The Turkey
'Merica
The Travelers
Thanksgiving
The Most Important Part
100
The part of the turkey that is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom
Wishbone
100
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade
Macy's
100
Name:
The ship the pilgrims came over on and
The captain of this ship
The Mayflower; Christopher Jones
100
The first Thanksgiving lasted this long
3 days
100
The following were approved table manners at the first Thanksgiving except:
(a) To eat with your hands
(b) To spit on the floor
(c) To throw bones into the hearth when done
(d) All of these were acceptable
(d) All of these were acceptable
200
Butterball says the best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is:
(a) Breast
(b) Thigh
(c) Top of Leg
(d) At an angle so it hits both the meat and stuffing
B: Thigh
200
The number of Americans that eat turkey at Thanksgiving
(A) 88%
(B) 47%
(C) 32%
(D) 93%
A: 88%
200
The Indians who were invited to the Thanksgiving feast were of the Wampanoag tribe. Their chief is named:
(a) Massasoit
(b) Pemaquid
(c) Samoset
(d) Squanto
(a) Massasoit
200
Thanksgiving occurs on this day
Why
Fourth Thursday in November
This was the date set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and approved by Congress in 1941
200
They did not serve this following food that we eat at Thanksgiving today during the first Thanksgiving
Why
(a) Pumpkin Pie
(b) Yams
(c) Vegetables
(a) Pumpkin Pie
Um there weren't ovens yet
300
Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain
True or False
True
300
America is not the only country to celebrate Thanksgiving. This country celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.
Canada
300
The tool not used by the Pilgrims during their Thanksgiving
(a) Knife
(b) Fork
(c) Spoon
(b) Fork
300
The year the celebration that is most commonly known as the first Thanksgiving occurred
1621
300
A full grown turkey has about this many feathers
3,500
400
Identify the snood and wattle
400
Name three berries* native to North America
Cranberries, blueberries, concord grapes
400
This Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal
(a) Apache
(b) Wampanoag
(c) Cherokee
(b) Wampanoag
400
Approximately this many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States
280 Million
400
Cranberries are grow here
A bog
500
A baby turkey is called
A poult
500
In 2005 President Bush pardoned two turkeys named Marshmallow and Yam. But, these turkeys did not go to Frying Pan Park in Herndon, VA like all the previously pardoned turkeys. Instead, they were sent to Disneyland to live at the Disneyland farm. Marshmallow and Yam got to do this before being sent to Disneyland
They went to be in the Grand Marshals of the 2005 Disneyland Thanksgiving Day parade
500
The animal the native Americans brought to the first Thanksgiving
Deer
500
The only place in Australia where Thanksgiving is celebrated
Norfolk Island
500
Before being harvested and sold, an individual cranberry must bounce at least this many inches high to make sure they aren't too ripe
4 inches