Show:
Official Thanksgiving Holiday/Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Football/Turkey Pardoning
Black Friday/Turkey
Did You Know?/Fruits & Veg
Fish & Shellfish/Potatoes/Pumpkin Pie
100
Which president's idea created a formal national holiday for Thanksgiving?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Who did the Lions lose to with a score of 19-16?
Chicago Bears
100
Where did Black Friday get its name?
factory managers
100
What amino acid causes drowsiness when you eat turkey?
Tryptophan
100
Who introduced potatoes to the Europeans?
Spanish
200
In what year did congress pass the act to make Thanksgiving an official holiday?
Dec. 26, 1941
200
First president to grant a pardon for a turkey?
George H.W. Bush in 1989
200
Why was it named Black Friday?
many workers called in sick, and to describe the crowds and traffic of the holiday season
200
What meat was served at the first Thanksgiving meal instead of turkey?
deer
200
When were potatoes introduced to Europeans?
1570
300
What year did Macy's have their first Thanksgiving parade?
1924
300
Where was George Bush's pardoned turkey sent?
Frying Pan Park
300
What does Black Friday signal?
The start of the holiday shopping season
300
Name 3 veggies that likely appeared on the table at the first Thanksgiving meal?
onions, beans, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, carrots
300
What meat was served at the first Thanksgiving that is not traditionally served today?
seafood
400
When is Thanksgiving?
4th Thursday in November
400
Who is President Lincoln's son?
Tad Lincoln
400
Who was the colony's governor?
William Bradford
400
Name 3 fruits indigenous to the region
blueberries, plums, grapes, gooseberries, raspberries, cranberries
400
What tribe ate with the pilgrims?
Wampanoag
500
Which president tried to move Thanksgiving to the third week in November?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
500
What president sent the turkeys to a petting farm?
Richard Nixon
500
What do many American Thanksgiving meals include?
Stuffing, turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie
500
What did they use to sweeten corn mush?
molasses
500
True or False: They ate mashed and sweet potatoes at the first Thanksgiving
False