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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

Name the popular green vegetable often made into a casserole on Thanksgiving?

Green Beans

100

What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims to grow?

Corn

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

How many days did the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag share a feast together for?

3

200

What is the name of the place that the Pilgrims settled?

Plymouth

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

What part of the turkey is pulled by two people and the person that has the bigger piece will have good luck or their wish granted?

Wishbone

300

When did the Pilgrims wear black clothing?

To church

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

What do you call the horn shaped container of fruits, flowers, or nuts often seen on dinner tables at Thanksgiving.

cornucopia

400

What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?

The Wampanoag

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

Name a food the Pilgrims and Wampanoag likely ate at the feast.

Deer, lobster, wild turkey, fish, vegetables

500

What is the part of the turkey that hangs down under it's chin called?

wattle
500

How many turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year?

Around 46 million