Traditional Foods
Fact or Fiction
American or Native American
Charlie Brown Traditions
"Wild" Turkey Facts
100

A popular pie made from a squash or potatoes.

What is Pumpkin or Sweet Potato pie.

100

A pumpkin is actually a fruit.

Fact, a pumpkin develops from a seed-bearing structure of a flowering plant and contains seeds. 

100

The "Three Sister's" crop technique.

Native Americans: The Three Sisters planting method is a traditional Native American agricultural practice that involves growing corn, beans, and squash together. 

100

What year did Snoopy make his first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?

1968

100

If you traveled over the river and through the woods whose house, were you going to for Thanksgiving Dinner?

Grandmothers, (traditional) Grandma's Granny's

200

A red jellied food usually served chilled and sliced.

What is cranberry sauce?

200

Only female turkeys gobble because they are looking for their companion. 

Fiction, Male turkeys gobble.  They are in competition with other Toms (male turkeys)

200

Instructed how to fertilize crops by planting dead fish with seeds. 

Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to use fish heads and small fish to act as fertilizer.  The ground the Pilgrims farmed was harsh and lacked the nutrients needed to have good crop growth. 

200

He wears a chef hat in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."

Snoopy

200

True or False: the movement of the turkey inspired a ballroom dance

Fact:  The Turkey Trot, modeled after the bird's characteristic short, jerky steps, was one of a number of popular dance steps that emerged during the late 19th and early century in the United States.

300

According to a national poll, this is not a particular "green" favorite at many American Thanksgiving feasts.

What is green bean casserole?

300

Turkey contains an enzyme that makes you sleepy.

Fact, the amino acid, tryptophan found in turkey contributes to the production of serotonin and melatonin. 

While some people get sleepy after eating turkey it is not a sole contributor to the after-Thanksgiving dinner nap.  

Most people become sleepy from overindulging and eating such a wide variety of foods that may have the same amino acids found in turkey. 

300

They were the first to use cranberries in in cooking and for medicinal purposes.  

The Wampanoag tribe used cranberries in a variety of foods, and to treat arrow wounds. 

300

What time was dinner at Charlie Brown's Grandmother's house?

4:30 p.m.

300

Which U.S. president was the first to officially pardon a turkey?

George H.W. Bush

400

These four ingredients are typically the main ingredients in turkey giblets. 

What are the gizzard, heart, liver, and the neck?

400

Chief Running Bird served as an interpreter between the Pilgrams and Native Americans. 

Fiction, Squanto helped bridge the gap in communication between the Native Americans and the Pilgrams. 

400

Wore a Capotain as part of their traditional dress.

Pilgrims, (Americans).   

400

They played tug-of-war with the wishbone at the end. Who gets the bigger part of the wishbone?

Snoopy and Woodstock.  Woodstock is the winner. 

400

This Native American tribe joined the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving?

The Wampanoag. 

500

Made from leftover turkey. This is a traditional KY dish.

What is a KY Hot Brown?

500

The official first act of legislation created by the Pilgrims was the Declaration of Independence. 

Fiction. The Pilgrim's first piece of legislation written was The Mayflower Compact.  It outlined the principals of self-governance and mutual consent among Pilgrams and non-Pilgrams know as strangers. 

500

A horn shaped basket used to hold fruits and vegetables

The Pilgrams (Americans) used the Cornucopia as a center piece during their Thanksgiving feast.  

The term cornucopia means horn of plenty and was a symbol of early American Thanksgiving traditions.  

500

The foods Charlie Brown serves the Peanuts gang for his "gourmet" meal in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."

What is toast, popcorn, pretzels, and jellybeans.

500

In 1995, this popular Thanksgiving vegetable was the first to be grown in space. 

What is the potato?