Thanksgiving History
The Pilgrims sailed to American in this ship in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
The name for a male turkey.
What is a tom or gobbler.
This country has the most golf courses per capita
What is Scotland?
He was crowned first Holy Roman Emporer in 800
Who is Charlamange?
This eye gland is named after the Latin word for tear.
What is the lacrimal gland?
The pilgrims celebrated the “first thanksgiving” with this tribe.
What are is the Wampanoag tribe?
Every November the president does this to several turkeys, sparing them from the dinner table.
What is pardon?
He has won was the most Major golf tournaments.
Who is Jack Nickalous?
Who was the founder of the Islamic religion?
Who is Muhammad?
A quadriceps has this many heads.
What is four?
This English speaking Native American who had escaped slavery after being captured by an English sea captain taught the pilgrims how to farm in North America
Who is Squanto?
Baby turkeys are called this.
What is a point?
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Who is Seve Ballesteros?
Who established the Kingdom of the Franks around 500 AD
Who is Clovis?
These “holes” come from the Latin word for ditch.
What are fossae?
This Massachusetts governor declared the “first thanksgiving” after a good harvest .in November 1621
Who is William Bradford?
This American founding father preferred the turkey over the bald eagle as the National bird.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The oldest golf course West of the Mississippi is located on an island.
What is the Catalina Island Golf Course?
Also known as “the Hammer” this Frank defeated the Saracen invasion at the Battle of Tours.
Who is Charles Martel?
This Latin word for straight is used to name muscles that help “straighten” the body.
What is rectus?
This woman lobbied to five presidents over 36-years to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday before President Abraham Lincoln declared it a National Holiday in 1863.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
Turkeys have a top running speed of 25 mph, but can fly as fast as this speed.
What is 55 mph?
What is the moon?
This tribal leaders conquest around Europe led to the migration of Visigoths to Rome.
Who is Attila the Hun?
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