Vocabulary
What is turkey?
a large bird grown for its mean on farms
The first Thanksgiving lasted
A. one day
B. two days
C. three days
three days
Thanksgiving occurs on the:
A.Fourth Thursday in November
B.Third Thursday in November
C.November 26 each year
Fourth Thursday in November
In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, what did Snoopy and Charlie Brown NOT serve to the rest of the Peanuts gang?
turkey
What is cranberry?
a small, round, red fruit with a sour taste
Which of the following was NOT served at the Pilgrims Thanksgiving meal?
A. Cranberries, corn, and mashed potatoes
B. Rabbit, chicken, wild turkey, and dried fruit
C. Venison (deer meat), fish, goose
cranberries, corn and mashed potatoes
Approximately how many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States?
A. 100 million
B. 280 million
C. 500 million
280 million
Which city has the oldest Thanksgiving parade?
Philadelphia
What is the harvest?
the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut and collected
Which Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal?
A. Apache
B. Wampanoag
C.Cherokee
Wampanoag
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on which day of the week in Canada?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
Monday
Which president first proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
cornucopia
a large amount or supply of something
Which southern state was the first to adopt a Thanksgiving Day in 1855?
A. South Carolina
B.Virginia
C. Georgia
Virginia
Canadians sometimes call the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States by this name to distinguish it from their own Thanksgiving celebration.
A. Yanksgiving
B. Amerigiving
C. Turmerica
D. USthanks
Yanksgiving
In what year did Congress make Thanksgiving an official national holiday in the United States?
a. 1932
b. 1939
c. 1941
d. 1946
1941
yam
a potato-like root from a tropical climbing plant that can be eaten, or the plant it grows from
Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?
A. President Lincoln in 1863
B. President Roosevelt in 1939
C. President Harry Truman in 1947
President Harry Truman in 1947
The Guinness Book of World Records states that the greatest dressed weight recorded for a turkey is....
A. 31,9 kg or 72 pounds
B. 39,09 kg or 86 pounds
C. 80 kg or 170 pounds.
D. 22 kg or 47 pounds
39.09 kg or 86 pounds
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be moved up an entire week, at the request of Fred Lazarus Jr., whose family owned F&R Lazarus in Columbus, Ohio, and the national Federated Department Stores chain. This was done to make the Christmas shopping season longer and more profitable for businesses. What company did Federated eventually own?
A. Lord & Taylor
B. Sears, Roebuck and Company
C. F.W. Woolworth Company
D. Macy's
Macy's