Turkey Parts
Plymouth Colony
Who were the Pilgrims?
Someone was Already Here
Thanksgiving Questions
100

The class of animals that turkeys belong to.

What is a bird?

100

Colony kids pounded this to make meal.

What is corn?

100

These ones didn't come to America for religious freedom.

What were adventurers?

100

Groups that support one another.

What are allies?

100

The second most popular pie after pumpkin.

What is pecan?

200

These are two types of turkey meat.

What are dark and white meat?

200

The spot where the colony was built.

What was the Wampanoag homeland?

200

Eat with these because you have two.

What are hands?

200

This caused the deaths of many Wampanoags before the Pilgrims arrived.

What is disease?

200

This sport is often watched by television viewers on Thanksgiving Day.

What is football?

300

Pluck these BEFORE roasting your turkey.

What are feathers?

300

A leaky boat and a late start meant they didn't arrive until later.

What was November?

300

In their free time, Pilgrims played this game similar to bowling.

What is 9-pin?

300

He showed the Pilgrims the best places to hunt and fish.

Who was Tisquantum (Squanto)?

300

Besides fish, these tasty seafoods were probably part of the 1621 feast on the Atlantic coast.

What are lobster and eels?

400

Pull hard enough and it may bring you good luck.

What is the wishbone?

400

This fraction of the Pilgrims survived the first year in North America.

What is a half?

400

Pilgrim boys wore these baggy, knee-length pants, even in the heat!

What are breeches?

400

These people took much of the tribe's land. 

What are European settlers?

400

This American president declared the holiday of Thanksgiving in 1863.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

500

Mine are much larger than those on my cousin the chicken.

What are turkey legs?

500

This was the year of the first successful Pilgrim harvest.

What was 1621?

500

They suffered from a lack of food, especially healthy food.

What was malnourished?

500

This important Wampanoag tradition nearly died out or disappeared.

What is language?

500

This was the length of the feast between the Wampanoags and Pilgrims.

What was 3 days?