A magazine editor who campaigned to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1827 and succeeded.
Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?
100
The name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on to America
What was the Mayflower?
100
The year congress declared Thanksgiving a national holiday
What is 1941?
100
This is what male turkeys are called.
What are "Toms"?
100
The part of a turkey that is used as a good luck ritual on Thanksgiving Day.
What is the wish bone?
200
He thought the Thanksgiving holiday was "the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard".
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
The city & state in which the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
200
This man called upon Americans to express their gratitude for the happy conclusion to the country’s war of independence and the successful ratification of the U.S. Constitution. This started the tradition of giving thanks on Thanksgiving day.
Who was George Washington?
200
A male turkey uses his tail to do this.
What is to attract females?
200
This is what the day after Thanksgiving is known as.
What is "Black Friday"?
300
This person proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
Who was President Abraham Lincoln?
300
The first Thanksgiving feast lasted this long.
What is three days?
300
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on this Thursday in November.
What is the fourth?
300
Wild turkeys are the largest game birds found in this part of the world.
What is North America?
300
The cornucopia was a curved horned of THIS animal, filled to the brim with fruits and grains.
What is the goat?
400
The man who wanted the wild turkey to be the national bird of the United States
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
400
In a Pilgrim household, the adults ate first, served by their ________ and ________.
Who were their children and servants?
400
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in the American colonies in what year?
What is 1621?
400
The flap of skin under a turkey's chin
What is the wattle?
400
Turducken orginated here.
What is Lousiana?
500
He was a professional soldier who would become the military leader of the new colony.
Who was Myles Standish?
500
This tribe of Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
What is the Wampanoag tribe?
500
Because of this, there were no pies or cakes at the first Thanksgiving feast.
What was a low sugar supply?
500
This is what a baby turkey is called.
What is a poult?
500
A turkey can have one of these if it is very frightened. These can also happen to humans and are common, but not always for the same reason.