Thanksgiving History
This year is often recognized as the year of the “first Thanksgiving.”
What is 1621?
This is the most common main dish served at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is turkey?
This city hosts the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is New York City?
This holiday comes the day after Thanksgiving and is known for shopping sales.
What is Black Friday?
This sound is famously associated with a turkey.
What is “gobble gobble”?
These two groups shared the original Thanksgiving feast.
Who were the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag?
This traditional dessert is made of spiced pumpkin filling.
What is pumpkin pie?
This NFL team has played on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
This structure is the part of a turkey often broken for luck.
What is the wishbone?
This red, dangly piece of skin hangs from the turkey’s beak.
What is the wattle?
This President made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincol
This side dish is made from bread mixed with herbs and broth.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
This character is known for yelling “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!”
Who is Charlie Brown?
This U.S. state produces the most turkeys.
What is Minnesota?
This is the name for a male turkey.
What is a tom?
This woman campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This tart red berry is used to make a classic Thanksgiving sauce.
What are cranberries?
Every year, the President performs this ceremony with a turkey.
What is the turkey pardon?
Americans eat about this many pounds of turkey each Thanksgiving (total). give or take 5 million
What is about 46 million turkeys?
Wild turkeys can actually do this surprising thing that many people think they can't.
What is fly?
The Mayflower originally planned to land in this region before storms changed course.
What is the mouth of the Hudson River (near current-day New York)?
This term describes injecting a turkey with flavored liquid before cooking.
What is marinating or brining (injecting marinade)?
The first televised Thanksgiving Day Parade aired on this network in 1948.
What is NBC?
This U.S. state is the largest producer of cranberries.
What is Wisconsin?
This U.S. state has the wild turkey as its official state game bird.
What is Alabama?