayflower?

100

This is the sport that is most watched on Thanksgiving Day

What is football?

100

How long did it take the Pilgrims to cross the ocean to come to America?

What is 2 months


100

Which colonial region had the most enslaved peoples?

The Southern Colonies 

200

Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called.

What are toms?

200

In which year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated? 

What is 1621?


200

When is Thanksgiving always held?

The 4th Thursday of November

200

The Mayflower held approximately this many pilgrims.

What is 100

200

What was the name of the first successful settlement in the colonies?

Jamestown

300

In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, which part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom?

What is a wishbone?

300

Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to use this item to help fertilize crops?

What is fish?
300

This is what people traditionally start doing the day after Thanksgiving

What is Christmas shopping

300

This is usually what Americans eat for the main dish for Thanksgiving dinner

What is turkey?

300

What is the name of the agreement signed on the Mayflower where the Pilgrims and the "Strangers" agreed to follow a set of rules for the good of the colony?

What is the Mayflower Compact?

400

What is the dangling skin under a turkey's neck called?

What is a wattle?


400

The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.

What is 3?

400

When people think of Thanksgiving, these are the people we traditionally think about

Who are Pilgrims and Native Americans

400

This type of potato is often served with Thanksgiving dinner, sometimes with marshmallow! 

What is sweet potato?

400

What was the name of the Representative Assembly in Virginia?

What is the House of Burgesses. 

500

When is Thanksgiving?

What is November 23

500

What was the name of the tribe that helped the Pilgrims? 

What is the Wampanoag?

500

This tradition takes place in New York and can be seen on television every Thanksgiving morning

What is the Macy's Parade

500

This type of pie is the most popular at Thanksgiving

What is pumpkin pie?

500

Who was the founder of the colony Georgia?

James Oglethorpe