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100

What kind of potatoes do people usually make for Thanksgiving dinner? 

Mashed potatoes or Sweet potatoes

100

What do people like to do on the Friday after Thanksgiving?  It is called Black Friday.

Christmas shop

100

This animal is the main food that is ate on Thanksgiving. 

Turkeys

100

When does the United States celebrate Thanksgiving? (day/month)

4th Thursday of November

100

How many school days do we have off for Thanksgiving Holiday?

3
200

What is the most popular dessert at Thanksgiving dinner? 

Pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert. 

200

What is a popular sport that people play or watch on Thanksgiving?

football

200

What was the name of the ship/boat that traveled from England to America?

Mayflower

200

What kind of soup did we read about and eat in first grade at Thanksgiving?


Stone Soup

200

What part of your body can you use to help draw a turkey?

Your hand

300

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest turkey weighed how much? 60, 70, 80, 90

80 pounds

300

Where is the famous Thanksgiving Day parade located?

New York City

300

Who were the English people who came to the United States in 1620?

The Pilgrims 

300

What year was the first Thanksgiving?

A) 1681

B)1642

C)1621

D)1617

C) 1621

300

How many miles long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?

2 miles

2 1/2 miles

3 miles


2 1/2 miles

400

What do you call the "sauce" that is popular to put on your mashed potatoes?

gravy

400

What are two things you can see if you watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?

Balloons, bands, floats

400

This group of people helped the Pilgrims survive the first winter in America. 

Native Americans 

400

What does it mean to be grateful?


thankful

400

This holiday figure is at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

Santa Claus

500

What is the name of the red fruit that is often served at Thanksgiving dinner? (used as a sauce to put on top of turkey)

Cranberries.

500

What is the name of this Holiday thanksgiving movie?


A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

500

Which of these U.S. Presidents made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863. 

President  George Bush,

President Abraham Lincoln 

President Calvin Coolidge

President Abraham Lincoln 

500

Which Founding Father wanted the Turkey to be our national bird rather than the Bald Eagle?

Benjamin Franklin

500

President George H.W. Bush  started the tradition of pardoning turkeys on Thanksgiving.

Saving a turkey from being dinner.