Thanksgiving History
These are the two groups who celebrated the first Thanksgiving
Who are the Pilgrims and the Indians?
According to a 2022 survey, this is the least popular Thanksgiving side dish in the United States
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What is green bean casserole?
Is the pumpkin a vegetable or fruit?
Fruit
More people travel by car than plane during Thanksgiving.
True or False
True
This is the name for a male turkey.
What is a tom?
This is the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to America on in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
Where does corn come from?
A) Mexico B) United States
C) Canada D) Europe
a) Mexico
This is the name of the most famous parade held each year on Thanksgiving.
What NFL team hosted the first Thanksgiving Day Game?
Detroit, Denver, Cincinnati, Kansas City
Detroit
What is the average number of guests attending a Thanksgiving dinner?
10
This United States president was the first to make Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the number of calories in a typical Thanksgiving dinner.
a) 1500 b) 2000
c) 3000 d) 3500
What is c) 3000?
This item may be broken on Thanksgiving. Depending on how it breaks, it may grant someone good luck for the next year/
What is the wishbone?
What two holidays report higher levels of travel than Thanksgiving?
Christmas and New Year
Americans overwhelmingly said they were most thankful for this as reported in most surveys.
What is family?
What sport is shown on Thanksgiving and is considered a Thanksgiving tradition?
Football
What is the second most popular pie next to pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving?
What state first adopted Thanksgiving an annual holiday?
California, Texas, New York, or Florida
New York
On average, how many people travel in the US on Thanksgiving?
20 million, 30 million, 40 million, 50 million
What is 50 million?
This country also celebrates a fall day of Thanksgiving, but it is held in October.
What is Canada?
This is the length of the first Thanksgiving celebration that was celebrated in 1620.
What is three days?
This is the approximate temperature that a turkey should be cooked to for safe eating
150, 165, 180, 205
What is 165 degrees?
What type of meat was brought to the first Thanksgiving feast?
Deer
This is the average distance of travel for Thanksgiving in the U.S.
2 miles, 20 miles, 200 miles, 2000 miles
What is about 200 miles?
What's the average number of alcoholic drinks consumed at Thanksgiving?
What is 3