Food
What traditional eating utensil was NOT used at the first Thanksgiving?
Hint:
Spoon
Fork
Knife
fingers
What is the fork
Pilgrims ate the first Thanksgiving meal with a knife, a spoon, and their fingers. The fork was introduced 10 years later by Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts, but didn't really catch on until the 18th century
What is the name of the famous rock where the Pilgrims first landed?
Hint:
Rock of Gibraltar
Rosetta Stone
Plymouth Rock
Blarney Stone
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock is said to mark the spot where William Bradford and the pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony disembarked from the Mayflower. It is stamped with the date of their arrival in the new world, 1620.
In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, what does Charlie Brown serve to his friends for Thanksgiving dinner?
Hint:
Pizza
Chicken
Ice Cream
PB&J sandwiches
What is Ice Cream
Each plate setting includes an ice cream sundae (vanilla ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry) in a large sundae bowl. Snoopy serves up the food, throwing the plates to each guest Frisbee-style. Each guest also gets two slices of buttered toast, and a handful of pretzel sticks, popcorn, and jelly beans.
What day is the Thanksgiving holiday observed in the United States?
Hint:
3rd Thursday
2nd Monday
3rd Friday
4th Thursday
What is the 4th Thursday in November
In the U.S., Thanksgiving is celebrated on the Fourth Thursday in November. (Canadians observe Thanksgiving on the Second Monday in October.)
Where did the first U.S. harvest feast of Thanksgiving take place?
Hint:
Popham colony
Plymouth colony
Virginia colony
Roanoke Island
What is Plymouth Colony
Founded by a group of separatists who later became known as the Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony was, along with Jamestown, Virginia, one of the first colonies to be founded by the English in North America. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. This settlement, which served as the capital of the colony, is today the modern town of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
How fast was the Mayflower?
Hint:
2 MPH
20 MPH
10 MPH
100 MPH
What is 2 mph
The Mayflower averaged only two miles (3.2 kilometers) per hour during its historic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
What famous Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving?
Hint:
Let Snow
Little drummer boy
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
What is Jingle Bells
originally composed for children to sing in a Boston Sunday School celebration. It was meant for the Thanksgiving season and had no connection to Christmas.
What is the day after Thanksgiving known as?
Hint:
Fat Friday
Black Friday
Wampanoag Day
Winter Solstice
What is Black Friday
Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving begins the Christmas shopping season and is sometimes known as "Black Friday". One of the busiest shopping days of the year, "Black Friday" was so termed to mark it as the day retail businesses would make their profits for the year and be operating in the "black" and not the "red".
What type of meat was served at the first Thanksgiving?
Hint:
Buffalo
Venison
Turkey
Chicken
What is Venison
There is no evidence that turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving, a three-day meal shared between the pilgrims and Wamponoag tribe in 1621, but Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow noted in his journal that the Wampanoag guests arrived with an offering of five deer.
What Native American was honored at the first Thanksgiving feast?
Hint:
Massasoit
Squanto
Wamsutta
Quadequina
What is Squanto
Squanto helped the settlers survive in the New World by teaching them how to catch eel & grow corn, as well as serving as their native interpreter. Native American chiefs Massassoit & Samoset, along with 90 of their men also joined the celebration.
How many NFL games are played on Thanksgiving?
Hint:
1
5
3
7
What is 3 games
Three NFL games are played every Thanksgiving. The first two are hosted by the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys; a third game, with no fixed opponents, has been played annually since 2006.
Which of the following NFL teams traditionally hosts an annual Thanksgiving Day game?
Hint:
Pittsburgh Steelers
New York Giants
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Who are the Dallas Cowboys
With the exception of 1975 & 1977, the Dallas Cowboys have participated in an NFL football game every Thanksgiving Day since 1966.
How many calories are there in the average Thanksgiving dinner?
Hint:
4500
1500
3000
6000
What is 4,500 calories
According to the Calorie Control Council, the average Thanksgiving dinner contains 4,500 calories--that's 3,000 for the meal itself and another 1,500 for drinks, desserts and appetizers.
How long was the pilgrims/ voyage from England to the New World?
Hint:
120 days
66 days
5 days
365 days
What is 66 days
The voyage itself across the Atlantic Ocean took 66 days, from their departure on September 6, until Cape Cod was sighted on 9 November 1620.
Which character on the TV show Friends once got his/her head stuck in a turkey?
Hint:
Phoebe
Chandler
Ross
Joey
Who is Joey
In "The One with All the Thanksgivings", the main characters spend Thanksgiving at Monica's apartment where they tell stories about their worst Thanksgivings: Chandler learning of his parents' divorce, Phoebe losing arms in past lives, and Joey getting his head stuck in a turkey.
How many pilgrim women survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
Hint:
28
8
50
4
What is 4 women
Only 4 adult women were left in the entire colony: Eleanor Billington, Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins, Mary Brewster, and Susanna White Winslow. Of course, they were the ones who cooked and served the first Thanksgiving meal.
What product owes its existence to Thanksgiving?
Hint:
Butter
Hula Hoop
Recliner
TV Dinner
What is TV Dinners
In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! So they came up with a brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side? And so the first TV dinner was born!
What tribe of Native Americans was invited to the first Thanksgiving?
Hint:
Pequot
Navajo
Pascua Yaqui
Wampanoag
Wampanoag
Today, about 3,000 Wampanoag Indians still live in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
What was different about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1960?
Hint:
It had no balloons
It was broadcast in color
It took place in Detroit Michigan
You could listen to it over the radio
It was broadcast in color
What was the first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade?
Hint:
J.C. Penney
Gimbel's
Steiger's
Macy's
What is Gimbels
The Gimbels Parade, now known as the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade, was first held in Philadelphia in 1920.