Thanksgiving History
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims boarded to start their journal to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Mayflower
What float and what character does the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade end with?
Santa claus and his sleigh
This orange vegetable is commonly a symbol of Thanksgiving.
Hint: Also Halloween.
Pumpkin
This NFL football team has played the most Thanksgiving day games?
Hint: Detroit
Detroit Lions
A) 25 lbs
B) 86 lbs
C) 100 lbs
B- 86 lbs
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
A) 1776
B)1621
C) 1965
B- 1621
This sesame street character is made of turkey feathers:
A) Elmo
B) Grover
C) Big Bird
C-Big Bird
Big Bird's feathers are white turkey feathers, dyed yellow. There are approximately 4,000 feathers on the puppet.
What were the people who came to the United States on the Mayflower called?
Pilgrims
Which state raises the most turkeys?
A) Wyoming
B) South Dakota
C) Minnesota
C-Minnesota
American prepare this many turkeys each Thanksgiving:
A) 46 million
B) 500,000
C) 2 million
Hint: Think about the size of the US.
A- 46 million
How many women were at the first Thanksgiving meal?
A) 5
B)7
C)2
A-5
"Who said "We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. "
A) Richard Nixon
B) John F Kennedy
C) Jimmy Carter
B) John F Kennedy
When the Pilgrims came to the United States what people did they run into and have the first Thanksgiving.
Native Americans
If you want to be specific the wompanoag tribe
No Thanksgiving football game was played between 1941 and 1944. Why?
A) World War 2
B) The Great Depression
C) The Tuberculosis Pandemic
A- World War 2
This percentage of Americans actually eat turkey on Thanksgiving:
A) 50%
B) 100%
C) 88%
C-88%
Which product owes it's existence to Thanksgiving?
A) Hula Hoop
B) Recliner
C) TV Dinner
C) TV Dinner
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: to slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side. And so the first TV dinner was born!
Which founding father thought the Turkey should be the national bird of the United States?
A) Benjamin Franklin
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) George Washington
A) Benjamin Franklin
What somewhat cone shaped Thanksgiving basket is often pictured with fruits and vegetable in it?
Cornucopia
This Native American helped the pilgrims learn to plant crops and helped with peace treaties between the Pilgrims and other tribes:
A) Running bull
B) Kocoum
C) Squanto
A typical American will consume this many grams of fat on Thanksgiving:
A) 100 grams
B) 229 grams
C) 400 grams
B- 229 grams
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
B-3
What is a baby turkey called?
A) A Calf
B) A Cub
C) A Poult
C- A poult
What meat did the Native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?
A) Venison (Deer)
B) Beef
C) Pig
A- Venison
Why did the Native Americans help the pilgrims and share a meal with them?
A) They just wanted to be good neighbors
B) They wanted the pilgrims help with protection from other Native tribes
C) They wanted the Pilgrims to go back to England
B- They wanted protection
The coldest NFL game in the history of Thanksgiving football happened in what year?
A) 1988
B) 1990
C) 1993
C- 1993