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100

The most popular main course on Thanksgiving

What is turkey?

100

The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.

Who were Pilgrims? 
100

The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving

What is football? 

100

The reason the Pilgrims left England.

What is religious persecution? 

100

The food the Native Americans first taught the Pilgrims to grow. 

What is corn? 

200

The most popular dessert at Thanksgiving dinner

What is Pumpkin Pie?

200

The name of the ship associated with Thanksgiving.

What is the Mayflower? 

200

A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning. 

What is a turkey trot? 

200

The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America

Who was Benjamin Franklin? 

200
An orange vegetable native to North America (specifically northeastern Mexico and southern United States). 

What are pumpkins? 

300

The "sauce" that is popular to put on your mashed potatoes

What is gravy?

300

In what month did the first Thanksgiving probably take place? 

What is September?

300

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for:

a. Firefighters

b. Plumbers

c. Police Officers

d. Veterinarians

What are plumbers? 

300

The United States President who made Thanksgiving an official holiday.

Who was President Abraham Lincoln? 

300

Blacksmith who invented the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow. 

Who was John Deere? 

400

A favorite leftover from Thanksgiving: 

a. turkey and stuffing pancakes

b. turkey and gravy muffins

c. turkey sandwiches

d. green bean casserole meatballs

What are turkey sandwiches?

400

The number of women at the first Thanksgiving meal. 

a. 1

b. 3

c. 5

d. 11

5

400

The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving

What is the fourth Thursday of November? 

400

How long was the first Thanksgiving?

What is 3 days?

400

More than 100 million acres of land on the Great Plains that experienced drought and high winds, destroying crops and covering communities in layers of dirt. 

What was the Dust Bowl? 

500

The number of pumpkin pies eaten during Thanksgiving

What is 50 million? 

500

The indigenous people of North American who traded with the Pilgrims and taught them how to plant corn. 

Who were the Wampanoag People? 

Who was Tisquantum (also known as Squanto)? 

500

The American President who moved Thanksgiving up one week. 

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt? 


why? Prior to 1941, Thanksgiving was the last Thursday of the month. In 1939, Thanksgiving would have fallen on Nov. 30, the last day of the month. FDR worried the shortened Christmas shopping season would dampen the economic recovery. He moved the holiday, which resulted in much opposition. In 1941, a joint resolution of Congress was signed into law by FDR designating Thanksgiving be observed the fourth Thursday in November each year. 




500

It is unknown whether or not turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving. What foods were on the menu of the first Thanksgiving? Name four.  

Deer. Wildfowl (duck, geese, or swans). Seafood (Cod, bass, eel, lobster, mussels). Corn. Bread. Porridge. 

Likely beans and squash. 

500

Inventor of the first working combine. 


An additional 100 points for naming the year. 

Who were Hiram Moore and John Hascall of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 

Patented in 1836.