The Thanksgiving Celebration
The First Thanksgiving
The First Celebrators of Thanksgiving: Pilgrims
Thanksgiving Football
Misselanious
100
The 4th Thursday of November
What specific "day" do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
100
1621
The pilgrams celebrated the first Thanksgiving in what year?
100
The Mayflower
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on?
100
Fitchburg
Who does Leominster play in their Thanksgiving game?
100
The Macy's Parade
What is the name of the Thanksgiving parade that happens in New York?
200
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?
200
The Wampanoag
What is the Indian tribe that the pilgrims invited to the first Thanksgiving?
200
102 Pilgrims
How many Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower? (Before anyone died)
200
1887
What is the year that Thanksgiving football started in? Within a range of 10 years. (Hint: In the 19th century)
200
Tom Landry
What is the name of the coach that has coached the Dallas Cowoys for the longest?
300
False
True or False? Canada's Thanksgiving falls on the same day as 2011's Halloween.
300
Plymoth
Where was the first Thanksgiving held?
300
Because they wanted the freedom to practice the religion that they would like and the freedom to practice it how they would like.
Why did the Pilgrims leave England?
300
C. High School
What level of fotball started the Thanksgiving day football tradition? a. Pro B. College C. High School
300
To celebrate a successfull harvest season
What is the reason that Thanksgiving was created?
400
The Civil War (1863 to be exact)
What was the war that Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in?
400
True
True or False? There were only 5 women alive to celebrate the first Thanksgiving.
400
True
True or False? There was a second boat that attempted to leave England, called the Speedwell.
400
The Dallas Cowboys
What is the name of the other pro team that plays almost every Thanksgiving?
400
Cheif Masssasoit
What is the Wampanoag's chief?
500
The 2nd Monday of October
What is the specific "day" that Canadians celebrate Thankgiving on? (Since this is kind of hard I'll give you a hint: It is in October and NOT on a Thursday)
500
Oceanis
What is the name of the baby born aboard the Mayflower? (Hint: It has something to do with the ocean)
500
The Lions
What proffesional football team used their Thanksgiving day football game as a gimmick so people would go to their games?