Thanksgiving Firsts
This US President established the first National Day of Thanksgiving
Who is George Washington
What day, and month, is Thanksgiving Celebrated
What is the fourth Thursday of November
Which part of the turkey is pulled by two people to challenge for the largest piece, that a wish may be granted
What is the wish bone
What is the best way to determine if a cranberry is ripe?
What is, see if it bounces
The first Thanksgiving was a feast that lasted for how many days?
What is three days
What Christmas Song was originally written for Thanksgiving
What is Jingle Bells, originally named, "One Horse Open Sleigh"
What is the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey's beak?
What is the wattle
What is the conical shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables?
What is a cornucopia
Native Americans brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving feast
What is venison
What product owes its existence to Thanksgiving:
T.V. Dinner
Recliner
Hula Hoop
What is T.V. Dinner
Which founding father wanted turkey to be the National Bird of the United States
Benjamin Franklin
What is a popular alternative to serving turkey on Thanksgiving?
What is ham
The first Thanksgiving did NOT include:
corn
pie
seafood
What is pie
What is the name of the indigenous tribe that celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the separatists (pilgrims)?
What is the Wampanoag Tribe
What is a male turkey called
What is, a gobbler
This item has a spike in sales larger than before Super Bowl and New Years Eve
Alcohol
Give the year of the first Thanksgiving
1621
1776
1965
What is 1621
In 1970 a Wampanoag Leader began a tradition to remember Native ancestors and acknowledge the racism and oppression in an effort to feel solidarity and strength in action, called what?
What is, the National Day of Mourning
What is a baby turkey called
What is a poult
Which president ordered a National Day of Thanksgiving be observed annually starting in 1789?
Who is George Washington