Turkey
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100

When do we celebrate Thanksgiving day?

 4th Thursday of November

100

Which U.S. President officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

100

This country celebrates on the second Monday of October. 

Canada

100

What is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?

Ham

100

What is the past participle of CATCH?

caught

200

This is the name of a female turkey.

 hen

200

Which Native American tribe celebrated with the Pilgrims?

The Wampanoag Native Americans.

200

This country in South America has a national Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November, but it's not officially celebrated.

Brazil

200

Which state produces the most turkeys?

Minnesota

200

Sing - sang - sung

think of another verb that has the same pattern with the verb above.

Ring rang rung

swim swam swum

300

Which bone is broken for good luck?

wishbone

300

What was the first American state to recognize Thanksgiving as a holiday?

New York.

300

Celebrates Chuseok during the autumn harvest season.

South Korea

300

Which Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving?

"Jingle Bells".

300

What is the past participle of SHINE?

shone

400

Who is the American president who called the turkeys as bald eagles?

Benjamin Franklin

While Benjamin Franklin did not advocate for the turkey as our National Bird, he did prefer them to bald eagles. In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin called the bald eagle “a bird of bad moral character” because they steal from other birds. He called the turkey a “much more respectable bird,” “a bird of courage,” and “a true original native of America.”

400

What year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

1621

400

A country in South East Assia that celebrates a harvest festival on the first day of the full harvest moon.

Vietnam

400

What year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

1924

400

What is the past participle of LAY?

Laid

500

pack of wolves or dogs

herd of elephants 

school of fish

What is the collective term used for turkeys?

rafter / flock

500

Who started the advocate of establishing an annual national day of thanks during the 1840?

Sarah Josepha Hale

500

Three countries that celebrate Erntedankfest, a harvest festival in early October.

Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

500

How many calories does the average American eat on Thanksgiving Day?

Between 3,000 and 4,500.

500

irregular conjugation of LIE

lie-lay-lain