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Turkeys
Pilgrims
Pumpkins
First Thankgiving
Traditions
100

What is a male turkey called?

What is a tom?

100

What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims travelled on? A) The Nina B) The Santa Maria C) The Mayflower

What is The Mayflower?

100

What country is believed to be the origin of pumpkins? A) China B) United States C) Mexico

What is Mexico?

100
Who joined the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving feast? A) cowboys B) Kings and paupers from Tunisia C) Indians
What is Indians?
100

Which Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims? A) Wampanoag B) Iroquois C) Cherokee

What is Wampanoag?

200

How big was the biggest turkey ever? A) 27 pounds B) 86 pounds C) 130 pounds

What is 86 pounds?

200

Where did the Pilgrims come from? A) Scotland B) Spain C) England

What is England?

200

What did Cinderella use a pumpkin for? A) to escape the evil witch B) to carve on Halloween C) A Carriage

What is a carriage?

200
What year did the Pilgrims have their first Thanksgiving feast? A) 1492 B) 1621 C) 1622
What is 1621?
200
What percentage of American families eat turkey on Thanksgiving? A) 25% B) 60% C) 90%
What is 90%?
300
What is the name for the fleshy red skin that hangs down over the throat and neck of the turkey? A) beard B) wattle C) gobbler
What is wattle?
300

Why did Pilgrims come to America? A) So they could practice the religion they wanted to B) To escape slavery C) To prove the world was round, not flat

What is so they could practice the religion they wanted to?

300

Where do pumpkins grow? A) on trees B) underground C) on vines

What is on vines?

300
Which food was not eaten at the first Thanksgiving? A)pumpkin pie B)clams C)deer
What is pumpkin pie?
300

What month is National Pumpkin Month in the US? 

What is October?

400

Which state produces the most turkeys? A) Minnesota B) California C) Texas

What is Minnesota?

400

How long did it take the Pilgrims to cross the ocean to the new world? A) 4 months B) 5 months C) 2 months

What is 2 months?

400
Pumpkins are __________. A) vegetables B) fruits C) minerals
What is fruits?
400

Why weren't potatoes served at the first Thanksgiving? A) Most Pilgrims were allergic to them? B) Potatoes were thought to be poisonous C) Potatoes weren't grown in the US yet

What is potatoes were thought to be poisonous?

400

Which president started the tradition of pardoning a turkey on Thanksgiving? A) President Richard Nixon B) President George H.W. Bush C) President John F. Kennedy

What is President George H.W. Bush?

500
Turkey eggs are twice as big as chicken eggs. What color are they? A)brown B)white C)tan with brown speckles
What is white?
500

What was the name of a friendly Indian the Pilgrims met? A) Geronimo B) Pocahontas C) Squanto

What is Pocahontas?

500

Which vitamin is abundant in pumpkins? a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B c) Vitamin C

What is Vitamin A?

500

Which president didn't want Thanksgiving to be a national holiday? A) George Washington - 1st president B) Thomas Jefferson - 3rd president C) Abraham Lincoln - 16th president

What is Thomas Jefferson - 3rd president?

500

How many pounds of turkey do Americans eat each year at Thanksgiving time? A) 53,500 pounds B) 535,000 pounds C) 535,000,000 pounds

What is 535,000,000 pounds?