What percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving. (Guess within 5%)
88%
100
In which of the following years was the First Thanksgiving in?
A) 1615
B) 1621
C) 1654
D) 1700
B) 1621
100
What was the first year of the parade?
A) 1900
B) 1913
C) 1924
D) 1933
C) 1924
100
What was the name of the ship the pilgrims traveled on?
Mayflower
100
What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
Black Friday
200
About how many turkeys are consumed on Thanksgiving Day? (Guess within 5 million)
46 million
200
Where was the first Thanksgiving located? (Which county, which present sate)
Plymouth County, Massachusetts
200
About how many million people watch this parade on TV? (Guess within 5 million)
50 million
200
Which of the following was NOT served at the Pilgrims Thanksgiving meal?
A) Cranberries, corn, and mashed potatoes
B) Rabbit, chicken, wild turkey, and dried fruit
C) Venison (deer meat), fish, goose
A) Cranberries, corn, and mashed potatoes
200
True or False:
Thanksgiving is only celebrated in the United States
False. It is also celebrated in Canada on the second Monday of October.
300
How many pounds of turkey were consumed in a recent Thanksgiving?
A) 370 million pounds
B) 437 million pounds
C)690 million pounds
D) 743 million pounds
C) 690 million pounds
300
How many days did the First Thanksgiving last?
3 Days
300
About how many people attend the parade in New York?
3 million people
300
What was the orginal name of the Pilgrims?
Puritans
300
Which state consumes the most turkey? (Located on the left half of the United States)
California
400
How many calories does an average American consume during a Thanksgiving meal? (Guess within 200)
4,500
400
Which of the following statements is true about how many pilgrims and Indians there were at the first Thanksgiving?
A) 100 pilgrims, 90 Indians
B) 90 pilgrims, 100 Indians
C) 50 pilgrims, 90 Indians
D) 90 pilgrims, 50 Indians
C) 50 Pilgrims, 90 Indians
400
About how long is the parade?
3 miles long
400
Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
Potatoes
400
What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?
A snood
500
In what year was it decided that Thanksgiving be made a federal and legal holiday?
1941
500
Which Indian helped the Pilgrims a lot, and knew English?
Squanto
500
About how much money does the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Cost? (Guess within 2 million)
Between 10.4 and 12.3 million dollars
500
What Indian tribe was invited to spend Thanksgiving with the pilgrims?
Wampanoag
500
Which Christmas song was supposed to be a Thanksgiving song?