Thanksgiving Foods
Turkey Day Fun
Prequel to the First Thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving
Some Presidential Thanksgiving History
100

The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.

What is turkey? 

100

The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving

What is the fourth Thursday of November?

100

The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts.

What is the Mayflower?

100

This Native American man surprised the Pilgrims by speaking English to them. 

Who is Squanto (or Tisquanto)?

100

This president declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

Green Bean casserole was invented by Dorcas Reilly who was employed by this food label. 

What is Campbell's Soup?

200

This is the name for a baby turkey. 

What is a poult? 

200

This was the main reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England.

What is religious persecution?

200

The Pilgrims and Native Americans feasted for this many days celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.

What is 3?
200

This president was the first to declare a "national day of Thanksgiving".

Who is George Washington?

300

This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family, although it's name would lead you to believe it is a nightshade. 

What are sweet potatoes?

300

Many people run in this fun type of race on or near Thanksgiving morning.


What is a turkey trot?

300

This pilgrim was known for carrying a sword named Gideon. 

Who is Miles Standish?

300

Native Americans helped teach this agricultural practice to the Pilgrims to ensure their crops would grow well.

What is burying fish?

300

In order to ensure more shopping days before Christmas, this president established Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

Who is FDR?

400

The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?

What is Ham?

400

This silly annual tradition occurs on Thanksgiving every year in the White House. 

What is pardoning a turkey?

400

Tisquantum, friend of the Pilgrims, was born this year. 

When is 1580?

400

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated here. 

Where is Plymouth, Massachusetts? 

400
in 1926, President Calvin Coolidge received this as a Thanksgiving gift from a man in Mississippi. 

What is a raccoon?

500

Costco sells this many pumpkin pies annually between September and December. 

What is 6 million?

500

This is what you call the red, wobbly part of a turkey's neck. 

What is a wattle?

500

Two ships with Pilgrim passengers originally set sail for America in 1620, but this one was leaky and unable to make the journey. 

What is the Speedwell?

500

This tribe of Native Americans celebrated at the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims. 

Who are the Wampanoag?

500

In an 1863 letter, this female newspaper editor urged the president to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. 

Who is Sarah Hale?