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100

Snakelike food that was part of the first Thanksgiving menu.

What is eel?

100

Name of a male turkey

What is a tom?

100

First president to declare a national day of Thanksgiving.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

100
Special baked good cooked to celebrate the Chinese harvest festival.
What is a moon cake?
100

When was the Frist Thanksgiving Celebrated?

What is November 1621?

200

Used to make bread at the first Thanksgiving.

What is corn?

200

15 Pounds

What is the size of the average turkey served on Thanksgiving in the US?

200

Indian who welcomed the Pilgrims.

Who was Samoset?

200
Country that the Pilgrims were living in before they came to the New World?
What is Holland?
200

Of North Carolina, Texas and Nebraska, the state that does not have a town named TURKEY.

What is Nebraska?

300

The way that pumpkin was prepared for the first Thanksgiving.

What is boiled?

300

Founding Father who wanted the Turkey, not the Bald Eagle to be the national bird.

Who is Ben Franklin?

300

Of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, the President who moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the 4th Thursday.

Who was Franklin Roosevelt?

300
Day of the week that Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving.
What is Monday?
300

Company that sponsors the annual Thanksgiving Day parade.

What is Macy's?

400
Reddish fruit with a pit that was served at the first Thanksgiving.
What is a plum?
400

Type of bird that actually WAS eaten at the first Thanksgiving (hint: a turkey was NOT).

What is a goose?

400

Indian who taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, tap trees for maple syrup and use plants for medicine.

Who was Squanto?

400
Greek goddess who was honored at their harvest festival.
Who was Demeter?
400

What was the name of the ship that the pilgrims sailed on?

What is the Mayflower?

500
Shellfish that was served at the first Thanksgiving.
What is lobster? (Or What are clams?)
500

Country where the turkey originally came from

What is Mexico?

500

Pilgrim leader who declared the day of Thanksgiving.

Who was William Bradford?

500
Name of the Hebrew harvest festival lasting 8 days where small huts are built.
What is Succoth?
500

What was the name of the Native American tribe that the Pilgrims invited to the first Thanksgiving celebration?

What is the Wampanoag Indian?