Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular food to eat on Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey
Americans like to play and watch this sport on Thanksgiving day
What is football
This orange vegetable is used as a major symbol for Thanksgiving
What is a pumpkin
This is the name of the ship the Pilgrims took from England to America.
What is the Mayflower
What do you call a female turkey?
Hen
The way people usually prepare and eat potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner
mashed potatoes
The name of the special parade on TV on Thanksgiving
Macy's Day parade
The name of the settlers who came to North America in 1620.
Who are the Pilgrims
The name of the town the pilgrims started when they got to America.
What is Plymouth
While the US celebrates in November, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of this month.
What is October?
This type of pie is the most popular to eat on Thanksgiving
What is Pumpkin Pie
Every year, the President of the United States does this to one lucky turkey.
What is pardons it
This festive character always appears at the very end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to signal the start of the Christmas season.
Who is Santa Claus
This President officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
True or False: The Pilgrims wore big silver buckles on their hats and shoes.
What is False?
This fruit is commonly used to make crimson (reddish-purple) colored sauce?
What are Cranberries
The day after Thanksgiving is a shopping day called what?
Black Friday
The term for the noise a turkey makes
What is Gobble, gobble
The Pilgrims didn't use this utensil at the first Thanksgiving because it hadn't been invented/popularized in England yet; they used spoons, knives, and their hands
What is the fork?
This hit TV show featured a famous episode where a character gets a turkey stuck on their head.
What is Friends?
Another meat that is served at Thanksgiving
What is ham
This is the part of the turkey that two people pull apart to see if their wish will be granted
What is a Wishbone
This was the first "crop" served from their harvest at Thanksgiving
What is corn
The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean took roughly this many days (will accept variables of 10s).
What is 66 days?
The turkey was named after the country Turkey because Europeans mistakenly thought the bird came from there. The bird is actually native to this continent.
What is North America?